Illustrator Grace Holiday collaborated with the Peel Institute. Navigating themes of water and journeys through time, they created a mixed media installation inspired by the power of memories, outdoors space and connections to local heritage including New River Head (site of the future Quentin Blake Centre).
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As part of our co-developed project with The Peel Institute, illustrator Grace Holiday explored themes inspired by the connection to the heritage and development of New River Head.
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Week one
Participant in week one of the community workshops using ink to illustrate.
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Week two
Two participants drawing the New River Head heritage site in week two of the community workshops.
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Week three
Participant's illustrations created in week three of the community workshops.
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Week four
Participant using a tracing technique in week four of the community workshops.
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Week five
Participants painting a river in week five of the community workshops.
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Week six
Participants working with clay in week six of the community workshops.
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Week seven
Participant painting onto clay in week seven of the community workshops.
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Week eight
Participant creating a collage in week eight of the community workshops.
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Week nine
Participant illustrating the heritage site of New River Head in week nine of the community workshops.
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Week ten
Illustrator Grace Holliday showing participants display options in week ten of the community workshops.
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Week 12
Participant painting a river in week 12 of the community workshops.
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Week 13
Participant trying a marbling technique in week 13 of the community workshops.
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Week 14
A collage artwork created by a participant in week 14 of the community workshops.
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‘Wending Our Way As Time Goes By’
A mixed media installation created by artists from The Peel Institute as part of the Community Illustrator project with Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.
Hand painted ceramic, printmaking, pop-up pen and ink illustration, collage and painted river on paper.
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About The Peel Institute
The Peel Institute is a charity that’s been building a connected community in Clerkenwell since 1898. With a vision of 'A connected community where everyone benefits from living here', they run activities for adults, children and young people, alongside a number of mental health awareness projects.
About Grace Holliday
Grace Holliday is a London based illustrator, mark-maker and creative educator who uses a combination of abstract patternmaking and figurative drawing to create illustrations, original artworks and surface design for editorial print, textile collections and exhibition.
Over the past 13 years, Grace has collaborated with and delivered projects for a number of different museums, galleries, universities, community and clinical settings. Grace says that her 'current role as a Community Illustrator working with Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration has been a brilliant opportunity to design and deliver a programme of mixed-media workshops celebrating the true reach of illustration, questioning its definition and promoting it as an inclusive communication tool for all.'
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