http://www.johannabasford.com/commission/133
Johanna Basford is an artist/illustrator from Scotland who graduated in 2005 from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. Her pieces mainly consist of a white background with detail added in black pen.
The two untitled pieces from the inky bodies wonderland exhibition (pictured above) show Basfords trademark style of work as they are both monotone with a large amount of detail. I feel like they strongly relate to my theme of 'Indian celebrations' as the detailing is similar to that of a henna design which is often present on the hands of many Indian women at Indian celebrations (shown in my sketch book.)
The complete lack of colour in Johanna Basfords pieces really make the tiny detail in each piece much more noticeable and intricate looking, which is a style that I would like to replicate in my own work, however maybe with a coloured background as Indian celebrations are usually very colourful events, therefore I feel coloured backgrounds would suit my theme more.
Furthermore, Basford works in a very similar way as Antonis Donef, as they both draw very small, detailed, intricate drawings. On the other hand, Donef uses different tonal backgrounds on his pieces, such as old book pages and newspaper rippings, this adds extra elements and dimensions to his work, however it also means that his drawings don't stand out as much as Johanna Basfords do due to her very plain backgrounds in her pieces.
Basford's 'Inky Bodies' wonderland exhibition also relate to my theme because she has drawn on a mannequin of a person and a dog; similar to how henna is drawn on a person and how in India, elephants are decorated (also shown in my sketch book).
I have done an interpretation (pictured below) of part of each on Basfords pieces to see how they vary but also to see how difficult it is to draw with such tiny detail.
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