Innovations in Illustration - Annabelle Schurhammer

I have chosen 2 'Texts' as inspiration. For each 3 i will explain what interests me about them. I will think about how I can use each one as inspiration in my 3 chosen illustration techniques.  1.  "If you were a woman walking along the street as a prostitute," says Shepherd, "you could end up in Porirua; if you were an alcoholic, you ended up in Porirua; if you were classed as being a bit strange and weird, you ended up here. You had your epilepsies, your senile dementias, your Parkinson's - a whole range." In two minds by Denis Welch I find it interesting how 'normal' people could end up in the Hospital if they did not fit into society. Prostitutes, Gays, alcoholics, other addicts, crossdressers, the elderly, people with down syndrome and autism, people of different religions and women that did not obey their father/husband.  2. Dorothy Turner's Diaries I find Dorothy's delusions and auditory hallucinations about ...

Out of Mind Out of Sight Book A great book all about the History of Porirua Hospital  with first-hand stories from workers and patients.  Here are some of my favourite quotes: Dorothy Rose Turner's Diaries This was an interesting experience. Three boxes full of Dorothy's diaries containing her everyday thoughts and experiences with God, mental illness and time at the Porirua hospital. Her writing was hard to read. 

Here I will post Stories and first-hand memories that I have found on the internet.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The patients in F. Ward were terribly violent. They screamed and yelled all night and half the day. There were no drugs – they were locked in single rooms and you couldn’t go near them. You’d almost get the sack if fewer than three or four people went to their room to give them dinner or tea. Sedatives were almost unknown. Straitjackets were used a lot and great big leather gloves that were locked on – they had a key to lock them on – because some of them would tear you to pieces ." Recollections from 1925 by a nurse in ‘Out of mind, out of sight: the story of Porirua Hospital’ p. 83 by Wendy Hunter Williams, written for the 1987 centennial of the hospital. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I had to work ...

History Porirua Lunatic Asylum (alternates: Porirua Asylum, Porirua Hospital, Porirua Psychiatric Hospital; currently: Porirua Hospital Museum) was a  psychiatric hospital  located in  Porirua . Established in 1887, it was at one time the largest hospital in  New Zealand . The patients ranged from those with  psychotic  illnesses, to the  senile , or alcoholics. Land was acquired in 1884 for a hospital farm that would offer 'work therapy' to relieve overcrowding at  Wellington 's  Mount View Lunatic Asylum . Porirua Lunatic Asylum, as it was originally named, was opened in 1887 with Dr. Thomas Radford King as its medical superintendent, though in less than a year, he was replaced by Dr. Gray Hassell. By 1905, Porirua Hospital had 700 beds. In the early 1900s, the facility had 2000 staff and patients, affording a major effect on the  Wellington Region 's development. By 1928, nurses moved into the...

Toby Morris  These 'gif' comics because they bring interest and mood. " I was struck by how simple you could make the language around this difficult subject". I could use my illustrations to help the audience understand something as difficult as mental illness easier.  Max Gärtner I like how the animal illustrations are not actually drawn but cut out (i think), they are coming off the page, coming alive. Also the audience is dressed in animal masks, they are part of the art work.  Jeffrey Decoster Love the chaos and disorganized feel. Clear emotions are felt.  To Much Studio Good use of 3D, texture, and color. Especially like the black background poster.  Danielle Buerli  Enjoy the inclusion of background in the last one, and the weirdness of the bodies in the first two.  Joe Maccarone Simple illustration, but good use or light and shadows. Sachin Teng Gifs, fantasylands, and creatures. Love it. ...