{"id":875,"date":"2020-10-03T21:35:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T21:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/?page_id=875"},"modified":"2025-11-17T00:46:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T00:46:38","slug":"the-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/?page_id=875","title":{"rendered":"work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A new website will be viewable soon. A few items are still viewable on this site.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes I work through long projects. Sometimes on book illustrations. Sometimes on pictorial installations. Sometimes on games. Sometimes on joy, sometimes on sorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did a  geography degree immediately before studying art. I needed to explain the world through pictures rather than essays. Hints of stratigraphy show through here and there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Emily-Johns_first-flower.jpg?resize=584%2C403&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-444\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First flower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WP_20150827_13_00_03_Pro-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WP_20150827_13_00_03_Pro.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WP_20150827_13_00_03_Pro-scaled.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WP_20150827_13_00_03_Pro-scaled.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WP_20150827_13_00_03_Pro-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WP_20150827_13_00_03_Pro-scaled.jpg?resize=864%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WP_20150827_13_00_03_Pro-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WP_20150827_13_00_03_Pro-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C533&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emilyjohns.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/WP_20150827_13_00_03_Pro-scaled.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8216;Edgelands&#8217; 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