Two Woodcutters (Homage to Hodler)

 

Dyptich, screen print on canvas using imagery from Ferdinand Hodler's The Woodcutter (1910).

Hodler's original painting was one of two design submissions for new Swiss Franc bank notes issued in 1911.

Hodler: The Woodcutter, 1910

Swiss 50 Franc note, 1911

Alive by Night

Swathing in metres of voluminous flowey silk chiffon fabric with a soft floral print/appliquéd pattern. Long, loose silhouettes with an understated eccentricity.

Untouchable

Personal armour or body armour describes all types of protective clothing designed to absorb and/or deflect slashing, bludgeoning, and penetrating attacks. It was historically employed to protect soldiers, whereas today, it is also used to protect feelings of the heart.

A collection of personal armour, which is made up of separate pieces and dresses.  Intricate black lace is mixed with black leather fabric on a support of tulle netting. 

Corseted and tailored jackets provide a structure which is complimented by lace trailing down arms and skirts bellowing at the waist.

Chocolate Box King Kong

The window-like squares of a box of chocolates - reminiscent of a New York sky scraper - prompted this 'objet-trouvé' artwork.

 

Muybridge in Kingston

Eadweard J. Muybridge (9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904) was an English photographer who spent much of his life in the United States. He is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion which used multiple cameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the flexible perforated film strip.

Eadweard Muybridge returned to his native England in 1894, published two further, popular books of his work, and died on 8 May 1904 in Kingston upon Thames while living at the home of his cousin Catherine Smith, Park View, 2 Liverpool Road. The house has a British Film Institute commemorative plaque on the outside wall (from Wikipedia).

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The above Eadweard Muybridge returning to his home at no. 2 Liverpool Road, Kingston upon Thames shows four naked figures of Muybridge crossing Liverpool Road - Muybridge regularly used himself as a model for his photographic experiments. The scene is reminiscent of the famous Abbey Road album cover by the Beatles. A warning sign in the background shows animated images from Muybridge's famous photographic series 'The Horse in Motion'.

 

Dalmatrix

 Dalmatian with a quick release (QR) matrix code that can be scanned by any smartphone with in-built camera.  The QR code contains a link to a website which will be automatically opened by the smartphone (save image below as a jpeg and use this online QR code reader if no smartphone at hand).

Used in connection with a spoof 'missing pet' poster on trees, fences, message boards, etc. to create a hardlink beteen the physical and virtual worlds.

Snowflake Card

Season's Greetings card and animated e-card for an architects' office with a snowflake and fireworks design based on the company's double triangle logo.

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