Lili Scratchy
Lili Scratchy是来自法国的一位独立插画家，她画插画也涉及陶艺和儿童绘本。她的作品充满想象和童趣，趣味横生。
关于Lili的一篇访谈
Hello there Lili Scratchy! We’d like to know how did art/creativity became a part of who you are, what started your passion? Also we’re curious so may we ask, why the name Lili Scratchy?
I think that I always have been very curious and attracted irresistibly by pencils, markers, and paints (or paintings). My head thinks in lively colors, and my mood is very often “optimistic”. The name Lili Scratchy came from my first book “Lulu Magazine” in 1995 after watching “The Simpsons”!
We really adore your ceramic works, they’re all so amazingly quirky & kooky! We love how you would mix unexpected elements into everyday dinnerware, we love your sculpture that also works as a vase, and your spoons!! Where/how do you get your inspirations for all your ceramic creations?
I just re-transcribe what I have in my head in 3D. As I am not a professional ceramic artist, everything that I do is a little twisted and that gives a funny style to my creations!
You express yourself through various mediums (seeing that you draw, paint and even worked with ceramics), is there any all time favorite medium to use and why?
What I like it is to change techniques. All the time, I want to try new mediums or material. But I have no preferences it is my side “chameleon”.
What are some of your favorite tools/objects from your studio, things that you absolutely cannot live without?
The small red flamenco shoes with white polka-dot of my daughters and my first ceramic my “Happy tea pot”.
Which is your favorite Lili Scratchy project/creation?
The ceramic piece which I am most proud is a big vase parrot that I had made for a show in Nantes 2 years ago. For the books, my favourite is “The crazy coloriage” edited by Thierry Magnier editions but which is unfortunately sold out.
You are currently residing in France, can you describe your studio/house where you live? Does it inspire you in anyway? Can we have a look at your favorite places/spots in your house?
My house looks like the inside of my head – “deranged and colored”! It is not necessarily the decorations that inspire me, but my house is my den and I have my habits in there.
Many artists seem to have compromised on their art dreams and loose their passion once they become parents. How do you maintain a balance between your time spent on making your own creations and spending time with your kids.
For me it is the opposite. My children are a permanent source of inspiration! I even steal ideas from them sometimes. They are used to see me tinkering and drawing all the time. I do not separate them, everything is mixed. They are doing their homework next to me as I’m answering your questions.
Your 3 kids seem to be loving arts as much as you do, they get so creative even with ordinary/daily objects. What do you do to encourage/inspire your kids to be in touch with their creativity?
They grew in this colored and playful universe, I think that for them it is natural.
Your sketchbooks are like little peeks into a Lili Scratchy wonderland, if we can take a trip to enter & explore Lili Scratchy’s mind/brain, what do you think we could see in there?
I think that you would be surprised it is more twisted, complicated and black that in my sketchbooks.