7/11/15
Print Fair - Corn Exchange
It was fascinating to see work from a variety of people practising in a real creative working environment. The range of print techniques people had used was very interesting to look at and made me excited about trying lino and screen printing in particular. There was a great atmosphere to the whole event and it was nice to just stroll around with my Illustration pals and enjoy the morning.
I was very tempted by all the prints I saw but settled on this print by Matthew Walkden. I am a big fan of elephants! I had a cheeky look at Walkden's work on his blog and I found that the colours, shapes and compositions of his work really grab your attention. This is something I am working on in my own practice.
Colours May Vary
This was the first time I had been introduced to Colours May Vary and I am afraid that this may have been dangerous for me as I wanted to buy everything in the shop!
After much deliberation I bought a concertina pull-out print called 'Worst things happen at Sea' by Kellie Strom, published by Nobrow Press. The detail is incredible and definitely 'my cup of tea' when it comes to the type of drawing and craft that inspires and excites me most. I was very intrigued to know how the print was made so did a quick search to see if there was anything on-line and came across this video.
Travelling Man
Continuing our Illustration quest we ended up in the new Fred Aldous shop which was great and then to Travelling Man Comic book store. Here I was impressed to find my friends from third year had their work up for sale. I ended up buying a comic that, similarly to the pull-out print, contained an impressive amount of detail. The kind of work I am drawn to usually displays a high level of skill rather than a concept based understanding and communication of an idea. Ideally I would like to produce both in my own practice, ensuring the relevance of the media used to the brief set.
Strange weather all day but worth it for the rainbow!
Great end to a great day!
We had a cute night in eating pizza, reading each others' comics/arty books, watching films and drawing. It was nice to have spent the whole day just immersing ourselves in what we love and what brought us to Leeds in the first place. I feel very inspired and motivated by what I saw on Saturday and am now raring to play, explore and develop my work.
Photo courtesy of Kat!
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