Ridley Vintage Bikes

Its been a while since I last posted so here's something I found quite a while ago. I only really got into cycling since being at uni but I would love to have a go on one of these beautiful bikes made by the Ridley Motorcycle company.These motorized bicycles really would let you arrive in style.

Benjamin Wachenje

With qualifications in Fine Art and Graphic Design, Benjamin Wachenje works as an illustrator, influenced by street culture and early hip-hop. He began as a spray can artist but has worked on large ad campaigns for companies such as MTV, Levis, Nike and Columbia Records to name but a few. 

http://www.benjaminwachenje.com/home.php

Peter Jansen

These amazing sculptures are by Peter Jansen and represent movements of the human body but shown in one static frame. The energetic shapes that are created show the skilled precision involved in sculpture.

Jud Turner

Here are some images of my favourite two sculpts by Jud Turner, an artist that likes to work with objects that he has found, such as welded steel and re used consumer products. His aims in his artwork are to raise awareness of the passing of time, environmental sustainability and the connection between nature and technology. 

http://judturner.com/statement.html

Richard Wilkinson

I love Richard Wilkinson's striking style of drawing. He has had careers in music and sound design which led to work in commercials and motion graphics. With a degree in Fine Art he began to work as an illustrator in 2006 and has worked for the New Scientist magazine, The Telegraph, Time magazine, Harper Collins, Penguin books and many more. Check out his blog to see work in progress videos of some of his pieces.

Blown away

This explosive artwork is by Alexandre Farto aka Vhils. He places explosives specifically so that when they detonate an image is created in the plaster on the wall. The piece is a collaboration with Orelha Negra, a Portugese hip hop band.

Jason Thielke

Jason Thielke is a fine artist graduate from the Northern Illinois University School of Art. His swirling lines are used to show the beauty of the human form and positive energy. He uses the straight lines as a way of showing his intent and manipulation. His pieces explore body language, eye contact and interaction. Taken from http://www.jasonthielke.com/#1133064/Artist-Statement

Andrea Offermann

Andrea Offerman is a German born Illustrator, living and working in Hamburg. After graduating with a degree in Illustration she worked in the editorial and book world and since then has produced a graphic novel and illustrated her first children's book, entitled "The Boneshaker" by Kate Milford. http://www.andreaoffermann.com/

Tiny Stop Motion Animation by Aardman

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This is a really sweet animation by Sumo Science at Aardman. What actually surprised me is that it is filmed on a Nokia N8 with a microscope attached. The girl "Dot" is only 9mm tall!

Long time no see

So its been a long time since I posted anything as I have been busy working on a large research project. Check out my blog that i did to follow this project.

http://commercialexplorationdiary.blogspot.com/ Its all about sculpture looking into materials, techniques and industries.

Nick Veasey

Nick Veasey is a photographer who specialises with using x-ray technology.  He aims to show a little bit more about what the natural and manufactured world is made up of, and encourage people not to look at only the outward appearance.  The process of using x-rays is very dangerous and so Veasey works in a custom made concrete studio where the radiation can be contained.  http://www.nickveasey.com/

Warhorse

Based on a book by Michael Morpurgo, Warhorse is one of the most stunning shows on in London at the moment. It tells the story of a loved horse called Joey that is sold to the calvary in World War One and his owners battle to find him and bring him home. The show features life size wooden puppets that are controlled by three actors per horse. The characterisation  of each horse is amazing, capturing the movement and nature of the animals as if there were real horses on stage. Warhorse is currently showing at the National Theatre.

Architectural Representation

This video shows the final animation on my architectural model that concluded the Architectural Representation unit. It was a six week project and although it is not a very good quality video it is just a quick example of one of the projects that I have been working on recently. This model was made as a group. For the whole architectural unit we were split into groups and we worked on three different projects together.

Richard Rogers Architects

This video shows an urban planning model that was on show in the Richard Rogers exhibition at the Design museum in 2008. The lights and animation in the baseboard are used for several different purposes, showing transport routes, different types of buildings and even the travel of the sun across the sky during a day, which illustrates the shadows cast by the buildings.




Very cool architectural model with video display from Matt Perdeaux on Vimeo.

Daniel Mackie

Beautiful hand drawn illustrations combined with watercolours. His work was recently used with the Google logo depicting a red devil.

Media Solutions

This is my final outcome for the Media Solutions unit that I did at the end of my first year on the Bournemouth Modelmaking course.  We had to read three books and choose something to make from one of them. I chose  to make Lucy's Glass flask from the Narnia books.  The main body is Vac formed PETG and the mouldings I sculpted out of milliput and painted with a rustic effect, the stopper is a bead that was drilled into on the lathe so that a cork could be attached.

Character Sculpt - Marvin the Martian

This was my first ever try at sculpting anything and was an exercise in using three different sculpting materials, milliput, sculpy and plastiline.  We were marked on accuracy, finish and consistency.

Slinkachu

This photograph is an image from a series entitled "Little people project" in which the artist Slinkachu places small figures in street scenes in an attempt to make those who live in big cities more aware of their surroundings.  I love the element of humour that he has used in his work.

Cardboard Cassette Tape

This was my first project in my first year on the Modelmaking course at AUCB. We had 2 weeks to make a scaled version of our objects aiming to keep it as clean and as accurate as possible.

Sony Bravia ad

This advert is from 2007 and is pretty well known but I absolutely love the production of it and this video, although quite long, helps to explain how it's done. Really makes you think about how much work goes into things. Awesome.