Escalation

O lovely escalator. Saturday at Canary Wharf – more at flickr

Metaphorically Speaking

Delicious ideas from James Geary.

Herding into the Black Void

I’m hoping to get back to Miraslaw Balka’s Box of Darkness installation, How It Is in the Tate Modern when it’s not so busy. (see video) The experience of being blanketed in darkness as we were herded into the unknown was lost somewhat due to the light pollution from the many phones and cameras in action, despite ‘no photography’ signs. Not for me the overwhelming experience of Olafur Eliasson’s The Weather Project, however it still draws on memories of other times and places. Thought provoking.

How It Is runs until April 5th ‘10.

Britain under Snow – NASA image

Britain looking beautiful at 11:15 today by NASA satellite Terra, transmitted to the University of Dundee.
Photo: Thanks to NEODAAS/University of Dundee

Pioneer – Illustration Friday 1/1/10

My first post for 2010 is my last Illustration Friday of 2009 and the theme is Pioneer. I need sleep – it’s 5am, cold and snowing a little, (clearly not much of a pioneer spirit going on here!) so these are just a few Pioneer houses from my sketchbook, made yesterday. Mixed media. Happy New Year everyone!
Update: I’ve put a bunch of these up on flickr – here’s a collage of all 26 sketches and you’ll find closeups in the set. Thanks for looking, and cheers for the comments here. Useful and appreciated.

Making 3D Pavement Art

Julian Beever’s accessible 3D pavement art always get a favourable response in my classroom, so I look forward to showing my students this video of the making of The Crevasse by Edgar Mueller. While it removes some of the mystique surrounding this form of trompe l’oeil, time-capture vids like this are useful in subtly overcoming objections to sustained drawing – ‘instant’ results generally being the preferred route!

Tasty infographics

Tasty posters abound on Eating The Road though my personal fave is this Cereal Chart. Fun.

Living in a Lego House

Best Lego House ever. There’s a few vids of this full-size house though sadly nothing I’ve seen [yet] which captures the essence of the interior – a shot looking back down the stairs as shown in the full BBC James May’s Toy Stories. Plastic post-modern architecture at its best. Here’s a snippet:

Cool Yule Brighton

It’s not difficult to tell why Brighton is home to much of the UK’s creative talent… the old town centre is a sure fire antidote to the boredom of looking at the same ubiquitous chain stores and cafe’s that line so many UK city high streets. I took a few snaps before the light ran out – see photos on Flickr

Piano Stairs from The Fun Theory

Thinking ‘Big‘.