MARA CAMMI ORSI My work at the college has developed through my interests in children's literature and and has taken two directions : illustration and photography. The artists that influenced my way of working are Maurice Sendac, David Hockney, M.C. Escher, they all feel the real world as a restriction and they try to overcome its flatness in different ways. As a graphic designer I will try to work on children's book illustrations . I normally utilise mixed techniques : I do work with collage, watercolor and acrylics as well. Sometimes I build a paper toy theatre, draw the characters and take photograph of it : I combine in this way my drawing and photography skills. I also love to write children's stories . The first image you'll find here is about a story of a little boy made of the dust, who is wandering over the city during the night. (Collage and mixed technique). The second image is from a project about stage design which I called : 'Kopera or Opera for a kitchen - Pasta in tomato sauce '. The characters, which I borrowed from the Italian masks of "Commedia dell'Arte" are the ingredients of this play, and Pulchinella is the cook. (china ink, watercolour, photographed). In the photography field I am very interested in stage photography. Mara Cammi Orsi Graphic designer illustrator photographer