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Surfing & Global culture through her artworks ... SurfA interviews 'IUNA'

As SurfA moves into it's "Art Of Surfing" phase, we are proud to present to you the works of 'Iuna' a Swiss SurfA Girl, who we first discovered through some design work she did on a surfboard, while she was on a surfng surfari in Costa Rica.

Iuna is a large Amazonian bird, commonly held as a symbol of wisdom. Iúna, in this case is the the working name of Illustrator and Graphic Designer Corinne Weidmann from Zurich, Switzerland.

Inspired by South American & Polynesian patterns, as well as the (Shinto) Japanese animals, Iuna, (Corinne) does all of her work by hand, preferring to use the more traditional methods of painting and drawing. She mixes this with with 'raw' and 'organic' ingredients at times (ie: coffee) to maintain her 'earthy' style.
At times some of her work can also resemble some of the 60's 'poster' artwork of the 'factory' period, while her spiraling line work drawings also touch on the styles of the the great 'trip' masters of the past. (eg: Escher, Dali)

Iuna has just had one of her artworks, used on a new 'snowboard' for the Colorado USA, 'UNITY" Snowboard Company. Appropriately named the "Whale" board, it features one of her many "Whale" pieces on the top, including integration of a storyline with words from the classic novel by Herman Melville, (Moby Dick.)
She has also recently spent time in a surf camp in Costa Rica, painting lamp-posts, driftwood and eventually her surfboard with a totem style of the Iuna bird.

Much of Iuna's personal work is expressed in her totem like creatures or caricatures, creating a linking style that is becoming a distinctive (and I think, the best) hallmark of her works.
Her works are immediately impacting, using colorful and 'continuous' images often combined with words (usually in hand drawn typography) , expressing her undeniable passions.
"The totems symbolize the spirit within us all of us" says Corinne "they remind us to listen to our inner voice"
It is obvious that at times the works imbue the emotions of her current (often personal) state, allowing the work to not only strike at you visually, but leave an impression of 'raw' feelings or messages. (as all artists aim to do)