Mail Art Project - Renaissance Pasta

Influenced by my current project, taking a classic symbol of Italy and making a small response book with collage, stamps, pen and ink. The idea is this small booklet is then posted to the Mail Art Project and any work posted will be stored in a catalog and exhibition. Just a small self promotion project that was a quick item to produce. Also a nice break from the architype. Inside features a range of pages with different elements, two pages are Renaissance recipes, one written in Latin. All pages include cut and paste from magazines.

 

Christmas Card Design

I have gotten around to producing a design for a Christmas card. After finishing up this idea I thought I'll also try one without Santa and perhaps another with either a cat or dog in front of the fire. Then I could sell a set of 3 and they'd all be different. I bought a few doll house Christmas items and arranged them in my doll house (while giving the back wall new wallpaper) and set up this shot. This was a lot of fun both to set up, shoot and edit. Hopefully I get some custom once the cards arrive and I can get printing!

 

The set itself

Cut and Paste workshop

In a workshop by one of our lecture's, Lorna, I looked at using cut and paste methods from pre-exisiting materials to create a new illustration. I had to choose a type of machine/appliance and create a super hero that held the qualities of that machine. We had to consider costume, accessories and a name. I wanted my super hero to be themed around my current subject, The Renaissance, so I chose the pasta making machine. Using some books I had of Michelangelo's paintings I cut out one that featured Christ and chose him to be the 'Perfect Pasta Painter'; his power of being able to paint pasta perfectly and it comes to live. How does this save the world?.. By providing delicious perfect pasta whenever my super hero paints! He holds his best paint brushes and his staff of pasta to provide those who need a bite to eat.

 

See the rest of the groups: http://pompeyillustration.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/lornas-workshop-for-level-6-students.html

Advetising I like #2

I saw the new Kellogg's advert, made out of paper cutting. I assume it's a stop frame animation but you never know these days.

Apparently Kodaline are "outraged" because they the song used in Kellogg's advert is "ripped off" from their band.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a577134/kodaline-outraged-at-kelloggs-advert-song-what-a-rip-off.html#~oGXsNfik1rAjSS