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Recently I was asked to make a colourful 'tool' to illustrate the 'Ask the Contractor' article for the New York Times magazine. I decided to construct a somewhat psychedelic electric drill. Here is the result that was printed in last months issue.
Today I received copies of my book 'Guide for the Unlucky' from the distributor in the states. The publication is now available in shops in America, but the release in the UK and Europe will most likely be later in April or May. Those of you yet to see the promo video of my book can view it in the 'shop' section of my website. Thanks again to everyone who has supported me in getting this book published. What an exciting and unique experience it has been!
Over the last couple of days I have had the pleasure of working with Owen Silverwood, a very talented still-life photographer. We worked together on the Liberty shoot at Blink after assembling my organic and typographic set. Owen has an acute eye for detail as I discovered after he noticed a few stray gluey patches on my model work! I hope to continue working with Owen on other creative ventures in the future. This project will be added to my portfolio shortly along with another project or two that I have recently completed.
Its been a while since I have made some 3D typography. I'm currently working on another project for Liberty and getting my teeth into creating some much more organic shapes than I'm used to making. Plus I get to integrate some hand crafted typography which pleases me very much! I don't want to give too much away at this stage, but if I say the words 'flower power', it will give you an idea of where this is going. More on this project within the next few weeks...
I love ideas that are as clever as they are fun. My friend Ashley has created a limited edition set of 'commuters pillows'. They are handmade 3-colour screen printed pillow cases, lovingly stuffed and stitched resulting in a marvellous product. She even made me one where the destination is 'Brighton'. I absolutely love it. Both Ashley and I are regular commuters to London and so we can appreciate the need for one of these from time to time. Ashley may still have some left, so If you would like to buy one off her, she would love you to email her as this address: ashlee.allen@hotmail.co.uk
Today was a monumental day for model enthusiasts. My good friend and supremely talented director David Wilson, and myself attended Model World 2010 at the Brighton Centre. Upon our arrival we realised that we bridged the age gap, as the majority of people there were either younger than 14 or older than 50. We watched a model re-inactment of a WW2 battle, the titanic hitting an iceberg, a lego space station and to top it all off, we had a ride on a miniature railway! Childhood fantasy comes to mind. Of course our trip to Model World was all in the name of research.
I have been working on a little personal model project, simply called 'paper aeroplane'. It has been a fairly challenging task but great to translate the forms of a jet into a paper sculpture. Unlike a conventional paper aeroplane, I don't think I will attempt to throw this one through the air....well not yet anyway.
Happy New Year everyone! Many new things have been changing for me over the last few weeks. Firstly, I am pleased to write that I am now represented by Blink Art, which along with Blinkink, Blinkproductions and Colonel Blimp form a well respected and forward thinking production company in London. Some work is already in the pipe-line, including some fantastic collaboration opportunities. I have also moved into a much bigger house in Brighton which means I get to have a whole room to use as a study (although I like to call it a studio!) Here's hoping this fresh new start brings some great things in 2010. Best of luck to all of you!
Some of you may have noticed that I now have a new icon in my navigation that is entitled 'shop'. As you can now pre-order my book, 'Guide for the Unlucky' on amazon.com (not amazon.co.uk yet) I thought it was time to launch this section on my website. It is my intention to sell other products through my website in the future, but for now it is page devoted to my new book. To coincide with this launch, I have also made a special promo video for the book which you can view in both my shop and portfolio. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Blink who supported me in creating the video. Special thanks to Simone who helped me with the painstaking process of stop-frame animation and Daniel Elms for creating the music for the video.
Well I thought I'd update a couple more projects to my portfolio today. My Police Dog Hogan albums came back from the press a few days ago. Just in time before the band had a gig! The other big project I have revealed is my pop-up book, 'Guide for the Unlucky'. I had a prototype up on my website several months ago, but over the past year or so, this book has been improved and refined for publication. I am now pleased to announce that this book will be on sale in all major book stores early next year. It is already listed on Amazon.com! Very exciting indeed.