AnnaSophia Gouw

Dutch Graphic Design Graduate based in Edinburgh

Graphic Design - BA (Hons)

School of Design

annasophia.gouw@hotmail.com

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AnnaSophia in a yellow dress sitting on a sofa while holding her handmade book with gold foil print on the cover.

Bio

I'm AnnaSophia Gouw, a Dutch Graphic Design graduate based in Edinburgh.

Before moving to Scotland to study art at West Lothian College in August 2016, I lived and worked in London for almost two years. During this time I mastered the English language to a near native level and I worked in the museum sector, as well as with children.

To enroll at university I undertook a one year intensive Portfolio Preparation course at HNC level and got accepted at three major Scottish universities of which I chose to attend ECA.

At ECA I have massively enjoyed learning about and working with the plethora of traditional techniques the art college has available, especially the letterpress printing technique and screenprinting. Besides traditional techniques I've learned to use Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Lightroom to achieve high quality designs and artwork.

Studio members

Thomas Burton Valeria Mogilevskaya

Even In Death

Greyscale image of a regtangular headstone displaying the text "In Loving Memory of my dear husband Daniel Ferme who died 25th July 1917 aged 35 years. Also his dear wife Margaret Glen Black who doed 24th March 1978 aged 90 years."

A greyscale photograph of the Old Calton Burial Ground with the Political Martyrs' Monument in the top centre

Greyscale photograph of a brick inside a wall containing serif text "IF & AK" with weeds sticking out on the right side of the wall.

Greyscale analogue photograph of two bricks embeded in dirt soil, both with serift text J.W.

Greyscale analogue photograph of the photographer's feet standing on a fallen headstone covered in water, the reflection of the photographer's outline visible in the water.

Landscape greyscale photograph of Edinburgh Eastern Cemetery.

Even In Death (Handmade Artist Book)

I've decided to show you one of my more artistic projects that shows my creative process and how I incorporate my storytelling ability into a design project.

This handmade book is inspired by one single gravestone in Edinburgh Eastern Cemetery. I created this artist book as a more stylised version of my sketchbook for this project.

The headstone that fueled this project was of a married couple, Daniel Ferme and Margaret Glen Black, who died more than 60 years apart but were still buried together underneath a tree that still stands to this day.

Using photography, monoprinting and letterpress printing I looked at the theme around love & passing and I wanted to create a delicate but poignant representation of what it is like to keep on living after the death of a loved one.

Close up of the bottom three rows of hand stitching book binding. White stitching creates a braid pattern, attched to the black covers.

Close up of the gold foil artwork on the front cover. Skeleton skull and drawing of graveyard visible.

Book folded open to a double spread depicting a couple of skeletons on the left page, and a close up of one skeleton super imposed on top of a drawing.

Close up of the endpaper inside the book, gold foil on black pages in an organic

I long to be Like You

Moonlight on the soft brown earth, it leads me to where you lay.

They took you away from me but I will stay forever here with you.

I hate myself for breathing without you.

Nothing real love can't undo, even in death our love goes on.

I long to be like you, lie cold in the ground like you.

I believe our love can see us through in death

Some say I'm crazy for my love, they don't know you can't leave me. They can't hear you singing to me.

No matter what they told you, you're not alone.

I'll be right beside you forevermore, all paths lead straight to you.

I can't love you anymore than I already do. I'm coming for you.

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(text combined from Like You & Even In Death by Evanescence)