The London Project

The past 2 weeks we have been concentrating on our project based around the river Thames and working independently. I decided spending time by the river reminded me of being close to one of the great lakes, so I chose a theme of the similarities.

I really wanted to get into the hands-on art stuff. Monday was a printmaking induction, which was quite enjoyable and inspired me to experiment a bit more with the different processes I was using for each piece of my project. The tutor (teacher) has kept our printmaking (and etching) work, so hopefully it is returned shortly so I can post it!

My flat began to look like an art hurricane had torn through it ..

I had lots of ideas for pieces, most starting with sketches..

This one was about the multiculturalism and different languages which was a part of my original concept or differences + similarities (I eventually knocked off the "differences").

Then it became a digital illustration... I ended up axing this one because it was the weakest and didn't correspond with my theme.

It's really amazing the materials you can find in London! I was all over the city perusing shops and seeking specific items, all which I found!

The sequins were fun! I really liked using them, although they peeled off quite easily.


Spray painting leaves worked out quite well.. although Emeril, the cooking dude hollered "Nice flowers!" at me while I was collecting them. Lots of strange looks!


This piece generated a lot of positive feedback during our crits today. Which is funny because initially I was disappointed with how it turned out.

Not sure what happened uploading this particular piece, but the bikes are supposed to be blue and the sneakers were red!! The bikes represent the Trans Canada Trail and the sneakers the Thames National Trail. Below is what those little icons look like actual size.


The overall outcome.. hard to tell the detail in each piece, but they are all stitched on a navy strip of material. I got the idea from a tapestry, wall hanging embroidered thing with different dutch scenes from the kitchen in my granny's old house.

Just to show you the little stitches holding the art onto the tapestry. Sewing these things on was extremely time consuming. I ended up stitching my initials into the bottom.. apparently I'm not a very skilled sewer!!