2024 | Longlist | Site Specific
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She/her - Why did you create this work?
Snuffle is a Dog Café and Wine Bar that has built a real sense of community in South London, as well as championing independent artists. The downstairs space has little natural light, and hadn't yet captured the personality of the brand. Using careful placement and colour choices, I created a mural to make the room feel bigger, brighter, and more inviting, bringing more of Snuffle to the space. - How were your illustrations used?
Using a doodle-style, the paintings are of stretching café regulars and foliage inspired by local parks. The illustrations were used to make a permanent mural in the downstairs space. This area caters for dog daycare and grooming, plus workshops and yoga classes for children, so the artwork needed to show both the fun and the serenity that can be enjoyed at Snuffle. - What materials and techniques did you use?
Some elements were sketched in pencil on to the wall first, though most parts of the mural were painted freehand. I followed a rough layout from a sketchbook, but was also given the freedom to improvise and explore directly with the paintbrush. I used interior wall paints, and a mixture of small and large paintbrushes. I added wiggles to the linework to give the doodle-style character. - Was this project commissioned?
Commissioned - Commissioner Name
Silvia Fois - Commissioner Company
Snuffle Dog Café - Commissioner Instagram
@snuffle_dogcafe - College / University
University for the Creative Arts - Course and graduation date
BA (Hons) Illustration, graduated in 2015 - Instagram
@lauracoppolaro - X (formerly Twitter)
@Laura_coppolaro - Biography
Laura loves storytelling and all things colourful. Be it painting giant snoozy dogs or working out how many bits of cereal to sneak into Mr. Twit’s beard, there’s no problem she doesn’t love solving with illustration. From books to concepting, licensing and editorial, she has worked for Roald Dahl, Netflix, Calm, Disney, Riding for the Disabled, Forrester, and many more. - Where are you currently based?
United Kingdom (UK)
