Artist Statement

Laura works with a mixture of media with varied styles when it comes to her portfolio including traditional art, digital art, as well as anything related to keeping her hands busy such as pottery and sewing. She is greatly inspired by Japanese artists within her artistic career.

Laura’s dissertation project presents itself as a comic book adaptation of a personal retelling of a Maltese myth based on Qrendi’s “il-Maqluba”, a known sinkhole in Malta. It is said to have been overturned by God, it is also said that it was a village bombarded by giants and evil spirits that was eventually thrown into the ocean creating our modern day island of Filfla. This publication will be exhibited as one chapter out of four alongside bookmark designs and a poster printed within the chapter’s copies; the booklet itself will be Maltese on one side and English on the other to reach out to a greater audience as the point of this project is to help people develop interest in Maltese culture. This publication will be suitable for those of fifteen years of age and above due to the use of graphic illustrations portraying violent imagery and possible vulgar language.