“ I like to create work that starts a conversation with the audience” ​​​​​
 I love to draw. I always carry a sketchbook, pen and a few colourful marker pens with me which I use to make drawings instead of taking photos. However, I’ve started to work in photoshop - it helps me create a different atmosphere, make more detailed illustrations and tell a story. I like to transfer my illustrations onto fabrics, I feel like it brings them to life. 
​I like to make people think and ask questions.


​I came to Cútar for a drawing course run by Martyn Blundell, who taught me life drawing at university and who owns a house in the village. The drawings above are from my sketchbooks of Cútar and Málaga. The illustrations are part of my university graduation project, based on my travels and members of my family. My grandad passed away this year and I wanted to make a piece to celebrate his life. I’ve included all the elements that remind me of my grandparents. My grandma is one of the strongest and kindest people I’ve ever met
​Traveling, human nature and architecture are the things that I find inspiring - traveling is a huge part of my life it helps me to find my inner balance. I love to just walk around and talk to strangers, l find that conversations with strangers always trigger ideas. 
​I went to Portugal for two weeks and travelled by myself - this experience gave me a huge boost of confidence. I was also inspired by the colourfulness of the Moroccan villages.
I’m always amazed how imaginative kids are. I love their honesty, they’re always true to themselves - they live in the moment, it comes to them naturally, without thinking. It’s something that we lose as adults.
I’d love to work with people on their personal projects. By creating something that is special for them I make a connection with that person. I get to know them in a way that makes it special and unique.

I’m one of those young people who emigrated from their home country – in my case Poland - but I left in order to find myself, not to earn money.
When I was young, I always wanted to be famous - I used to act in a local theatre and almost went to drama school.  Later I had big dreams about working in a fashion industry but realised that It wouldn’t allow me to be myself a hundred percent. Now my work is divided into two categories: strictly commercial and conceptual.
Originally from Poland, Ignis Szy currently lives in England and has recently graduated in Textile Design at Norwich University of the Arts, where she specialised in Printmaking and Illustration. As well as her personal art work, she has developed her own brand of textiles IGNIS SZY ART.
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