I've wanted work to do and to be getting on with.. but I remembered I actually have a tonne of owed commissions to do.. 2 in particular are birthday presents but I cant complete one without specifc supplies and the other ive just not gotten round to doing yet.. but it was sparked off by more papercraft madness...
long story short.. i want to make my own figures but the supplies and method are a little awkward for me at the moment, so paper models is the perfect solution and so ive been looking at these kinds of places (which has actually inspired me to do ANOTHER commission.. although this one is more of a surprise ;) for a loved one)...
http://www.cubeecraft.com/
http://papercraft-world.blogspot.com/
http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/
Seeing this almost made me want to start watching LOST again... Almost...
http://lostundergroundartshow.blogspot.com/
I still check ToysREvil everyday, religiously... but it mainly stands as a tease since I cant afford half of the stuff featured there, nor get chance to visit the many exhibitions it boasts... and it fuels my need to create a 3D figure...
http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/
through the above and magazines (PLAYtimes and Clutter) I found http://www.mimoco.com/shop/ who are basically famous for making USB sticks.. but its the fact that theyre not just plain old boring USB sticks but little characters in their own right... they have licenses to print pop-culture icons on them in a cute manga vector styled way but a lot of their mass produced ones are initially created by the community on the site and then voted for before the go into mass production... I've been looking at characters I could design and make to house USB sticks but also an idea a little more computer based... (more on that later when i draw up some sketches)...
it reminds me of PatchTogether who specialises in vinyl figures in the same way.. ive just not had the confidence to post any of my ideas on there just yet... although i have 2 definites (my beloved monster and fwedwick) to post up there..... all i need is a push i think.. but from someone who genuinely believes i could do it and not a friend who just thinks theyre nice designs ive made..
http://grainedit.com/2009/09/03/little-friends-of-printmaking-interview/
This interview with The Little Friends of Printmaking keeps inspiring me to produce more screenprinted works but at the same time I'm one of these people who likes to plan a little before hand or feel like I need a good idea before investing time and materials into a project... Although the interview starts off fairly crap, waffling about their meeting and place of work.. it actually leads into a fairly detailed description of their working method (which seems far too easy to be true) but just looking at the images makes me realise that I can do that too, so why dont i?
There's certain things I do when it comes to making a piece of art, I like to sketch it out first making sure I get proportion correct and I generally get all picky if I cock something up. I then scan it with the intention of making it into a digital piece but I've got hundred of sketches waiting for this to happen and none ever get made... but so many could benefit from me making them into screen prints...
like i mentioned, I get picky on things and my tutor already takes the piss over me being too precious with work, but I've found so far that when I remove my brain from the equation and either jsut sketch/draw blindy or use a technique/process that is prone to imperfection then I'm more pleased with the outcome.. (without quoting Peter Lyle too much..) I like having something created in a more hands on fashion as it does feel genuine and authentic... but what I most admire about screenprinting is the opportunities it creates... usually it limits you to a specific pallet of colours or number of colours at least and purely with the process of laying the screen over the paper.. you start thinking of interesting ways in which to overlay parts of the artwork...
if I dont do more screenprinting this year then i think I'm going to end up being a mac monkey...
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