Sheffield Miners' strike
A project celebrating the community of Sheffield as they fought together to save the mines. My sketches show the beginning of the strike from when Heath was in power in 1972 through to Thatcher when she brought the strike to an end in 1984.
The draft designs for the final layout
The final illustration. My figurative drawings have been developed by simplifying the facial features of my characters. My interest as an illustrator is in telling a story: I combined text with the imagery to reveal the main characters in each scene.
The illustrations were designed in 3 parts, each of which were screenprinted and made into placards. I wanted to make the outcome echo the original forms of protest.
