Following a trip to RSPB Rainham my recent creations seem to feature birds, I’ve also been growing a wildlife garden at my home for the past 6 years and am always amazed at the number of different species of birds that visit. Including my resident Robin who chirps away on the garden table whenever he…
Category: Art
Silhouette Cameo… :)
I am now the proud owner of a Silhouette Cameo cutter :) (explodes into a puff of glitter, feathers, hearts and kittens)… lol Its a card and paper cutter which allows you to download or design cutting files to be cut into your desired media, it can also cut fabric, vinyl, and has a pen…
December 2012 desktop wallpaper
Hello again :) I have been a bit busy of late working on a number of projects (more details coming soon) but here is a December wallpaper for you. It was created from a still image of a Caster Oil plant leaf and a little bit of jiggery pokery ;) Click the picture then again…
Colour Infrared Video Imagery
I’ve been experimenting with colour infrared video and photography for some time, photography is easier due to the IR blocking filter on my stills camera being quite weak, plus manipulating RAW images in Photoshop and Gimp using colour channel swapping is very effective. However video is another matter entirely, the IR blocking filter on my…
Dragonfly wings
In my endeavour to create and produce more I’ve tried to paint and draw some dragonfly wings I guess the colours aren’t very realistic but they are fun :) I used inktense pencils by derwent for the rich translucent hues. My neighbour has a wildlife pond so I’m frequently visited by dragonflies, damselflies and the…
Graphic Plants..
After seeing the x-ray plant photos of Steven Meyers I was inspired to create a video edit that captured the same look and feel. I filmed plants in my garden using a macro lens then processed the clips with various computer generated effects to create the vivid graphic look of the video below. The clips were then…
Humble Umbels…
I really love the form of the plants in the Umbelliferae family, I’m entranced by the upward sweeping negative curvature of the flowers, which resembles the inverted circles found in hyperbolic geometry. They are found in the British Isles as the native plants Wild Carrot (also known as Queen Anne’s Lace), Cow Parsley, Hogweed and many…
Dancing Circles
Some time ago I was shown this video of ‘circles dancing in a rhomb’ by Gelada http://maxwelldemon.com/edmund-harriss/ http://vimeo.com/23772888 At the time it inspired me to create some interesting patterns with crochet, based around the negative space within the structures and the rhythmic dance of the circles within the shape. But it was the cellular structure…
Hortus
I’ve finally finished my live cinema show ‘Hortus’ you can read a little about it below :) Hortus explores the relationship between natural and urban environments, it takes the viewer on a journey of discovery through the presence, form and processes of vegetal nature found throughout cities but often overlooked and ignored. Urban Nature Part…
Phloem 