Technically I am sane..

But here is a glimpse of what I have been doing when I am not researching and drafting essays..

My watch is pretty neat, I got sick of my old one with its static band, so a year ago I picked up a bandless watch (it came with ribbons) which you can string ribbon or other things through to make a watch band, every few months I put the old one aside and the last one will be the first that acutally gets washed not thrown out, but this is the one I made from some scraps I had laying around..

I am pretty happy with it, and it got a Hey thats neat from the male so thats always a good sign..

There is this book which is an experiment, the cover is spare mat board and each section is filled with a6 sized pages (1/4 a4) the cover will be covered with fabric at some point later on, the pages are standard 80gsm copy paper.

After seeing so many of Jan’s lovely rebound boooks I had a cover I hollowed out (the pages were glued and crap but I adore the cover, so it has 16 signatures of 110gsm cartrdige waiting to be bound into a nice new book.. I think the end thickness is about 1.5 inches I added the ribbon and bead book marks..

This is a shot of some brooches made from misc scraps, there are more done that you will get to see, all will be on etsy at some point for a few bux a piece.. maybe a few for a set price..

And as much as I hate to advertise here are some of the pieces that will be going online to sell, the brown one is goat skin leather with 110 gsm paper inside.. one of my earlier binds, It will be selling for the cost of the leather !

I hope you like these pieces!

Just to let you know..

I will be editing, updating, adding to my etsy store between now and at the start of June. Some prices will change and new catagories as well as a sale section for items that are experiments and tests which I don’t want to throw out but need to gain back the space it is taking up. If you would like to be added to a mailing list to be notified (ONE TIME ONLY) about the store update please be sure to leave a comment on this post.

Thanks for your interest!

Stuff!

I got given some lovely fabrics from the lady across from me in the units I live in, she kindly gave me some fabrics and ribbons when she brought back some kntiting patterns I had lent her.. I did make her a gift but I forgot as usual to photograph it.

Here is something for everyone..

Heres something for Jan (and everyone else)

Enjoy!

Some books..

So I have been playing with some bindings, including testing out ones in the Keith Smith IV - single sheets I got a while back (which was stirred into my -current- pile due to a project I am doing with Jan Allsopp - More on that soon! )

So here are the ones from the past few days..

this one is made with 4ply waxed linen thread, 200gsm card, and twill tape and some scrap matt which I doodled on. it has plenty of growing room for the 3×5inch textile pieces.

Envelope Book Instructable

Tabbed folio A6 (available)

Singlebound cardboard on tapes (plastic)

Single bound over cords (postcard size) Uncovered

Thats all for now folks.. check back soon!

Kraken cloak anyone?

Now, I need one of these for myself..

This is just a small test to see how I might make this cloak, it is on my 30cm drawing figure but the plan is to have the actual piece be 50cm for the height of the figure.. I have a fair bit of this white polyester fabric left so I figured it would be good to try actually making the outfit.. I am starting to think maybe I would be better off making him as some sort of kraken priest or shaman or something.. hmm!

I can see using some linen or similar fabric for the actual kraken and embroider on any details, applique or use animal eyes for its eyes, and the lower part layers of linen, organza and stitching.. perhaps catch some fused fabric bits in between the layers until it looks like the ocean? Still in the ideas stage but i like the over all shape/look.

*EDIT - I think I will make the tentacles longer and add some wire for shape…

** And this just in.. so you get a better idea…

As for the paintings from yesterday, these seem to look different in different lights, I forgot to get one earlier and as it is the cooler part of the year I missed the right sun setting.. But it should give you a better idea

Please ignore the dirt, they were taken outside!

Painting away the gloom..

Acrylic and charcoal on canvas board. Available and will be up in etsy soon. or y ou can just email me if you are interested. Will take requests for other colors.

5×7 inches

10×15 inches

I am really stuck on this pattern at the moment. I am planning a 90×60cm size ( i think its the size) on 3mm mdf

Have a nice day all!

Gna!

I wont say more than that, its a shit week so I am working on a new character.

And with that I shall also inform you that for my second year units I have taken sculpture and textiles over drawing and painting. So there should be plenty of that as the year goes by..

Lots of love and octupi!

 

 

Huzzah for winter..

If you haven’t figured it out winter is my favorite season of all.. Probably because its the most natural feeling one for me. Even though its cold. And people get sick. I love the rain and darker days, warm milos, knitted scarves beanies and so forth! Just need some snow..

So, the lovely male brought home this beauty yesterday,  if you didn’t already know I love games, and if you like games and don’t mind putting hours into it then take a look at Witcher, they have a demo you can download.

Do you remember the small room I started a while ago?  Well it had been sitting amongst the other WIP items, but today I felt like doing some more to it and am pretty happy with the way that it is going at the moment, I have cut the pieces for the skirting and window panes from thin balsa wood and will do some more to it soon..  Any idea what color to use for the bedding ? The piece that is on there now is the matress, though I am thinking about redoing it slightly wider to better cover the base.. But it might  not matter so much when the top is on.. 

(the old version)

And lastly, I needed a new camera case instead of throwing it into my bag with everything else so I made this today, the pocket is for a spare set of batteries or extra SD card.

I did more but there are no pics..

 

Rubbish Albatross (and a Journal)

For a while I have thought alot about the impact that our rubbish has on wildlife and how it has taken so long for people to even think about it let alone do anything about it.

 For one of the topics of a unit in my course as with some other units is materiality.. We use green bags to cart our shopping around in, but had a stash of plastic ones, for the longer feathers I ironed together 4 layers of grey bag and the smaller ones are just two layers..

He is stuffed with rubbish and plastic bags, including paper, plastic lids and various other bits.. His legs are old coat hanger covered in electrical tape (the plastic sort) which I also used to make his eye, his beak is an envelope section which had been thrown out due to use and holes in other parts.

Hope you like it..

 

And a small personal journal for things that are on my mind in every day life.. :)10.5 x7cm covered in misc scraps.

Cheers! And thanks all of you who have commented on my posts and please excuse me if I haven’t replied~
 
PS - On a more personal note if you are curious about the sort of music in my playlist today.. check out Epica this is set for my whole day. What are you listening to?

More pages from the blue book..

Some pages are more done than others, generally I go back and skip over these pages over time adding to them as I go