Reverting some old posts to draft

Ok, today's been fairly active blogger-wise & looking through my old posts here I've decided some need re-vamping, updating & completing :) x

Wish i'd done this earlier, I'd have gotten graded for it. I'm enjoying doing it now though. Love keeping creatively active, learning & discovering things as well as becoming newly inspired. I may not have chosen a specialism at college, well, not more defined than working in the creative industries & for me at the moment that's alright. I'm happy doing what I'm doing at the moment & I'm doing well, i think.

Jason deCaires

http://www.ohparasite.com/2011/10/jason-decaires-taylors-underwater.html

Damien Hirst Fertility 'Verity'

Not someone i thought i'd be blogging about in a positive manner tbh after his work with butterflies.
Daily Mail -RSPCA-attacks--Damien-Hirst-exhibition. watched-9-000-butterflies-die-walls

I did my final essay of my BTEC on Fertility & today i stumble on a news tid-bit about a statue of his being erected in Ilfracombe, Devon (UK), i google it & find this isn't his first encounter with exploring the idea of fertility in art.

I made myself vaguely familiar with his work in the first year of my BTEC, so I'm aware this isn't his first piece depicting human biology or Fertility in particular.

1. Mother & Child Divided (1993)
2. Sensation (2003) - Extreme close up of a 
3. Wretched War (2004)
4. The Virgin Mother (2005)
5. Virgin (Exposed) (2005)
6. Birth Cyrus (2006)
7. We're Born, We Look Around, We Die (2006)
8. Infertility [Male] (2007)
9. Feminizing Testicle (2007)
10. Malignant Testicle Tumour (2007)
11. Verity (2012)
    

    

    The Virgin Mother (2005)

    

    Virgin (Exposed) 2005

    

    Wretched War (2004)

Facts about Verity

• At 20.25m from plinth to sword-tip, Verity is slightly taller than the Angel Of The North
• She weighs more than 25 tonnes
• Verity is described a modern-day allegory for truth and justice
• The figure's stance is taken from Edgar Degas' Little Dancer of Fourteen Years (c. 1881) referenced by Hirst in his earlier bronze Virgin Mother (2005)
• She holds the traditional symbols denoting Justice - a sword and scales - though the scales are hidden behind her back
• Hirst's website notes: "Without the perfect equilibrium enacted by the scales, the sword becomes a dangerous instrument of power, rather than justice"
• Verity was made in more than 40 individual castings at Pangolin Editions foundry in Gloucestershire
• The entire piece has been tested to ensure it can withstand high winds and sea spray

the above 3 images are from a local paper close to Verity

http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/one_foot_on_the_pier_for_damien_hirst_statue_1_1506335

Something From Damien Hirst

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17589754

her Erection
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19881524

Landscape+Urbanism: Tree Art Revisited

Landscape+Urbanism: Tree Art Revisited

Gnomon school of visual arts

http://www.gnomonschool.com/student_work/gallery/index.php

one of my favourite artists is currently at this school

image URL: http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/283821_10150279228030839_7914335838_7359932_8255328_n.jpg

Reiq -  & yes im aware his work is seriously sexual &  that may not be deemed 'appropriate'

image url: http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v601/12/42/7914335838/n7914335838_958610_5750.jpg

POP-ART spin off Coca Cola 125 years

this blog accompanies a coke bottle plastic sleeve with an example of coca colas 125th anniversary pop-art cans... pop art on pop...

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=coca+cola+retro+ads+art,+125+years&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1728&bih=930&tbm=isch&tbnid=vtiI6f_HSiiC3M:&imgrefurl=http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/125/&docid=Dw62oydskfoOOM&imgurl=http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/content/en_GB/img/125/LM_706x264_2801_KEY-ART_FAMILY_SHARING.jpg&w=706&h=264&ei=7ce2Tpv4KcKX8gPWzuCxCw&zoom=1

Coca Cola Celebrates 125 years: http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2011/coca-cola-celebrates-125-years/

http://hotchypotch.blogspot.com/2011/05/one-of-my-favourite-things-turns-125_09.html

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/check-out-125th-anniversary-coke-cans-around-world-134308

http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/node-blog/blogs/125_coke_can_designs_0.jpg

there are more designs shown on the above website :) 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6230/6272950701_4131511e00.jpg

http://www.dionlabel.com/tl_files/dion/images/Ashley's%20Blog/Coca%20Cola%20125%20years.jpg

Spin off art

image URL: http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/174/0/e/125_years_of_coca_cola_by_raduserban-d3jr85t.jpg
Image found at: 

http://da-art-gallery.deviantart.com/gallery/29048743#/d3jr85t

artists to look into

Nichole De Carle - Lingerie
name discovered during an incidental episode of 'Great British hairdresser' on earlier this morning while iw as eating breakfast


more lingerie artists (seriously bloody gorgeous!!!!)
http://hsharman.blogspot.com/2010/12/maybe-degree-is-worth-it-after-all.html



Jamie Hewlett - Comic artist
Punk
creation: Tank Girl, Gorillaz (music group artwork)
recommended by a friend only known as Spoony McMooch
he can be found at: http://skuzzmunch.blogspot.com/


Jason Thielke

Shepard fAIREY

there are others but firstly for my contextual folder i plan on printing the images i created during the various tripswith college & probably those without for my contextual folder.

i've been tryin to find my sketchbook from over the summer when i went to YSP twice
they're in my room somewhere, tis just a matter of finding exactly where.... i thought it was in one place but after lookin there a few times, removing everything else & putting things back i still haven't found it...

Today

been creating Powerpoints using the wiki printout booklets i did before college broke up for half term.
im learning a lot, also been suing my notes & the images PHod gave me from class, which i am eternally grateful for.

made some for each class, which will be going into my contextual file as well as in the individual class files
liking the use of powerpoint for consistency & putting things in a visual logical order.

Contextual Artist Link - Hannah Hoch

for years & years i've had a black & white photocopy of this image on my bedroom wall, today i looked a little closer & discovered the artist name has been there all along.

She was around during DADA, I could have used her as part of last years Poster Project since my designated ERA was 1910-1919, I didn't even look into DADA, i wasn't aware of it as a movement, only knew it by name, i had no idea whatsoever that she was around then, hell, i only found out the sequential order of movements etc from the TATE artist timeline (Sara Fanelli) up on the notice board in the room we regularly used for history.

I have actual interest in history this year, I suppose its more the passion of my tutor & the way he guides us.

ttyl

Contextual Art Link - POP ART, The Independent Group

already printed off an A5 9 page booklet from wiki about POP ART.

Highlighting it has made me look closer into mentionable things like The Independent Group
need to print following link as booklet: http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Group
external link 2 on wiki "the independent group - fathers [& mothers] of pop 1990": http://www.artdesigncafe.com/The-Independent-Group-ICA-London-IG-library-1990

Eduardo Paulozzi - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Paolozzi

'BUNK!' collection of 10 collages
also this one since there appears to be some discrepency aout when Paolozzi gave the lecture with the series of collages...


& have started a ppt (powerpoint presentation) as i find it easiest to present it that way in a logical order.

Something to keep in mind - The Art of Giving

http://www.artofgiving.co.uk/about-us/

About Us

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Art of Giving supports, promotes and sells art while raising awareness and donating funds to charities. Set up by Tracey and Ben Bambrough, Art of Giving's mission is to bring together the sense of wellbeing that owning an original artwork can give with the positive feeling that comes from donating to an admired charity for the mutual benefit of artists and good causes.

Art of Giving holds art exhibitions and events featuring work of up-and-coming artists as well as work by established and celebrity artists. Each event also highlights the causes of a diverse variety of charities. All art will be for sale, with 50% of proceeds available to the artist and a substantial percentage to be donated to charity. 

Tracey Bambrough, founder of Art of Giving says: "The purchase of any artwork tells a personal story and I believe this can be enhanced if the artwork also helps fund a worthy charity. Art of Giving was created to make a difference in the world through art."

earth ship links

need more!!!!

earthship design principles http://earthship.com/component/content/article/52-videos-movies-tv/356-earthship-design-principles

earth ship buildings http://earthship.com/buildings

lush links

our closed loops https://phoenix.lush.co.uk/content/view/1211

our values https://phoenix.lush.co.uk/our-values

the green hub https://phoenix.lush.co.uk/our-values/the-green-hub

the mighty solid shampoo https://phoenix.lush.co.uk/content/view/1090

our environmental policy https://phoenix.lush.co.uk/content/view/783

recycling our black pots https://phoenix.lush.co.uk/content/view/1066

about green room http://www.lush.com/shop/about/green-room/

my 3 Good Design Things

EarthShip Biotecture

Lush Cosmetics

Freedom Writers (2007) - Movie

I'll add more at the weekend

- Fair Trade Products
- Crstal Clear - Plain English Campaign


Bad Products

- Fur (even the faux stuff)
- Ivory
- blood diamonds

Todays Lesson - Postponed 1 week

We were meant to do a presentation today, instead we had to go to a Student Finance talk instead.
Our curriculum leader/tutor(A-Cli), only found out this morning the time& date of the talk. Our History/Contextual Studies tutor(P-Hod) only found out just before lesson started. the talk lasted 45ish minutes, as always I took notes.
it was informative but I wish we'd had History instead :(
our presentations are due next week instead, which means as a group we're a week behind which doesn't thrill me but I'll just grin & bear it... ¬.¬

anyhoo, i thought of another product i can add into the good design list
Lush Product pots, the reward scheme & the closed thingy manufacture system :)
gotta love Green/Eco Friendly products :D & of course anything with a Fair Trade stamp, despite the lovely price difference which i do understand is entirely necessary

BBC3 documentaries
- blood sweat & tshirts
-  blood sweat & takeaways

Anything with the Crystal Clear mark (plain english campaign) http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/
any company that enforces the use of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
ease of access including language translation options


& lotsa other things :) sustainability, LVOE ITT! :D

Todays Lesson - P-Hod's Birthday

I was told to shush today by P-Hod, We were asked to say what we consider to be 'Good Design', as a task tp present next week, take 3 objects/products/


likes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship

severe dislikes
- use of ivory
- use of fur (even faux)

artist: Qi Gang

 found out about this amazing designer through popular tv series ANTM: Americas Next Top Model

i can't remember which season, i just remember being incredibly inspired by him & his catwalkshow/exhibition of works shown in that episode. 

unfortunately i no longer have access to Sky television so have become unable to watch subsequent series's since 2008ish.