I've read the books so know the story anyway, but it still would have been nice not to know.
Monday, 29 November 2010
harry.....
I've read the books so know the story anyway, but it still would have been nice not to know.
Monday, 1 November 2010
Pitlochry.....
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Gilgamesh...
Its quite a nice wee show to do and I'm on my own so there a bit of freedom.
Theres not much to it, the centre piece is the ziggurat, a series of steps that have to be painted reddy orange with a few splashes of blue.
Then theres a gauze, same colour as the ziggurat.
Its realy hard to hang a gauze on your own, it take some serious arm strength and hammer balancing!!
Then there were the back flats which were to look like a night time sky, I had painted them originally with blues and blacks, with a white spatter. However once the designer seen them, she was keen for a little white to be added in with a little more ultramarine blue.
Sunday, 10 October 2010
La vernissage (the opening night)
I had an amazing time and am really glad I stayed for the two months instead of just one. I managed to see how the whole exhibiton came together and how each membewr of the team brought their own bit to it. The strangest thing was then seeing the public come in and wander round being able to touch your work rather than just view it as they would in a theatre.
each of the boxes with text was on springs, so anytime some stood on them, theywould make noise. this would stop again when the person came off the box, when you have a room full of people walking around, its soon got pretty loud...
These are some photos from my friend Seb (http://www.lrdprod.com/) aswell as the official MEN photographer (http://www.men.ch/)
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
More rust...
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Guitar fish and all that jazz..
This room was to look very different compared to the rest of the rusty submarine- a little classier.
I got to use Bristol bronze paint! I'd only ever used powders when painting metalics, so having it already made up was a bonus, especially when we didn't have a lot of time on our hands.
We had a reddish base coat and painted the bronze on top, then used water to sponge it off, giving a nice patchy texture.
super shiny floor, merci freaky swiss glaze...
In the middle of the room was a big sofa, that had been designed and made specially for the exhibition, this was sat in front of an aquarium type which was filled with various different shaped guitars that looked like fish.
little fishies....
Monday, 4 October 2010
Making a reef
Sunday, 3 October 2010
DJ Rust in da house!
I hadn't actually used the old iron powder and vinegar method properly before, I can now say that I've had PLENTY practice!
First of all I used a burnt umber-ish base coat all over, then a raw sienna was over the whole thing kinda, messy in patches, it doesn't need to be too precious.
After that, I brushed on some glaze (I think some people use glue too), while this was wet I added my iron powder then sprayed it with the vinegar.
The colour of the rust depends on how much vinegar you put on, don't go nuts at first, it comes up pretty bright.
One recommendation though- WEAR GLOVES! I found out the hard way when I ended up with rusty hands!
Saturday, 2 October 2010
Journey of a fresco (or fresque- since we're in Switzerland)
next I began to add in the pixels.
i made up a square template from cardboard which measured 25x25cm. my boxes on my grid we 1x1m so the all I had to do was line up a corner of the templte to the corner of my.
for bigger gropus of pixels, I used masking tape...
the final stages were adding the black at the top. it made a HUGE difference once tis was added in and seemed to bring the whole thing together...
Friday, 1 October 2010
Switzerland
I was invited over by the lovely Anna Jones, who designed Kapsar Hauser at the academy last year. My stay was only suppose to be for 1 month but I in the end I stayed for 2, as there was shitloads of work to do, plus I was having an awesome time!
I was based in the French part Neuchatel, mais ma francaise n'est pas si bon! Its a really lovely part of the country that has its own lake, and amazing view of the alps!
the view from my terrace...
We went to an amazing chalet for Anna's birthday too. Mountians, wine and fondue- what more do you need?
During the summer in Switzerland they run lots of different festivals. The first week I was I saw a street theatre festival called La plage de six pompes in La Chaux-de Fonds, quite near Neuchatel. We saw a crazy couple that did a performance in a caravan and who swallowed several object only to bring them back up again- delightful....
There was also a few acrobatic type performances, one that was a little like a trapeze with a couple fliping around in the air wearing 70s style disco costumes. Then there was a performance on a circular stage, where they used sound, dance and acrobatics that all seemed to based on this ciculat theme. They also had a guy perfoming with a cyr wheel- always a winner!
There was also the Buskers festival which was actully in Neuchatel itself, I saw this awesome band, Gadjo, from Barcelona play. Much dancing to be done when they are around! http://www.gadjomusica.com/
Friday, 30 July 2010
Spring Awakening
Its my homeboy Rich (http://www.r-evans.com/) who is the designer. I've worked with him through various academy projects, most recently the DFTV grad film Paperskin.
Its a nice design that reminds me a little of petrol, a blended mix of purples, green and blues.
Plus it goes on the wood really nicely.
We got to see a little sneak preview of the show too before the packed the van and shipped everthing off to Edinburgh.