Put Your Stamp on Dundee is a collaborative illustration project by Laura Darling, Louise Kirby, Pamela Scott and Suzanne Scott.
In 2019 they were awarded the Creative Dundee Amps Community Ideas Fund and joined forces to create four unique collaborative drawings inspired by the sights, scenery and patterns that can be found whilst exploring the city.
Due to COVID19 restrictions the original plan for the project had to be changed but the core idea remained the same. The Stamp Gals wanted to encourage people to go out and explore the city, take photos through a viewfinder and be inspired to draw from the photos that they had taken.
Each illustrator made their own viewfinder and shared some of their photos on the Put Your Stamp on Dundee Instagram page.
Next, they set the challenge of starting a drawing each inspired by Dundee which they then each added to in their own style. They selected a preferred art material: charcoal pencil, ink, pen and set a time limit of 30 minutes before passing the drawing on to the next person and so on until they all had added to all four. The results are great! These can also be found on their Instagram page.
As no exhibition/workshop was able to occur, it was decided that a limited edition run of the collaborative illustrations and the starter illustrations would be printed. These were made in to packs containing eight postcards each and were given to a selection of Dundee community groups as well some to the public who responded to an Instagram giveaway.
If you would like to get involved the starter illustrations can be downloaded from the Creative Dundee website and shared on Instagram using #stampdundee or tag @stamp_dundee
Laura Darling is an illustrator and works in a shed at the bottom of her garden. She is inspired by noticing things and drawing them, often on paper and sometimes on sculptures and walls.
Louise Kirby is a designer and illustrator who creates bespoke prints for a range of applications from site specific installations to commissions. Her designs bring the positives into focus so that it connects people to the world around then. She designs a collection products called Dundee Delights.
Pamela Scott is a printmaker and illustrator who works from her home studio in Dundee. She creates drawings, prints, paintings and public art inspired by music, architecture, nature, people and places.
Suzanne Scott is an artist and illustrator based in Dundee working under the name WhimSicAL LusH. She creates unique, quirky illustrations that feature on ranges of prints, stationery, homeware and more.
