Latest Work - Altered Book

Following on from the Artists' Book Making course I did this year I have been working on this little Altered Book. I've had the book for a while - found it in a second hand book shop a couple of years ago - and wanted to do something with it as it is a lovely little book.

The book is about trees and I decided to alter it by adding material illustrating my own responses to some of the different types of trees described in the book, as well as highlighting and responding to some of the comments in the book itself. I made the (somewhat scary) decision to cut out all the original pages and fit a box rim to the end cover to contain the looseleaf pages I chose to put back in.

It was an interesting project with a lot of possibilities. Once you get over the initial shock of "drawing on" a real book (!), it becomes fun to pick out things that attract your eye or mind and respond to them. 

Willow

Rowan  

 

 

Sycamore

 

 

Chestnut

 

 

 

 

Crocus in the Meadows - so sad they have gone already!

I was determined to capture the crocus at the Meadows on film this year, for inspiration for some mixed media drawings. They are such an uplifting sight for the soul somehow.  Cherry blossom coming soon...

Latest Drawings - Blackford Nature Reserve

Here are a few of my latest mixed media drawings inspired by the Blackford Hill & Pond Nature Reserve in South Edinburgh. Click on each drawing to see a close-up view! These drawings attempt to capture the 360 degree experience of walking through this area. What do you think?!

 

 

The next one is more of an experiment, using a mylar top layer over the paper, with a section cut out of the mylar to partially expose the drawing underneath.

Pictures of my work at the "ecartists" exhibition, St Margarets House, Edinburgh

The latter image is of a flutter book (folded from a double-sided single sheet of A3) I recently as part of an Artists book making elective I am taking at college. It features image portions selected from my woodcut prints of Blackford Hill & Pond. 

Latest Exhibition - St Margaret's House, Edinburgh

I am taking part in a four person exhibition from 9th till 15th February (10am-5pm) at St Margaret's House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh. All the artists are currently studying at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA). Please come along if you are in the area. Here are some images of works of mine which will be on display.

 

 

www.macmillanartshow.org.uk

Two of my drawings are this week on sale in the MacMillan Art Show 2013 "Art of Nature" exhibition.

"Working Lines" Exhibition

Working Lines Exhibition,
August 2013, Edinburgh Ski Club, Howe Street, Edinburgh

This took place in the last week of the Edinburgh Festival. Myself and four art colleagues put together this exhibition of drawings and prints, open to the public for one week. It was my first experience of organising, hanging and manning an exhibition and it was a really great experience. I learnt a lot (Hanging is not easy!) and sold a few pieces as well.