The project itself culminated as a book of illustrated sonnets, printed with risograph, that show my interpretation of the poetry and their queer possibilities. the illustrations are interwoven with natural flora found within the poems, as well as seasonal decorations.

I felt it was important to make this project to highlight the queer possibility of Shakespeare as a bard, and though it wasn’t pertinent, queerness is still present. The idea of naturality and queerness came from ideas I explored in my dissertation all about the use of nature in art as a queer code, and without realising it i really put it into practice when experimenting for the project.

Below you’ll find the scans of the current complete illustrations as i work further through this project.