Regis Mayot – reused plastic mines
Yemi Awosile – cork textile
‘Woodskin’ by Design Studio MamaFotogramma
Discovered Again: Line Drawings of Arches
In my previous post I shared sketches I’d done of arched ceilings. Here are a few more that I did in Krakow and Prague, but these are less detailed and focus just on the abstract shapes and patterns created by…
Lasting Impression: Inventing Abstraction 1910-1925 at the MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has been looking back 100 years at the invention of abstract art. The exhibition “Inventing Abstraction“, which I managed to see just before it closed on 15th April, showed the work…
In Sight: Cathedral de la Almudena, Madrid
Here are a couple of sketches I did whilst in Madrid.
Research: Campaign for Wool Interiors Collection 2014
Since I am interested in transitioning from fashion to interiors, during Wool Week I went to the Campaign for Wool Interiors Collection in London, to see how textile designers are currently working with wool for home products. I was particularly inspired by Caron Penney’s woven tapestry, Naomi Paul’s crochet lighting, Ptolemy Mann’s Ikat sofa and Kit Kemp’s digitally embroidered upholstery fabric.
In Sight: Palm leaves
This is a watercolour sketch I did when I was in Lima, sitting underneath palm trees on the cliff tops between Barranco and Miraflores.
Discovered Again: Charcoal Life Drawings
Here are a few more life drawings that I recently found in a sketchbook I did in 2008/09. It reminds me of how much I like drawing with charcoal. I need to do this more.