Faculty of Design
Illustration
Emily Akerman
Tears Speak
Illustration
Tears Speak imagines the eye as it weeps, its tears falling not as tears, but as lips. A quiet portrait of the strain that comes from a world of mouths to follow, and the exhaustion held within that effort.
Work by
Emily Akerman aka. Poofy
Illustration, Visual Storytelling, Deaf Visual Image Art (De'VIA)
“Beyond Hearing is series of works exploring the Deaf experience and an individual’s agency in a hearing-centered world. ...” [More]
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