Tags for This Work

• Bold
• Graphics
• Personal
• Youth

• Delicate
• Illustration
• Publication

• Different
• Magazine
• Unique

Inspiration for This Work

Heart Shaped Book is a graphics project which involved creating an innovative publication for a target group of our choice.

This 'magazine' was created as an antidote to mass produced publications & the disposable attitudes of our society.

The idea was to create a limited edition publication, something to be kept & valued. The publication features hand-rendered graphics, which are heat pressed onto thin wood veneer sheets, making each page unique. These veneer 'pages' are then lovingly placed in a specifically designed recycled card box & secured with twine. The publication presents itself as a 'gift' between creator & reader.

Student Biography

Born in Lima, Peru. Growing up with a South American Mother & a British/Australian Father, who share a love of culture & travel, has broadened my horizons in so many ways.

Even from a young age, I have always had a passion for design, art, music, culture... anything & everything creative. For me studying design was an obvious choice & during my years at COFA I have come to specialise in graphics and textiles.

I take inspiration from everything around me & have a fresh approach to each project. I favour a hand rendered aesthetic, as I believe that there is something compellingly beautiful about objects & images that retain a mark of their creator. Computers can do fantastic things but images created solely in computer programs often seem cold and a bit soulless to me. I love to draw, photograph, photocopy, cut, layer, screen print; to use any form of analogue technique to create elements or starting points for my designs, which I then develop & finish digitally. My designs are best described as bold yet approachable.

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