Five paper-cuts for the OIC-Fred Perry art installation, which we've been invited to contribute to. The theme: "Annual migratory birds seeking refuge to escape winter".
The Birdhouse
Five paper-cuts for the OIC-Fred Perry art installation, which we've been invited to contribute to. The theme: "Annual migratory birds seeking refuge to escape winter".
Dieu et Mon Lomo
We designed this especially for the Lomography Gallery edition of The Book Show. The lion and the unicorn are heraldic symbols of the United Kingdom, and their traditional enmity is recorded in the nursery rhyme "The Lion and the Unicorn", which tells the story of the two fighting over the British crown. The tale of these magnificent beasts have inspired many artists across the centuries and they now inspire us.
The 3rd Golden Rule of Lomography is: "Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it".
In our design, we've incorporated a Lomo camera (specifically the Fisheye Baby 110) that replaces the crown as the object that the lion and the unicorn are fighting over. On the royal British coat of arms, in which the lion and the unicorn flank the heraldic shield, the banner reads "Dieu et mon droit" (God and my right), which in full means "God and my right shall I defend". In our version, we've changed it to "Dieu et mon Lomo", i.e. "God and my Lomo": God and my Lomo shall I defend. The camera and the kingdom, in a Lomographer's world, is one and the same.
Surf and Turf
The idea for Surf and Turf surfaced (pun fully intended) over a late-night discussion of what the Little Mermaid might have done for entertainment - we thought she might enjoy a barbecue, so we suspended reality and let her have one.
Persian Garden
... and here's what our little henna obsession eventually morphed into! We're calling this particular print (surprise, surprise) Persian Garden.
We Heart Henna
Recently, we've been inspired by traditional henna art. Soooo gorgeous. And so we holed up in our cramped little workshop and came up with a few ornate, organic illustrations of our own:
The Making Of... Linoprint Lampshades
For the benefit of those who aren't so familiar with lino printmaking, we're taking you behind the scenes of the printing bit of our second lampshade design "Tea-conciliation".
Part 1 (this has nothing to do with lino printmaking, but hey, context is important!)
Thinking hard on unexpected tea parties, we had a small but persistent brainwave: Red Riding Hood accepts an invitation from her old nemesis, the Big Bad Wolf, for a starlit garden tea party.
We turned this into a couple of illustrations:
Part 2 - Cutting
After we decided exactly how we want the scene to look, we started drawing on a piece of lino and then the tough part began!
Lino printmaking is a negative process, which means that we cut away what we DON'T want, leaving behind what we do want - outlines, shapes, etc.
So after plying away for hours on this piece, we were left with this:
Part 3 - Printing
For this particular design, we decided to use two colours - one to highlight our main characters, and another colour for the rest of the scene. We rolled on one colour (we use water soluble block printing colour) and print that first, which gives us:
Then, after this dried completely (this usually takes about 3 to 5 hours), we rolled on the other colour and printed that. (To make sure the two colours didn't overlap by accident or go askew in any way, everything needed to be measured first and aligned exactly.)
Voila!
The finished lampshade, in magenta with green/turquoise:
Please note the painstaking cut-outs... here's a close-up of the wolf and his flashing teeth:
And then we rewarded ourselves with... what else? plenty of tea and cake.
Part 1 (this has nothing to do with lino printmaking, but hey, context is important!)
Thinking hard on unexpected tea parties, we had a small but persistent brainwave: Red Riding Hood accepts an invitation from her old nemesis, the Big Bad Wolf, for a starlit garden tea party.
We turned this into a couple of illustrations:
Part 2 - Cutting
After we decided exactly how we want the scene to look, we started drawing on a piece of lino and then the tough part began!
Lino printmaking is a negative process, which means that we cut away what we DON'T want, leaving behind what we do want - outlines, shapes, etc.
So after plying away for hours on this piece, we were left with this:
Part 3 - Printing
For this particular design, we decided to use two colours - one to highlight our main characters, and another colour for the rest of the scene. We rolled on one colour (we use water soluble block printing colour) and print that first, which gives us:
Then, after this dried completely (this usually takes about 3 to 5 hours), we rolled on the other colour and printed that. (To make sure the two colours didn't overlap by accident or go askew in any way, everything needed to be measured first and aligned exactly.)
Voila!
The finished lampshade, in magenta with green/turquoise:
Please note the painstaking cut-outs... here's a close-up of the wolf and his flashing teeth:
And then we rewarded ourselves with... what else? plenty of tea and cake.
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