1st ever exhibit...

The guys at Factotum Body Modification Studio (Norwich) were nice enough to hang my work in their waiting area along side other artists in the Norwich area this week ^_^



Decided on silver frames so as not to take away from the overall image, black frames seemed to me, like too much of a harsh border. The silver almost seems to melt away in the background which I think compliments it well!

I may even use nothing but silver frames from now on...



If you're in the area give them a visit!

Smoke....

I've been trying to do the smoke for my latest piece for absolutely ages! And just as I was about to give up it came flowing out of me ^_^

Here's a peek....





10 days left to my deadline...

Inspiration...

Idea...

Inspiration....

Print Day!

Today I hired out Stew Print Rooms (http://www.stew.org.uk/) for the afternoon to get 'What Is She Building In There?' printed out and ready to be put into my Etsy store!

Two more months to go before the shop goes live! So far I have:

30 prints of 'Pull Through'
&
15 prints of 'What Is She Building In There?'

Okay that wasn't really a list but its growing! I plan to have 5 different prints to choose from when it goes live in November, though I would love to have more if my bank balance would allow me the hire time! I'll have to see how it goes...

So as I was saying....I've spent this lovely sunny Thursday inside getting covered in ink up to my elbows, my feet hurt and my arms ache but its definately been worth it!
Started the day by exposing and spraying my screen...



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Getting it mounted up ready for ink....



Testing the screen is alright.....note....I ended up covering most of the floor with test runs 5 mins after this photo was taken :S ...not obsessive compulsive! NO!



...maybe.

The ink ready to be screened on the posh nice heavy paper! mmmmm glossy!



Testing the mechanical arm ^_^ Definitely made doing the A1 prints a lot easier and gave smooth coverage.



The birthing process mid flow!....



So happy with this batch, though I might need to keep them in the spare room over my Dad's as I have no space to put them in my bedsit!

Tonight however, it looks like they'll be taking the bed and I'll be taking the floor. ^_~

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A1 Screen Print.....

Tomorrow is the big day! That is...I'm doing my first ever A1 screen print! The artwork chosen for this is 'What Is She Building In There?' the first piece I ever did in blackwork...

I unrolled the acetate today to correct any print roller markings:



...there was rather more than I thought!



Big fella on the bed! Not entirely sure how I'm going to get these prints home but I'll find a way!

There will be a limited run of 20 hand pulled prints of this design! Signed and numbered of course ^_^ Tomorrow I get to experiment with the screen printing 'arm' because this is such a big project, I hope everything goes to plan! Pictures to follow n_n

Oh and I just found this image on my camera:



This is how all my artwork starts! Generally with crappy tracing paper rubbed outline....the only way I can get something symmetrical!

This week....

...has consisted of me staring at my laptop screen for approximately 12 hours editing my competition piece! ....and I mean so close that you can see each individual pixel, it looks absolutely smashing now though, sharp as a razor! ^_^ I've even began adding the glowey components to the design too - the coming week will see the adding of glow in the dark smoke and other such pretties! Cant wait to do these parts ^_^

I found a new place to have my work scanned in on the outskirts of the city and they did an excellent job! Unlike the previous places which scanned the artwork in as a document I didn't understand when I asked for a Jpeg / forgot to put the scan on my penstick / put marks on the orginal artwork....Hussy & Knights are the way forward....though I did get a slightly odd face from the woman behind the counter when I handed in what I wanted to scan....lol.
Also having an A1 rolled up acetate sticking out of my backpack nearly a metre into the air on the motorbike distracted a scarily high amount of road-users, yes...I have something sticking out of my bag....please stop staring and watch the road! K Thx Zoom!

30th of September is the deadline! So its getting close now, think I'm on track though :)