Saturday 27 March 2010

Childhood musings



We're having our loft done, whilst sorting through endless piles of my 'work' from primary school, I came across a poem I wrote when I was about 7. I assume the inspiration came from this photo, as it's attached to the writing.
Here it is word for word.
My teacher must have thought I was a nut job.

Once upon a time there was a lady called Caroline. She had lots of bottles, she went to the bottle bank, she came back with no bottles.
She had her lunch, she had some soup, after that she went to her sisters house. They had a biscuit and a cup of tea, her sister's husband died, Caroline comforted her. She went home.
When she got home she had a glass of beer, her husband came in he said you're drunk.
She fainted, her husband took her to the ambulance, the ambulance took her to the hospital. The doctor said, it's alright, you have just fainted.
The End

If I could sing...

... I'd sing like Poly Styrene from the X Ray Spex.
Her effortless drawl is superb
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Bestival



I've just booked Bestival! Can't wait.
The theme this year is Fantasy, I might go as Fantastic Mr Fox. Definitely staying away from any kind of face paint: the green didn't come off for days.

Looking forward to seeing Wild Beats, LCD Soundsystem and Archie Bronson Outift
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Saturday 20 March 2010

Paper Cuts



As I mentioned in the previous post, I've been doing some paper cut outs.
Haven't quite figured out yet how I'll use them in my work, but there's got to be a way.

Fisher FC



A few weeks ago my friend Jude asked me to do an illustration for his website: Fisher FC. To be used on the community page, it had to represent the team's former proud home: Bermondsey, and their new shared grounds in Dulwich. After playing around with some paper cut outs, I settled on this version, using a combination of hand drawing and drawing with a tablet.

Last week I went down to one of the matches, and jolly good fun we had too.