Rachel Wil­son stud­ied Eng­lish in col­lege. After hav­ing worked in the pub­lish­ing indus­try for awhile, she even­tu­ally returned to her love of mak­ing things. I think that Rachel’s time spent study­ing lit­er­a­ture shines through in her work.

Upon view­ing her work, I was instantly reminded of the Art Nou­veau move­ment. Her draw­ings, like that the art move­ment pre­ced­ing them, uses a hier­ar­chy in design and shapes. Empha­siz­ing line weight and scale, she has her sub­ject con­tain dif­fer­ent pat­terns with accent color. This results in some lovely, mul­ti­fac­eted draw­ings — the viewer can enjoy both indi­vid­ual pat­terns and how they all work together.

Her work is con­trolled, orga­nized, and mixes clar­ity with ambi­gu­ity. It is like a well-crafted story; its voice orig­i­nal, ideas unique yet not lost on its reader.

All images via her web­site.