Imagination and Reality Illustrazione by Ciara Chapman

Imagination and Reality Illustrazione by Ciara Chapman is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award di Ferru in Disignu Graficu Competition Category.

FerruGrafica· 2024

Imagination and Reality Illustrazione

by Ciara Chapman

Client: Ciara Chapman Illustration

A' Design Award di Ferru Winner in Grafica Category

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The Design

About Imagination and Reality Illustrazione

Questa grande decalcomania di finestra illustra induve a realità è l'imaginazione si fondenu per creà una impressione di a vita d'un individuu dopu à una intervenzione medica. L'illustrazione aderisce à u vetru à l'internu di stu edifiziu impressiunante, misurendu più di 10.000mm d'altezza. Sta opera d'arte hè stata creata pensendu à l'accessibilità. L'opera hè installata in un spaziu di finestra perchè i spazii di finestra sò accessibili per esse visti da fora di l'edifiziu. Dunque, i membri di u publicu chì osservanu l'imaghjina ponu restà in a so vittura per osservalla s'ellu e so limitazioni fisiche li richiedenu di fà cusì.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award di Ferru

Imagination and Reality Illustrazione hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Imagination and Reality Illustrazione sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Imagination and Reality Illustrazione hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This large window decal illustrates where reality and imagination merge to create an impression of an individual's life after a medical intervention. The illustration adheres to the glass on the inside of this impressive building, measuring over 10,000mm in height.
Dimensions & Packaging: 10205mm high x 6290mm wide
Tags: art, street art, installation, illustration, medical, imagination
Production Technology: This project was created as a digital illustration and sent to a printing agency for print and installation. The windows of this wonderful Cork Opera House building were measured and each section of the image was printed to the specification of the building. The medium is vinyl and each section was installed on the same day.
Design Challenge: The greatest challenge was the scale of the image. This artwork was the first large scale illustration by this artwork. Cork city is host to incredible street art and this piece of artwork had to stand up to the artwork that already exists in the city while also being respectful of the host building. The largest challenge was to ensure the artwork didn't look like an event or performance that was happening at Cork Opera House so as not to confuse their patrons.
Research: The primary research tools was a personal accounts of life with a chronic medical condition as experienced by the artist.
Inspiration: This illustration was created with the idea of how reality and imagination merge and muddle in our lives after a medical intervention or event.
Project Duration: This project was installed at Cork Opera House, Cork city, Ireland and ran from September to November 2022.
Operation Flow: This artwork was created with accessibility in mind. The artwork is installed in a window space because window spaces are accessible to view from outside the building. Therefore, members of the public who view the image can stay in their car to view the image should their physical limitations require them to do so. Day or night this image can be viewed by the public.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Shane J Horan / Illustrator, Creator Ciara Chapman / Printer, Installer Cork Signs
Image #2: Photographer Aoife Claffey / Illustrator Ciara Chapman / Printer, Installer Cork Signs