I am a Rock Exhibition
Friday 1st to Saturday 30th November 2024
Mon - Sat, 10am - 5pm, free entry
This Autumn, Out of the Blueprint are proud to host I Am a Rock: Kathleen and other island stories by Onion Press.
Onion Press is a collaboration between locally based comic artists Sarah Lippet and Maria Stoian, which explores island life through a series of publications. It launches here at the Drill Hall in November.
The works focus on the exploring the rich history of Inchkeith, an uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth. In developing the work, Sarah and Maria travelled to the island, read up on its mysteries and discovered a wealth of history through newspaper archives and interviews. They considered the many lighthouse keepers who tended to the lighthouse during its 200 years of manual operation, read of quarantines, strandings, drownings, and a language deprivation experiment that may or may not have happened. And they learned of the woman who found it to be a temporary home for her and 100 animals, a story that took Onion Press on an unexpected journey.
About the artists
Sarah Lippett is a graphic novelist and illustrator based in Edinburgh. She is the author of two critically acclaimed graphic novels published by Jonathan Cape; A Puff of Smoke (2019), and Stan and Nan (2016). Other works include web-comics for NPR and community engagement projects with diverse groups, including residents of Cliftonville, Margate, dementia sufferers across Lancashire, and sharing the stories of communities in Muzychi and Kyiv, Ukraine. Lippett is currently working on a new graphic novel for young adults, Everything Amplified, set to be published by Cicada Books in 2025.
Maria is an award-winning comics artist and illustrator based in Edinburgh, where she teaches at Edinburgh College of Art. She is one half of Onion Press with Sarah Lippett. In collaboration with writer Heather Parry she also designed and illustrated The Illustrated Freelancer’s Guide and The Illustrated Fair Work Guide. Her first graphic novel, Take it as a Compliment, is a collection of real-life stories of sexual violence. Her work has appeared in anthologies such as We Shall Fight Until We Win and the Eisner-winning Drawing Power.
Tags: Exhibition, illustration
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