Emily Dawe

Brighton University: BA Hons Illustration

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Artist Statement:
While I was at Brighton I specialised in bookbinding my own short stories. I enjoy writing a great deal, so combining this into my work as proved a huge success. My stories and prose usually have quite a dark sense of humour to them, so most of them would be unsuitable for children. ‘Behind Closed Doors’ is a book comprising ten poems. It is based on the idea that you never really know a person and everyone has secrets. The book is set out like a Victorian house, made into flats. As you turn the pages you learn secrets about the residents, some of which are rather shocking. My other book is called ‘The Hair Vendetta; A short story, in prose form, about two best friends, Gill and Maude. The poem describes how bald Maude’s jealousy of Gill’s hair causes her to come up with a plan to ruin it. The prose on three of the pages is printed on a yellowy type of tracing paper, which gives a different dimension to the book and well as it being aesthetically pleasing. The book also has real hair and jam scanned onto each page and is finally bound with linen thread and hair.
I have recently been commissioned to illustrate the poetry of Paul Noel Wilson, which was challenging, as the content of his poetry was very different to my own work. I also enjoy creating abstract paintings, combining the colours of Howard Hodgekin with Aboriginal imagery.

 

Emily Dawe

Brighton University: BA Hons Illustration

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