Hello! I'm Aisling. I have recently completed my Final Year in BA Illustration in NCAD this May. I am constantly experimenting with new media and techniques, and combining them with my drawing and watercolour painting practice. I align my illustration practice with methods and processes of the circular economy. I make my own ink, source recycled FSC certified paper and use low impact printing methods such as Risograph printing. For my Graduate Project, I investigated the Circular Economy Model through picture book making. Composed of A2 recycled papers and printed in Risograph, the picture book 'Footprints Follow' explores the concept of overconsumption and loss of natural wildlife in Ireland through an illustrated narrative created for primary school children. The book was produced in a limited print run, with the intention of being made for library use and group readings. All the illustrations were originally in ink I made from used coffee grounds. 'Functions Follow' is a poster campaign that encourages visiting and utilising local library services to engage the community and promote Footprints Follow. 'Futures Follow' is a workshop and reading of Footprints Follow, hosted at Ballintotas National School. The students were presented with worksheets that turn into accordion books once completed- an invitation to imagine new ways to protect our wild spaces in response to the reading. Clients I have worked for include badly made books, Cork City Library, Rotary, the Dublin International Film Festival and the National Print Museum.I have volunteered with Fighting Words, Creative Schools Programme and the Children’s Literature Programme at Trinity College Dublin.I am currently seeking opportunities and collaborations in children’s and narrative illustration as well as sustainability and facilitation projects in the arts.
