Really enjoyed working with the letter F.I had a vision of a fox in my mind and the rather cute flea that lives in Mr Foxy,s tail.The background print worked along side the imagery really well and I love the colours. Really pleased with this one. I want to frame this collage for my exhibition.Makes me also think of cider mmmm! nom nom..Now thats an idea??? !
So today we all had our mugshot taken for the catalogue for the final degree show exhibition. This pic above is not the one by the way, Im not sure what I do look like in the final image taken by Rosie our tutor on the photography course... I did ask if she could make me look like I had'nt been awake for 48 hours whilst caring for my son Oscar haha!....We shall see.
So here I am ! thoroughly enjoying what Im doing. It's somewhat unerving starting every new collage but exciting too as it never quite turns out the way way I initially planned. Thats ok though, Im enjoying the spontaneity that comes with that. It's what keeps every piece individual.
Above are photos of work in progress.As I go through the blog I think thats what I will do and at the end display my finished pieces.That's because Icould possibly go back and change areas here and there.
Today im taking a step back and will be working on my sign language ready to put on a screen tommorrow hopefully.
Hello I've become rather accostomed to feeding the ever growing community of birds in front of my house! Im rather taken with the tiny Blue Tits that and Robin's that hang around but I think my favourite is the good old Wood Pigeon.He's rather fine and always takes a glance at me when Im doing the lonely job of washing the dishes and peering out of the kitchen window.....He's rather partial to Hovis seeded granary!
Hello busy , busy as usual ! Presently working on F and G of my collaged prints. Can't actually tell if im on cue or behind at the moment as its ticking along quite nicely and im enjoying my work so much but there's always that little voice saying PANIC !!!
Well anyway,there's always time for finding new things to influence you and above are some pics of my recent finds whilst out and about.
Last week I spent more time back in the printroom finalising my finished alphabet letters for my end product. I chose the font and developed the screens ready to print Thursday and Friday .Was a tight squeeze in the printroom unfortunately as there was an induction wth some classes in the other years but I did a little ducking and diving around the old printroom inbetween to get what I wanted.
I produced loads of letters in various colours and Im so pleased with the end result. Above are just a couple of examples of some colour co-ordinations. Now its the exciting bit ....when i get to choose which letter goes with with final image!
I printed a little extra to make alphabet cards to sell in the shop.Im also going to make some alphabet posters and scan them in to produce some promotional material towards the end.
On Friday we had a visiting lecturer, the wonderful Graham Rawle, who talked about some of his work. Famous for the The Lost Consant series, which was published in the weekend Guardian, he has also had several novels put into print, some of which are below.
Above is how Graham lays out his text.
Graham, who is a lecturer on the MA Illustration course at University of Brighton as well as a successful illustrator, proved to be extremely witty, funny and hugely motivational. One of his most successful recent works is a recreation of the Wizard of Oz, a clip of which is below.
I really enjoyed the lecture and Grahams work. I think what draws me to him is the understanding and use of collage which of course I am also passionate about. It was interesting to know Im not the only one who collects hundreds of pieces of papers of various sizes in order to use someday soon !! Out of all the lectures so far I can truly say this has been my favourite.
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