Drawing Project

So this was the outcome of my drawing project.  Although not technically a drawing I'm still quite happy with it.  The flower at the bottom is a hellebore, which is a symbol of new beginings as it flowers through ice and snow.  I wanted it to be a bit subversive so I used embroidery as it's seen as being "nice" yet the message is less than nice.  Thankfully I do feel a bit better now that I've done it, and much better than I felt whilst doing the project.

 

Little shadow, to the night will you follow me?

I now have my basic cape!  It's been cut and hemmed and now its time to lobster it up.  A success so far although I did realise after hemming it that I forgot to pre shrink my fabric, oh dear.  Hopefuly it wont be too much of a problem.

We've been doing a drawing project in the studio this week which has turned from being quite enjoyable to rather distressing.  I chose a very personal and difficult subject matter in hope of gaining some sort of benefit from it.  I thought it would be some sort of release and way of venting my emotion but in reality it has just made for a very unhappy week so far.  I'm hoping that once I'm finished it will have the desired effect but at the moment it's definately not.

Hallo Karen O

The aim:

Later on this month the 4th year illustrators are having a rock legends themed fundraiser for their degree show and I've decided to go as the one and only Karen O.  After much pondering over which one of her wonderful costumes to make I've finally settled on the one that she wore on stage at Glastonbury last year.  

Karen O is someone I've always had alot of admiration for - her style, music and general persona.  To sum it up I think she's rather amazing.

I bought some fabric today so I can get started but I've yet to do anything with it.  My costume obviously isn't going to be anywhere near as good as Christian Joy's (the wonderful designer who makes Karen's costumes) but I'm sure it will still be very fun to wear, not to mention dance in.  Maybe the lobster cape will become part of my everyday wear.

Christian Joy:

www.christianjoy.us

Memory Collective

"Every mans memory is his own private literature." 

- Aldous Huxley

 

A few of my favourite photos from the project I'm currently doing, based on a collection of memories. 

Snapitty Snap

My latest camera purchase arrived a couple of days ago - a Kodak Colorsnap 35 Model 2, complete with carry case!  It's about 50 years old and despite not being worth very much I still think it's quite the bargain at 99p plus postage.  I've not had a chance to take it for a test run yet but hopefully I'll manage to get out with it in the next couple of days.