Navigating Dyslexia

These designs are part of a sequence made by Kate Rolfe to illustrate a self-initiated project entitled Navigating Dyslexia. Based on Rolfe’s personal experience, Navigating Dyslexia combines letterpress and cyanotype to communicate the nuanced experience of a person with dyslexia. The artist first sketched a real child reading (E.985-2003 – E.986-2003, and E.994-2023 – E.995-2023) before developing her story character (E.987-2003 and E.996-2023). In her preliminary sketches Rolfe used a combination of drawn media in ink combined with stamps she made herself (E.988-2023 – E.993-2023). She used cyanotype as a painted process and experimented with reproducing the letterforms, trailing stitching, stamping or collaging (E.977-2023 – E.984-2023) as well as playing with her different illustrative concepts which revolved around navigating difficult terrain.