{"id":2798,"date":"2026-03-25T10:13:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:13:47","slug":"isobel-birchall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/isobel-birchall\/","title":{"rendered":"Isobel Birchall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sitecontainer\">\n<div class=\"pagecontainer\">\n<h4 class=\"homepage-heading-h4\">Degree Show 2024<\/h4>\n<div class=\"postcontainer\">\n<h1 class=\"thestudentpostname\" id=\"studentpostname\">Isobel Birchall<\/h1>\n<h3>BA Art and Design<\/h3>\n<p class=\"studentstatement\">I am a drawer and painter who focused on the natural structures within mushrooms for my work in the Degree show. I photographed close-up images of my drawings and enlarged them to show a different perspective of the mushroom. This allowed me to focus on the attention to detail in the lines through the strokes used.<\/p>\n<div class=\"socialstack\"><span class=\"material-symbols-outlined\">handshake<\/span><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with <span id=\"withme\">Isobel Birchall<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--FILE01--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mediafileviewer mfvimages\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading =\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/isobel-birchall-01-1_Isobel-Birchall-scaled.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1998;\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mfv-caption\">For this work, I used tonal pencil and acorn ink to create unique shapes and lines within the mushroom, paying close attention to detail within the strokes used. 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