Linocut/ Mobile

Currently working on a set of prints I've been comissioned  to do based on the Hampstead Heath secret garden. This commission was a result of posting online about the wedding invitations I illustrated. Here is a peak at what I have lino-cutted so far...

Have been continuing to look at images of strange plants to inform the fictitional plant forms that will go on my mobiles. Mostly the plant forms are inspired by real plants at the barbican conservatory; images of old botanical illustrations; and Edward Lear's nonsense botany. I also occasionally skim through internet images of plants I do not have access to such as this one:

Today I continued to experiment making pipe cleaner plant forms:

Also developed my ideas of mobile making by using stronger wire (better photography to come!)

The strong wire works much better; now I think it is just a case of figuring out what shape mobile I wish to make with further experimentation. I also thought it would be nice to wrap the wire with pipe cleaners to continue the aesthetic.

Donna Wilson

Came across Donna Wilson's hanging stuffed trees recently and thought they somewhat related to the hanging plant forms I've been making in terms of the colourfulness, playfulness, and the odd unnatural forms.

Videos of Mobile

Ceramics Market/Mobiles

Took part in the Independent Ceramics Market this Sunday:

Saw this character by Alex Sickling:

 Started to experiment making large-scale wire mobiles using my pipe cleaner shapes and thick wire. I think I need to use even thicker wire, though as the type I'm using still bends with too much weight. I do like how the plant forms move in this experiment though. I will keep going, trying to make mobile structures I am happy with.

Mobile Planning

Today I have been exploring different mobile forms and drawing out how they might look with my pipe cleaner shapes on the. This is just hypothetical right now to help me picture the kind of thing I might do; obviously I have no idea if these structures would balance in real life. I think that will be something I need to figure out during the process of making.

Mobile test

A small scale version of a mobile I would like to make...