Innovations in Illustration - Annabelle Schurhammer

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. ...

Museum Visit On our museum visite, this piece really stood out to me. I have always had a fascination with old abandoned buildings like mental asylums, schools, and churches. All the stories and lives lived that are left behind in these places and the creepy vibes. My Story I have a long struggle with psychosis myself and am passionate about mental illness awareness and how mentally ill and vulnerable people are treated in our society. I have written about my experience in this very honest blog:  https://wordpress.com/view/mymindvsreality.wordpress.com  . I also work in the Dementia Ward at a private hospital/retirement home so I am in contact with the elderly with mental illness and I have experienced the good and bad around their care.