Zoe Barrett Illustration Portfolio zoebarrett.co.uk zoebarrett21@gmail.com 07594354961
‘Grow Your Mind’ (flipbook cover illustration & animation) Exploring the themes of self-growth.
‘Grow Your Mind’ (risograph print)
‘Let’s All Become Something’ (animation) Collaboration with Spitfire Audio to promote their LABS software. Exploring the subject of creativity having endless possibilities and giving you the freedom to create.
‘Let’s All Become Something’ (concept posts) Spitfire Audio collaboration LABS software
‘Norwegian Wood’ (book cover design) Norwegian Wood cover for the Penguin Student Design Award 2019, Adult Fiction Cover Award. The themes I focused on were loneliness and the fluctuating relationships between the three main characters of the book; Toru Watanabe, Naoko and Midori.
‘The Collapse of Mysore’ (textiles tapestry illustration) ‘The Collapse of Mysore’ is a university project based on retelling the historical story of the Siege of Seringapatam in 1799, using Tipu’s Tiger at the V&A as my inspiration.
‘The Collapse of Mysore’ (book illustration)
‘The Collapse of Mysore’ (full book spreads)
‘Cultural erasure’ (screenprints) Exploring the idea of Indian cultural erasure through melting henna designs.
'Eco-anxiety': how to spot it and what to do about it Feeling overwhelmed by the existential challenge of climate change? You’re not alone Dave Fawbert 27 March 2019
environmental studies at the College of Wooster, Ohio, Susan Clayton, co-authored a 2017 report titled Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance. She says: "We can say that a significant proportion of people are experiencing stress and worry about the potential impacts of climate change, and that the level of worry is almost certainly increasing.” The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - the guide mental health professionals use to make diagnoses in the US - does not yet include ‘eco-anxiety’ as a specific condition, but the American Psychological Association produced a 2017 report detailing the impacts of climate change on mental health which made reference to the term ‘eco-anxiety’. The glossary describes it as "a chronic fear of environmental doom". It describes it as a source of stress caused by “watching
The headlines detailing extreme weather events seem to come at you day after day. Your social feed and just stepping outside - alerts you to record temperatures being set. And yet, still, some people in positions of power deny its full impact. Meanwhile, an academic paper on climate change - that is so grim it apparently resulted in people going to therapy has gone viral, with some reports suggesting it has been downloaded more than 110,000 times.
‘Eco-anxiety’ (editorial illustration for BBC article)
In the words of the 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg, who founded the school strike for climate movement in 2018: “Adults keep saying, we owe it to the young people to give them hope. But I don’t want your hope, I don’t want you to be hopeful, I want you to panic.”
the slow and seemingly irrevocable impacts of climate change unfold, and worrying about the future for oneself, children, and later generations”. It adds that some people “are deeply affected by feelings of loss, helplessness and frustration due to their inability to feel like they are making a difference in stopping climate change.”
And, it seems, some people are indeed panicking, but, overwhelmed by the magnitude of the issue and mindful of their position as just one person on a planet of billions, they feel powerless. This has led to the phenomenon of ‘ecoanxiety’, described by Psychology Today as “a fairly recent psychological disorder afflicting an increasing number of individuals who worry about the environmental crisis”.
It's possibly unsurprising, since it's hard to read the landmark 2018 report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which called for “urgent and unprecedented changes” to achieve a reduction in carbon emissions of 45% by 2030 (11 years from now) without feeling some degree of uncertainty. That's the minimum we need to do if we want to keep the increase in global warming to 1.5C, beyond which the report warned of catastrophic results including flooding, extreme weather events, drought and famine.
Anxiety disorders more generally vary in severity and, according to Anxiety UK, more than 1 in 10 British adults are likely to experience a "disabling anxiety disorder" during the course of their life. No stats are available on the prevalence of eco-anxiety, but some experts have noted an increase in public anxiety around climate change. Professor of psychology and
Debra Roberts, lead author of the IPCC report, said at the time: “It’s a line in the sand and what it says to our species is that this is the moment and we must act now... I hope it mobilises people and dents the mood of complacency.”
Eco-friendly ways of making wine By Alan Markoff -October 28, 2016
representative at Erath Winery. A wine can have a “LIVE Certified Sustainable Grapes” label only if at least 97 percent of its fruit comes from LIVE-certified vineyards. Because Erath, a large winery for Oregon, works with about 25 different grape growers and some of the vineyards aren’t LIVEcertified, Erath itself is not LIVE-certified. But that does not mean it doesn’t try to use sustainable practices, particularly with its estate grapes. “We use low impact vitacultural practices, and most vineyards are LIVE-certified,” Mentzer said. Oregon wines and wineries can be “green” in several other ways besides being LIVE-certified. A winery or vineyard could just use sustainable practices that are ecological, economically viable and socially fair to everyone involved in their production, but fall short of the LIVE requirements. A winery can also produce organic wines, which in the U.S. means from 100 percent organically grown grapes. That means no pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or chemical fertilizers used in the farming process. It also means that the wine can contain no added sulfites, which are often added to preserve wine. Biodynamic wines incorporate organic growing practices and then take them even further, adopting the theories of biodynamic agriculture developed by Austrian Rudolf Steiner in the 1920s. Steiner, who was a philosopher, social reformist and cultural theorist rather than a farmer, devised a holistic method of agriculture that is based on the theory of everything being linked in the natural world. It has elements that are almost religious, or at least similar to “The Force” in the “Star Wars” film franchise.
Environmental sustainability has become common in the production of many consumer goods over the past two decades and it is no different in the wine industry.
Biodynamic farming includes practices that involve recognizing moon phases when planting and harvesting, using only natural products for fertilization and pest control, and implementing nine different preparations in the vineyard. Those preparations include one that mandates that cow horns are filled with manure and buried in the vineyard after harvest and then dug up in the spring to have their contents mixed with water and sprayed on the soil.
Organic and biodynamic farming in winemaking practices, once rather rare, are now being adopted by wineries across the globe.
It takes a lot of commitment for a winery to become certified biodynamic, but several wineries in Oregon are doing just that.
Given Oregon’s long history toward environmentalism, it should come as no surprise that winemakers in the state are some of the most environmentally conscious in America.
“We just got our biodynamic certification,” said Mesmery Blake of Soter Vineyards, adding that it was exciting for everyone at the winery to be a part of the certification, and that she even helped in the process of some of the rituals in the vineyard.
There are different types of certification to indicate sustainable practices in winemaking and in Oregon, it starts with being LIVE-certified. LIVE was formed by winegrowers in Oregon’s Willamette Valley in 1995 as a way of certifying that grapes are grown – and wines are made – using sustainable methods. LIVE was eventually expanded to include wineries throughout the Pacific Northwest, including all wine regions of Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
‘Wine Bottle Botanicals’ (editorial illustration for magazine article about eco-friendly wine making)
At its core, LIVE promotes grape growers and wineries to “do the right thing” for the environment and society. It takes the “whole farm” and “whole winery” approach to sustainability that includes landscaping and growing non-grape crops in vineyards; irrigation and plant-nutrition practices; labor practices; energy use at the winery; packaging practices, and more. “It’s really about leaving your property in a better condition than when you got it,” said Paul Mentzer, a guest services
“It’s more about future generations and what we’re doing to preserve the land for them,” she said. But biodynamic farming is about more than process; it’s also about quality. Rajet Parr, owner and co-winemaker at Evening Land Vineyards, said it was key in the winery’s 2012 Seven Springs Vineyard “La Source” earning a 98-point rating – the highest ever for an Oregon wine – and being named the #3 wine on Wine Spectator’s annual top 100 wine list in 2015. Parr believes that biodynamic farming has made a huge impact on the quality of his wine. “The place dictates what the wine is,” he said, adding that the fact that the Seven Springs vineyard is recognized as one of the best vineyards in Oregon is at least partially due to it being biodynamically farmed.
‘Isolation in Crowded Spaces’ (editorial illustration for personal publication) Editorial illustration for a personal publication exploring loneliness and isolation in crowded spaces, looking specifically at people living in London.
‘Waterstones Window Art’ (window illustration and chalkboard art) In-store promotions Waterstones Epsom & Sutton
‘Waterstones Window Art’ (window illustration and chalkboard art) Upcoming book promotions Waterstones Epsom
‘Waterstones Window Art’ (window illustration and chalkboard art) Seasonal designs Waterstones Epsom
‘Behind the Scenes of The Bush Hotel’ (rotoscope animation) A documentary animation exploring the behind the scenes aspects of everyday working life.
‘Card Designs’ (occasion card designs) A collection of handdrawn card designs for various occasionsBirthdays, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter.
‘Logo design for Wake and Bake Ltd.’ (digital illustration) Logo design for a local cake company to represent their brand.
Hi, my name is Zoe Barrett! I am currently studying illustration in my third year at University for the Creative Arts in Farnham. My personal work mainly focuses on creating images with strong narratives inspired by everyday observations, social issues and my own experiences. I often work with varied mediums in my work, such as animation, print and textiles, as I am always pushing myself to work in new ways. Clients and collaborators include: Spitfire Audio Waterstones
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