  I’ve been drawing more objects including a flexible skeleton and folding bar stool. I try to draw shapes honestly as they really are rather than consciously trying to abstract them – though abstraction is an inevitable part of visual representation. I want to represent some of the functionality of objects, with the idea that an object’s function informs it’s identity and personality. By mounting these drawings on card and then cutting them out I hope to emphasise their 3D nature. |
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Work in progress: Skeleton drawings
I’ve spent the last two weeks drawing two skeletons. One has a flexible spine, the other a rigid back.
The flexible skeleton has produced more interesting and naturalistic drawings, I can put more energy into the work.
The human skeleton is either a collection of objects (bones) or, in the form I am drawing it, a single object in its own right.
Drawing a skeleton like this allows me to approach a figurative subject in a way that should bypass superficial characteristics like skin colour and to some extent gender.
We all have a skeleton and most of us have a complete skeleton, so you can imagine yourself in the various poses I’ve drawn.
Moved into Cable street studios
Last weekend I moved into a space at Cable street studios with the intention of completing some larger-scale work.
There’s a strong artist community feel there, with quite a few of them introducing themselves to me and welcoming me in.
Number banners animations
| [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqvc0ts6uLg&w=300&h=243] | I made these banners 15 years ago; how time flies. I used them to mark out situations, and then experimented with cardboard arrows in an attempt to animate some life into the banners.
They were in a show at VOID gallery, London and in a small space in Digbeth, Birmingham. It’s only in the past few years that computer technology has made it easy to convert a series of images into an animation, so I created this video from scanned prints and photos. |
Number banner situations
Number banners animations
| [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqvc0ts6uLg&w=300&h=243] | I made these banners 15 years ago; how time flies. I used them to mark out situations, and then experimented with cardboard arrows in an attempt to animate some life into the banners.
They were in a show at VOID gallery, London and in a small space in Digbeth, Birmingham. It’s only in the past few years that computer technology has made it easy to convert a series of images into an animation, so I created this video from scanned prints and photos. |
Number banner situations
Number banners animations
| I made these banners 15 years ago; how time flies. I used them to mark out situations, and then experimented with cardboard arrows in an attempt to animate some life into the banners.
They were in a show at VOID gallery, London and in a small space in Digbeth, Birmingham. It’s only in the past few years that computer technology has made it easy to convert a series of images into an animation, so I created this video from scanned prints and photos. |
Number banner situations