Wire 'drawing'

Using ordinary gardening wire these sculptures have been made using a continuous line technique, but in 3 dimensions. Consideration has been given to the weight and quality of line in conveying an aspect of the animal depicted. Some are incomplete, and some explore just one element of the creature.

Wire 'drawing'

Lino and woodcut workshop

The Magical Guide to Firelflies- Abi Mcneall

The Illustrated Menagerie's old Posterous site

As the Illustrated Menagerie blog moves from its old home on Posterous to these new premises, (Posterous closing in a few weeks) we are tidying up some broken links and reorganising some of the content.

Now you can view content by animal family (Mammal, Bird, Fish, Reptile, Invertebrate), the media used to illustrate the animal, or by the workshop the images were produced in. See the 'links' list to the right.

The Dragonfly

The theme that I have researched and illustrated was that of the dragonfly. It is such a complicated thing it amazes me on how it works. I have made many drawings to show the many different things that make up the creature and have found some things I did not even know about its habits and anatomy.

Short animation - ants

Whiteboard and marker animation by Dale Sylvester, commenting on the social interaction of ants and the importance of pheromones.