Abandoned warehouse

I'd like to say i found an abandoned warehouse, snuck in and found these things inside but realistically I went through the correct entrance, using a key and with the guidance of my dad who used to own it and use it for his set design studio. I took tonnes of photos which would take me forever to post but heres a selection.

Things I collected include: sun bleached photos, letraset catalogue with un-used sleeves, photo slides, office paperwork, matches, postcards, business cards, set design drawings and tracings.

A special present

On Tuesday I received an unexpected gift from artist Steve Mcpherson. I've blogged about him before and created a memory book which was inspired by his cartographic pieces. I love his work and after conversing a few times about my current project I received a signed, limited edition copy of his book sent to my college. It was such a nice gesture and one that many people probably wouldn't even consider doing.

Steve is currently doing a global depository project for images of found marine plastic washed up on beaches and embankments. If you have anything to contribute visit the website to get your photographs involved: http://www.marineplastic.org/

A series of ideas

Ideas in my sketchbook for FMP. For Some reason my works become really messy recently, i can't work out if this is a good or a bad thing.

A Reminder to collect...

Birds, boats and bees

Doesn't relate to the project i'm doing but I really like these illustrations by Lizzie Janssen

Failure

Spent the Easter messing around with bits of paper. Really should have done some drawing.

Brandi Strickland

I've been looking at the work of Brandi Strickland; specifically her set "Introduction to space" which involves simplistic collages of found scrap paper and imagery. For more click on the link.

Made you look

Photos taken at Portobello market and Pollock's Toy Museum for final major project.

"Prodding Times Arrow"

"Going Further East" 2006

"Prodding times Arrow"

Came across these Journals By Gerard Lange. Its worth viewing them on a larger scale because there is so much detail to each page.

I wish I could work like this.

Newspaper dolls

I'm in the progress of designing and making newspaper dolls for my project. I want to make them much bigger and give them different profiles and labels with their name and own personal story. Here is my initial design and a scan of the basis of my doll.

Sketchbook collages

A few pages from my current sketchbook. Looking at artists for research and making my own collages involving found scraps of paper and other materials.