Madeleine Ritchie
Illustration

I recently graduated from the Glasgow School of Art, where I studied Visual Communications and specialised in illustration.  I am primarily an illustrator and screen printer, but my creative practice also extends to textile print, book design and lampshade design.

In 2009 I spent a semester at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto Canada, and studied illustration, illustrative activism, publication design and drawing.

Subsequent to my degree show in June 2010 I exhibited a site-specific installation (a giant apple interactive mechanism inspired by Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity) at the Secret Garden Party festival in Cambridgeshire. 

I also recently exhibited a textile screen-print at the emerging design talent shows, New Blood, at the Truman Brewery on Brick Lane, London.

Q&A's

Describe your creative practice in 20 single words.

Big, texture, colour, scale, circles, shapes, microscopic, cut-out, print, ink, hessian, layers, abstract, light, paper, textile, illustration, screen print, design, books.

Describe your influences using 30 single words or short phrases.

Microscope, bacteria, organism, cells, structure, magnify, urban, biology, chemistry, symbols, diagram, contours, cartography, landscape, geometric, nature, pattern, technology, mistakes, kitsch, electricity, angles, science, William Morris, tessalation, fibres, physics, animation, blocks.