Inspiration: Tori murphy

Tori murphy is an illustrator and I found her work on 'WGSN's sister website : 'homebuildlife' and have fallen in love and it has given me some of the best initial ideas that suit both my style and ideas. She works within the interior and focuses on still life (something I am very much focusing on throughout my dissertation and the idea of bringing objects alive through print)
She has beautifully photographed houses in a creative way…

From these thoughtful compositions she has translated these further into her illustrations which I absolutely love and can see these as stitch, and have the thought of starting my initial ideas of as stitch drawings that can later be framed within my degree show.

I feel very much motivated to start my project off well. As previously I have not connected with my work as much as I would have liked to have done. This already has a strong personal connection with myself as a person and that is what my work is all about - the connection between objects and the viewer, so to have my work connect with me through inspiration strongly supports this.

How do you gather inspiration?It could be while having a cup of coffee and simply appreciating the silhouette or glaze of a mug, or spending time in a hotel and observing how people interact with the furniture - I like to see the personality in objects and scenes.  Interiors magazines and books are constant sources of new ideas and stores like Liberty and 10 Corso Como always inspire me to see how beautiful things can be. Most of all though, I am a true believer that our environments are an extension of our personalities and by seeking out inspiring people, you will find inspiring things around them.

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By Lucy Hayes, WGSN, 18 November 2011