ILLUSTRATION & PRINTMAKING

Originally trained as an illustrator, Fisher uses this skill to explore techniques in illustration and printmaking to communicate aspects of the projects created. Fisher is currently working with IIHUK charity to develop ways in which physical pain is represented and understood by healthcare professionals and society. Using the visual arts to communicate pain from invisible illnesses.

Microbial Me Illustrations & Etching

Beginning as an experiment in 2012 on Broad Vision and continued in collaboration with Professor Mark Clements, Dr. Richard Harvey & supported by Thermofisher Scientific. On permanent display at the Eden Project, Cornwall, UK.

CYANOTYPE

Fisher created various prints throughout the covid-19 pandemic to raise money for IIHUK charity and adopted this print making process to show the beauty of nature as well as technology that uses lightwaves.

EDGAR ALLAN POE

Illustrations done by Fisher in 2010 to illustrate some of her favourite Edgar Allan Poe short stories, including The Black Cat & The Tell-Tale Heart.

Digital Sketchbook

Fisher revamped her 10 year old illustrations into digital prints to raise money for IIHUK charity.

ROMAN COINS

24 digital drawings accompanying article 'Acting Up: The Post of Triumvir Monetalis as an Early-Career Move in the Late Republic, 2021' written & commissioned by Dr Christopher Burden-Strevens.

Sketchbook

Pages from Fisher's sketchbook, all hand drawn.

MELLISSA FISHER