PROFILE - OLIVIA SANDERS

1. Portrait

My name is Olivia Sanders, I am 21 and studying Illustration at Camberwell, heading into my third year. I enjoy making collages, photography and am interested in making books. I love reading and collect old books, some I recycle and give other uses but others I just keep! I love the idea of telling a story through my art, particularly through collage, layering sections to hide and reveal different parts of the story. I am fascinated by nostalgia and memories, and love to collect old photographs and postcards to use in my collages. I would love to further my passion for photography and incorperate this with bookbinding and collage, I would also love to experiment with typography, this is something that has always interested me. I am inspired by Tim Walker, who manages to create a story in his photographs, turning the fantastical into reality. Peter Blake and Joseph Cornell have also inspired me alongside Sally Mann, Zarina Bhimji and John Stezaker.I have always lived in London, and I love it but I really enjoy travelling, everywhere I go I document my journeys either through collecting things, drawing and photography.

​I have been working for Alun recently in and out of his studio working on a variety of projects from antlers tozig zagged head pieces. It is really interesting to see how things can be envisaged, created and then used in professional situations. I love Alun’s sculptural, geometrical designs and the way he makes props and costumes from found objects. In particular, I enjoyed helping out with the last minute plans for the opening night of his ‘Supernovae’ exhibition at Dalston Superstore. It was a fantastic night, packed with extrovert, creative people. Alun’s costumes looked beautiful, from the cracked and rearranged mirror pieces to layered silver fabrics. I love the atmosphere of Alun’s studio and being surrounded by colourful, inspiring objects and materials. I have really enjoyed working with Alun, and would love to continue to work with him in the future.

2. Photograph of reflections in Amsterdam windows.

3. Concertina bookmaking

4. Collage, inspired by Pere Laichese Cemetry, Paris

5. Collage, Pere Laichese Cemetry

6. Collage, based on ‘The Joys of Morphinism’-Hans Fellada

7. Book based on the life of Thomas Cromwell

 

8. Sophie, my sister in a fabric petal hat

Kraftwerk at Instituto Marangoni

Here are some images from a very successful one day work shop in hand craft for Graphic Design students at Instituto Marangoni I was leading today .

The students were set a brief at 9:30am to create a 3D interpretation of a chosen image of inspiration. This object had to then be completed by 2:30pm leaving them the afternoon to photograph this in the studio and work as a team to achieve the best results.

There was great work created from all the students and hopefully they took a lot from this speedy work shop into how they can work with future projects.

Paris

I recently spent a week in Paris, where I was showing my book or as the French would say 'ton book' It was a fantastic journey, first stopping off with friends from London and then moving on for a visit with the newly relocated Illustrator Miss Rice, who has been enjoying a very successful move from London to Paris. I was very privileged in being able to preview some of her newly published work as well as having a delightful dinner. With a candy colour palette and sophisticated fashionable line to her illustrations these have a distinct feminine appeal. I'm very interested to see what happens over the forthcoming months as Miss Rice infiltrates the very distinctive world of Parisian Illustration with it's rather boyish style, whatever happens I'm sure she will stand out amongst the crowd.

Also in Paris I was able to meet with Fashion Photographer Nicolas Receveur, where we eagerly discussed future collaborations over coffee. More on Paris to come shortly.

www.missrice.co.uk
www.nicolas-receveur.com