"I definitely love the element of accident and
surprise which is a gift of the process of making
images, especially in a relatively old fashioned
technique like collage. Cutting the wrong shape;
spilling the ink; covering mistakes."- Heller Books- Interview with Sara Fanelli by Steven Heller
Sara Fanellli often anthropomorphises objects or animal
creates. These figures which are often insects or objects with characteristics appearances
are childlike, which take on a similar style which can be seen in 20th century
art work, in particular Dadaism and the Surrealism movements. In a recent
interview with Heller Books she was asked 'Would you say you lean towards
Surrealism in your work? Are you trying to hide something? Or is it the way
your mind processes visual information?'. Fanelli replies with, 'To me the
world is surreal and I find its absurdities and surprises make it worth coping
with all the rest. There is also an element of playfulness in the surreal side
of things that is equally fundamental, for me, in order to live.'
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| Fig 1- Sara Fanelli
In this image Fanelli creates characters out of bug, which to some viewers bug appear scary or creepy, but my characterising them, by making them more identifiable to us, they appeal to children as friendly creatures
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Lauren Child inspired part of Fanelli’s practice. Child’s
most iconic characters are Charlie and Lola which is a series of picture books
and is now a children's TV show. Each half-hour format show contains two
segments with different plots, each starting off with Charlie saying, "I
have this little sister, Lola. She is small and very funny." Charlie was
based on her boyfriend who used to wear shirts just like Charlie's, but with
his name on it. Lola was based on a pixie looking girl Lauren saw on a train
who was with her parents, a young couple, and kept bombarding them with
questions. Like Fanelli Luaren Child uses a combination or college and
scribbles to create her illustrations, as well as digital colouring.
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| Fig 2- Lauren Child- Charlie and Lola |
One of Fanelli's most popular publication is a book
entitled ‘The Onion’s Great Escape’. This book poses a series of thought
provoking questions for child exciting them with pushing out the onion on each
page. Once the child has finished the book, and onion which can be pushed out
from each page then reveals another book. Fanneli states in a article in the
Guardian newspaper the the character of the onion had been a companion of hers
your years. She had drawn the onion for a poetry book by Christopher Reid. The
idea of layering and peeling seemed to go hand in hand with her collaging
technique and the idea of layering information to children, yet seemed engaging
and playful for children, and so decided to create something out of this
character.
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| Fig 3. Sara Fanelli- The Onion's Great Escape |
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| Fig 3. Sara Fanelli- The Onion's Great Escape
In response, and inspired by Fanellis' anthropomorphic methodology I created the collages below. Like Fannelli I collected materials to create my collage, unlike her I recycled old food packaging, e.g. sweet and crisp packs collaged them to create a character. To make them more appealing to children I added human/ animal like features to them to make them more identifiable.
  
To create these collages i used coloured paper, patterned paper, lined and graph paper, food packaging, photographs of eyes, text, and black ink over the top in order to mimic some of Fanelli's style. Overall I am satisfied with the out come of these pieces, even though it is not my usual way of working i have learnt to be more experimental, and i will potentially use collage materials in some of my future work.
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- Fig 2."Children Performances You Can’T Miss This June Holidays". The New Age Parents. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Oct. 2016.
- Fig 3. {Phaidon}, Books. "Books To Coo About: The Onion's Great Escape {Phaidon}". Coosandahhs.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Oct. 2016.
- Fig 4."The Onion's Great Escape". Booktopia. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Oct. 2016.
Bibliography
Books
- Fanelli, Sara, Marina Warner, and Steven Heller. Sometimes I Think, Sometimes I Am. London: Tate, 2007. Print.
- Fanelli, Sara. My Map Book. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Print.
- Fanelli, Sara. Mythological Monsters Of Ancient Greece. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 2002. Print.
Website
- "Children's Books - Articles - The Dream-Like Images Of Sara Fanelli | Bfk No. 195". Booksforkeeps.co.uk. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
- "Cinderella And Bags!". Creativeflourishes.blogspot.co.uk. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
- "Cinderella". Alibris UK. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
- "Oliver Jeffers". En.wikipedia.org. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
- "Oliver Jeffers". HarperCollins UK. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
- "Oliver Jeffers". Oliverjeffers.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
- "Sara Fanelli - A Life In Pictures". the Guardian. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
- "Sara Fanelli - Literature". Literature.britishcouncil.org. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
- "Sara Fanelli – Art Not Artifice". Tate.org.uk. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
- "Sara Fanelli. Creature Creator For Children’S Illustration". Fishinkblog.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
- "Stephen Friedman Gallery - Artists - David Shrigley". Stephenfriedman.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
- "The Thought-Provoking Illustrations Of Sara Fanelli | Design | Agenda | Phaidon". Phaidon. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
- Steven Heller : Hellerbooks.Com". Hellerbooks.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
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