Saturday, 18 September 2010

Critter Comission








Over the Summer I worked two festivals with the charity Vinspired, teaching people how to make their own quick critters during theses workshops. The staff of V loved what I do and got very attached to "Marvin" one of my original critters. Damien, one of the main organisers commissioned me to create 11 one off critters which he gave to his team as a thank you gift at the end of the Summer.
The guys all loved their critters, hopefully they will be happy in their new homes :)

The Hand Made Gift Guide




On Tuesday a selection of artists and crafts people were featured in a blog called "Creative Spaces". My little studio was featured in the piece including Pixi the 2nd :)


To check out the blog visit their site: thehandmadegiftguide

Monday, 13 September 2010

"Someone to carry you"

The latest issue of IP1 is now out around Suffolk. Within issue number 35 I was given an article on depression to illustrate. Written by John Russell, it is an account of his personal experience with the condition and how it affected him and his late best friend. The piece is really heartfelt and although quite a dark piece, it has a positive outcome.
Design by Jonathan Akrofi.

Check out the IP1 website for talent on the "Showoff" and download your copy of this issue.

Monday, 6 September 2010

Dead Decks


For years I have wanted to paint onto some skate decks, Imaginarium gave me the perfect excuse to do so. I popped down to see Wilson at Abd skate shop to source some loved and used decks. All covered in stickers as well as a small amount of the original artwork, they gave a great canvas for me to work onto.
I was really pleased with the outcome and received many compliments on them during the show. For our next exhibition I plan to do another set but this time I want to involve the Skaters themselves a bit more. If you are, or know of any skaters who might be interested in donating a dead board and to be part of my work please get in touch x

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

V Festival 2010

I did my second festival with Vinspired this weekend at Chelmsford's V Festival. The bus sadly wasn't as popular as it was at Isle of Wight but we still got to meet some interesting people and a few famous peeps including "Example" himself.

The Evening Star contacted me before the weekend for a quick interview about how and why I got involved with the charity. Above is the article which was printed in Monday 23rd August issue.

Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Made from Scratch Theatre




Made from Scratch Theatre got in touch a while back commissioning me to make their Panda logo into some plushies. Made in limited edition runs, here are the first ten.
These will soon be sold on their website if you want to get your paws on one of these PixiBones collaborations x

Sunday, 8 August 2010

Imaginarium: See what the creature created




Amongst other bits and bobs, my summer has been taken over by two men. One of which has been in my life for several years, the other I did not know of his existence until a few months back.
The three of us all share similar passions and decided it was time for us to show people what we do. Meeting up weekly to discuss ideas and developments, suddenly, after a huge disappointment, we had the Ancient House booked and had to move in in three days. This left us very little time to do much else, our Imaginarium over took our lives. We had five days to set up our exhibition space which we transformed into a dark forest resemblance. Trees hanging from a black bin bag sky line, a half moon crest set at the back of the room, and an "unfinished burrow" in the priest hole. This is not a traditional exhibition. The installation and experience has become just as important in a piece itself as well as our individual work.

I feel so honoured to be part of a show with these two, I am so proud of the work they produce and am so grateful for the support they have given me every single day. It has been an absolute pleasure experiencing this with them, we have learnt a lot and hope to put this all into practise in future shows together.

And once "Violet Newton"& "Artist Avant-Garde" have their sites up and running I'll pop the links here, until then, their details are on our blog.
To check out our combined blog visit ImaginariumCreature.