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Portraits of Italian Cinema

Portraits of Italian Cinema - poster by Anine Boesenberg
Portraits of Italian Cinema – poster by Anine Boesenberg
Ugo Tognazzi my Maria Stoian
Ugo Tognazzi my Maria Stoian
Federico Fellini by Molly Soar
Federico Fellini by Molly Soar
Alida Valli by Peony Gent
Alida Valli by Peony Gent
Lina Wertmuller by Sophie Powell-Hall
Lina Wertmuller by Sophie Powell-Hall
Sophia Loren by Sara Ljeskovac
Sophia Loren by Sara Ljeskovac

If you find yourself all dressed up and with nowhere to go, why not stop by the Filmhouse Bar on Lothian Road to catch “Portraits of Italian Cinema”, a collaboration between the Italian Institute and ECA’s Illustration course. 22 of our students and 6 Italian artists living in Edinburgh produced a selection of portraits of the greatest stars of Italian cinema, including directors, actors and actresses such as Federico Fellini, Sophia Loren, Claudia Cardinale and Toto. A winner will be chosen soon and receive a six month pass for the Filmhouse!

The finished posters look fantastic so go and have a look – the exhibition is running until the 22nd of March.

Students Display their Work at Morton Fraser Solicitors

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clockwise from top left: Peony Gent, Hanna Frelek, Ellie Walker, George Douglas, Drew Walker & Laura Griffin, Stella Phipps, Laura Darling (photo by Drew Walker)

Last week some of our students had the opportunity to display work at an evening event at Morton Fraser Solicitors. Morton Fraser’s offices are located in Edinburgh’s Quartermile, with stunning views across the city. Our students had a great time talking about their work to the guests of the event and we look forward to the possibility of more collaborations of this kind.

Have a look at the work of those who took part: Ailsa Johnson, Celeste Woodham Clark, Drew Walker, Laura Griffin, Mhairi Braden, Ellie Walker, Peony Gent, George Douglas, Hanna Frelek, Laura Darling, and Stella Phipps.

MapBook

Our Second Year Students have been flexing their bookmaking muscles recently for our three week long MapBook project. The task was to produce a map book, with the theme and format being completely up to the individual.

Students produced a stunning range of books, including star charts, maps of the underworld, maps of Edinburgh, Ireland, South Africa, or Taipei or even more faraway places. Their books took the shape of folios, concertinas, float books and some for which a name has yet to be invented.

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Map of the Greek Underworld – Peony Gent
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Map of Irish Myths – Mhairi Braden

 

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Map of a walk through Edinburgh – Victoria Ball

 

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Beasts of Burden – Felix Miall
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Taipei Travel Guide – Liv Wan
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Map of Lithuania – Gabriele Lisauskaite

And to finish off, all maps were combined into one big big map by the students – look at them go!

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photo by Gabriele Lisauskaite

Pop-Up Burns at the National Library of Scotland

Our First Year illustration students have been busily working away creating Pop-up books that illustrate Robbie Burns’ epic tale ‘Tam O’Shanter’. They turned into veritable paper engineers, making books of all shapes and sizes: one comes in four little coffins, and another one is contained in two halves of a bottle.

But where can you see all these wonders? The work is on display in the entrance hall at Edinburgh’s National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge until Thursday 20 February 2014. Entrance is free!

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Eleanor Crow to speak at Friday Lectures

This week’s visiting speaker will be Eleanor Crow, as part of our ongoing Professional Practice Lecture Series. Eleanor is a book cover designer and illustrator, and has recently produced a series of portraits of East London cafes. This Friday, 24th January, at 2.30pm in room 2.13. Come and be enlightened!

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Cafes by Eleanor Crow – image via http://www.eleanorcrow.com/

Come and listen to Nobrow’s Sam Arthur

Nobrow’s Sam Arthur will be speaking about his life and work this Friday as part of our ongoing Professional Practice Lecture Series. Nobrow is an independent publisher of many beautiful things, including zines, books and prints of the highest quality.

Nobrow – Illustration by Luke Pearson via http://www.nobrow.net/?pagename=nbhq

Come and listen to his wise words at 2.30pm, Friday the 17th of January, in room 2.13. See you there!