Art & Design in 2011

Exhibitions:

Wim Crouwel at Design Museum

Anish Kapoor at Manchester Art Gallery

Art World Portraits by Mike Landy

Miro at Tate Modern

Work:
New Red Old Rail,
Idlewild Zine,
OWT 'Direction',
Compound Mag 'Chemistry',
Tangled Wire,
Cardiff Map,
Lake Poets,
Calgary,
Lyric Poster,
Dents Poster

Merry Christmas & Hello 2012!

Each year I like to make my own Christmas Cards to send out to family & friends  and make my own wrapping paper from recycled materials, here's this years. See also my Yak & Yurt wrapping paper I did over the summer if you missed it. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Mele Kalikimaka, Joyeux Noel, Nadolig Llawen & Happy Holidays & have a Happy Happy New Year! Hello 2012!

Romeo & Juliet Covers

Here are a couple of my ideas for the latest Re:covered competition for 'Romeo & Juliet' run by The Fox Is Black, there was loads of entries and here are a couple of my faves by Margaret Park, Jeremy Hogg, Nim Benreuven and Simon Lalonde Boisvert. 

Dents du Midi Travel Poster

I love vintage old travel posters see a collection here. So I decided to do my own version for the Dents du Midi Mountain Range in Switzerland. We used to go nearly every summer & winter when I was younger and it's one of my favourite mountains. It comprises of 7 peaks and it's name literally means 'Teeth of the South' hence the 7 teeth logo in the top right-hand corner. On most summits in the alps there exists a cross and since the Swiss flag is also a cross this seemed to connect to my photo of the mountains. I hope to expand this into a series of mountains to visit, top of my list to see are: Mount Fuji, Mount Kilamanjaro, Mount Everest & Mount Etna. See some of these mountains on my Mountains Tea-Towel Design which I did for a competition. What are your favourite mountains?

London 2012 Festival

Adain Avion- mobile art space made from the recycled fuselage of a DC-9 airplane

Speed of Light at Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh

Walking on the Norfolk Coast

Things are starting to really hot up for the London Olympics next year, with a new announcement of somekind each week it seems. I must try go to see the torch relay in June which will pass through my local town of Buxton and I managed to get some tickets to see Athletics in the new stadium yay!! which includes the Men's Shot Put Final & the Womens 10,000m Final!

This week I also found out about some of the art events that are happenning around the country for the London 2012 Festival. Here's a round-up of what I'd like to see: Walking which is going to be an interactive installation/walk along the Norfolk coastline by Robin Wilson which will last approx 4 hrs! The Hadrian's wall installation which will also be designed to be viewed remotely from anywhere in the world through digital media, Speed of Light a light installation around Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh with runners, Adian Avion- a mobile art space made from a recycled airplane fuselage going around Wales and I must get my bells out and ring them on Friday 27th July 2012 to be a part of Martin Creed's Work No. 1197.

(all images from London 2012 Festival)