Where things come from
Tuesday 1 May 2012
Great animation for a fictional eductional television series, by Hardy Seiler.
Going to Croatia
Saturday 28 April 2012
I haven’t been on a beach holiday since I was about 7. Since then, I’ve only really been on city breaks, which is why I felt quite strongly this year about going away on holiday somewhere hot and sunny, with a guarantee that I’d come back looking less like a ghost.
After some brief research into some possible destinations like Sardinia, Algarve or Turkey, a couple of people I spoke to recommended Croatia. Within a couple of days of looking at pictures and information about the different areas to visit, Dubrovnik seemed liked the ideal place to go.
So the flights and hotels are booked and Dubrovnik old town, beaches and a variety of islands are awaiting!
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Kareena Zerefos
Tuesday 17 April 2012
I’ve not come across an illustrator for a while where I’ve felt the need to look through all their work, however I came across Kareen Zerefos on designworklife and ended up scouring her entire portfolio. Check out her work, it’s absolutely gorgeous.
Pick Me Up 2012
Monday 9 April 2012
Last weekend I went to visit Pick Me Up, the annual graphic art fair hosted at Somerset House. I don’t think I enjoyed it as much as I did last year, but that’s not to say that the work wasn’t great still!
Really nice paper sculptures by Zim & Zou.
Really lovely atlas drawn up of animals by Kristjana S Williams. You can’t really see the lovely detail but I assure you it was lovely.
Soho Warriors FC, particularly the portraits of the collective members, drawn by Jim Spencer.
Letterpress prints by A Two Pipe Problem.
The workshop event on that particular day was The Manic Monster Drawathon by Nobrow illustrators Jack Teagle and Liam Barrett. The idea was supposed to be that children’s drawing game where one person draws a head, someone else the body, then someone draws the legs. We didn’t stick to the original formula to begin with…
And just got carried away with totally unrelated doodle…
But then contributed a monster head between us.
Awesome room setup by Nelly Duff
The main room this year was occupied by members of the Peepshow Collective.
There was a small section in there with a short description of a person from history which people were then invited to contribute an illustration of said description.
Some funny moon sculptures.
Finishing up with the Print Club London room.
Out of Sync
Wednesday 4 April 2012
On the way to Pick Me Up, there was an installation by Chilean artist Fernando Casasempere containing 10,000 ceramic daffodils. Pretty.
Tuesday 27 March 2012
I’ve never really got into the whole image bookmarking thing. I usually just save images in folders on my computer – however I’m liking the whole Pinterest trend at the moment, mostly because I can categorise my images.
Peacock Art & Illustration
Tuesday 20 March 2012
A cover for MacMillan’s Standard Novels, Peacock Edition by Albert Turbayne, 1896
Whilst sketching ideas for my screenprint workshop, I came across lots of lovely, old art & illustration pieces also featuring peacocks or part of them at least. Here are some of my favourites…
The Peacock Kimono by Evan Wilson & a picture of Geneviève Vix
Wiener Chic by Alfons Mucha, 1905
Vogue 1909 covers via vintagesprit
Fruit crate label for Vandalia Brand via vintagesprit
Cognac Jacquet poster via vintagespirit & Kunstsalon W. Zimmermann poster by Max Unold, 1910
Print Club London
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Way back in September, I was bought a Print Club London screenprinting workshop for my birthday! Needless to say, I was pretty excited, although at the time, had no idea what I wanted to print. Eventually after a lot of procrastination and sketching, I ended up with something I was really happy with and even happier after I’d printed it.
Here are some of the initial sketches.
The workshop itself was actually really fun as well. In a single workshop there is a maximum of 20 people, however on my day, only about 15 people showed up. It initially starts off with a cup of tea and a general mingle opportunity with all the other people that are attending whilst the technicians prepare everyone’s images onto trace.
The session lasted from 11am to about 4pm and the day consists of learning how to prepare your images, exposing screens, preparing your ink and then the actual printing. Everything is done in a step by step manner and as the technicians are so friendly, it’s a really great opportunity for total beginners to learn how to screenprint.
If you are familiar with screenprinting, the only suggestion I would make is to perhaps think about the paper stock you want to print on. Although they do provide you with 10 sheets of white, oversized A4 stock, maybe white isn’t something you necessarily want/need to print on. After drawing my image, I definitely knew I wanted to print in a gold or bronze metallic ink onto quite dark, rich coloured stock, so I made sure to go out and buy some dark blue (as pictured), dark plum and chocolate coloured card to experiment on beforehand. It also allowed me to end up with more than 10 prints, although that was also because time allowed me a few extra goes on the screen bed before moving on for the next person.
I would definitely recommend signing up for a session if screenprinting has ever interested you. In general, it’s a really fun day to get stuck in and messy, you get to meet lot’s of new people and get to go home with prints that you made which is very satisfying!