Ode To Celestial Bodies

Ellie is a multi-disciplinary illustrator from Dublin, Ireland, who works with tattooing, comic making and Risograph printing.

This project, titled ‘Ode to Celestial Bodies’ is a collection of intangible feelings and aims to give people an understanding of what it is like to grow up in a gender non-conforming body. Through collecting their own dreams and memories, Ellie aims to explain their relationship to their body. The project title references the heavenly state of the ‘perfect form’, an ode being a poem that sings of praise. Ellie will be presenting their work in two different formats, an artbook and a tapestry. The works are created using ballpoint pen and embroidery, mediums used to explore gender identity/dysphoria, letting go and feeling like an outsider when you are meant to belong.