{"id":977,"date":"2019-07-17T18:15:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slicexpo.org\/stlspex\/?p=977"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:15:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:15:29","slug":"story-telling-with-stephanie-gobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slicexpo.org\/stlspex\/2019\/07\/17\/story-telling-with-stephanie-gobby\/","title":{"rendered":"Story-Telling with Stephanie Gobby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stephanie Gobby is an illustrator with a focus on myth and folklore in pop culture, more specifically from ancient\/native communities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STL SPEX (Joceline): What are your artistic influences?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s so many. I consume a lot of media and see how others are telling their stories and the ones I connect with the most have a visceral effect on me. David Lynch is an amazing storyteller that takes you along for the ride. You can\u2019t ask too many questions because sometimes you just won\u2019t get answers. Natalie Hall and JAW Cooper are both contemporary illustrators who have made me think a lot more about how expressive lines can be. I also love the whimsy and surrealism of Ghostshrimp.
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STL SPEX: Who do you create for?<\/strong>
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Honestly, I create for myself. Making images requires a lot of exploration and failure and restarting. It\u2019s like the most frustrating and satisfying meditation process when I really dig in to a project. But I\u2019m also creating for seven-year-old me that was always exploring wilderness areas, climbing trees, finding animal bones and making up stories for every gust of wind and twig snap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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STL SPEX: What kind of techniques do you incorporate in your art to convey your pride in your indigeneity? <\/strong>
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Just telling the stories is my technique. Stories don\u2019t survive if they\u2019re not told so I\u2019m doing what I can to keep these stories alive.
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STL SPEX: Your art is influenced by myth and folklore; what story is the most relevant to you and why?<\/strong>
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There isn\u2019t any one story that I can pinpoint as relevant to me. What draws me in to mythology and folklore is how quickly so many cultures turned to magical explanations. The universal need to fill gaps of knowledge across cultures is really similar to how kids approach making sense of the world and I really try to bring that same kind of imaginative play into my work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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