LAURA : DESIGN

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:51:28 +0100

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Some photos from the Hollie and Jack pop up shop/exhibition I...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:16:21 +0100

Some photos from the Hollie and Jack pop up shop/exhibition I took part in during the long Easter weekend. The Parlour Showrooms, a very central gallery space, was used to showcase the clothing range of Hollie and Jack which until now had just been an online store, but in a one off event brought the collection to the people. Myself and two other Bristol artists, Lilliana Kielczewski and Charlie Dennis, were invited to install our own little exhibitions within the space as well.

Book sculpture number four: Trying a different technique.....

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:39:00 +0000

Book sculpture number four: Trying a different technique.. instead of playing around with illustrations from within the book and creating new narratives, I’ve focused on the manipulation of just the paper itself, keeping it quite simple and including quilling methods. I really like the little glimpses of colour and sugary sweet clues to the recipes inside.

Book sculpture number three: This 1940’s nurses guidebook...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:53:50 +0000

Book sculpture number three: This 1940’s nurses guidebook is on a much smaller scale compared to the other books I’ve been working with which meant that this sculpture was a bit more of a challenge. The content of this book is amazing, but I was especially drawn to the repeating appearance of the man in the photos, mostly because of his expression, I think.

Book sculpture number two: From a small book of children’s...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:57:11 +0000

Book sculpture number two: From a small book of children’s short stories, I cut out a selection of illustrations from the various stories and turned them into an entirely new scene within the book. It may appear to be an innocent sea-side scene at first, but on closer inspection is actually a surreal and slightly sinister portrait of the relationships within the food chain.

Any Bristolian reading this.. Get yoursef down to The Hare over...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:11:05 +0000

Any Bristolian reading this.. Get yoursef down to The Hare over Easter weekend, the lovely little pub where I work. Four days of extra special beers (as well as our usual top notch drinks selection), a tasty hog roast, live music, and pub quizness. Poster designed by yours truly. Follow us on twitter! @TheHarePub

Further progress on my book sculpture. I cut out any...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:46:00 +0000

Further progress on my book sculpture. I cut out any illustrations from the book that suited the theme of pond/water life and created a 3D scene next to the butterfly page, ultimately creating the look of a typically British garden. I really loved just working away at this for a few hours, carving out the ‘pond’ and seeing it take shape was especially enjoyable.

Sculpting some second hand books in conjunction with my final...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:46:22 +0000

Sculpting some second hand books in conjunction with my final major project

This is my entry for the Hermione Hammond Drawing Award. The...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:48:34 +0000

Minnesota Mugshot 1966

Minnesota Mugshot 1966

This is my entry for the Hermione Hammond Drawing Award. The rules of the competition state that you can draw basically anything, witnessed or not, as long as it’s a representational drawing. So after discarding a few ideas I decided to do a portrait of a mugshot taken of a young guy called Edward Blake in Minnesota 1966. I found his mugshot on a great archive site called These Americans and for some reason I just felt particularly drawn to his. I like the fact that he looks very fresh faced compared to most others in the archive, I also thought he revealed so much just with his eyes, which are notably slightly cross eyed. Still waiting to find out if my uni have entered my drawing to the competition, so fingers crossed for the next few days!

This is my poster entry for BrewDog’s artwork competition....

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:39:43 +0000

This is my poster entry for BrewDog’s artwork competition. I had the idea of illustrating a wild mythological creature gasping out of dehydration, and showing a hint of excitable madness upon finding a flowing waterfall of BrewDog beer. In the end I realised that I actually had more fun drawing it, and so have decided not to get too touchy about the amount of Facebook ‘likes’ it receives in the voting process.

Just a few quick designs for some new events at The Hare Pub....

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:20:37 +0000

Just a few quick designs for some new events at The Hare Pub. Expect to see these as flyers, posters and menu inserts if you pop in for a pint or are in the local area!

This was a welcome distraction today from my dissertation....

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:23:17 +0000

This was a welcome distraction today from my dissertation. Painted some lettering onto four A boards for a group project.

A few illustrations taken from a current uni project, of...

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:43:41 +0000

A few illustrations taken from a current uni project, of independent shops on my local high street, North Street.

My latest project working with The Bristol Hippodrome and The...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:51:44 +0000

My latest project working with The Bristol Hippodrome and The Gallimaufry (who, fyi, now have a lovely new website so check that out!)

It’s the 100th birthday of The Bristol Hippodrome this year so they’re throwing an Edwardian themed exclusive dinner event to celebrate, and asked The Gallimaufry to cater for it, therefore I found myself very fortunately being asked to design the menu for said event.

This menu design blends together hand drawn Ewardian styled typography, elements of the Hippodrome’s exclusive dinner invitation, as well as signature Gallimaufry colours and style of their own menu.

New poster design for Bristol’s best gaming night Button...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:47:54 +0000

New poster design for Bristol’s best gaming night Button Mash hosted by megababe Emily Waddell. If you’re in Bristol on December 29th come along as it’s also her birthday!

http://www.facebook.com/events/406897446054292/?fref=ts

Drawing some type for a current freelance project

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:44:30 +0000

Drawing some type for a current freelance project

So I work at this lovely little pub The Hare and we’re the...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:35:00 +0000

So I work at this lovely little pub The Hare and we’re the only pub in the South West that serves the delicious Scottish beer, Innis & Gunn on draft. We had two chaps from the brewery visit us today, Pete and Adam, who hosted a wonderful tasting session especially for us and gave us lots of freebies including…several copies of a really lovely book designed by PROJECT which I fawned over for a good hour. It’s all about the story of Innis & Gunn and features work from the very talented Simon Ålander and David Galletly. I learnt a lot about one of my favourite tipples and got to see some lovely design work in the process. Check itttt.

Latest design work for The Gallimaufry, promo for a Lafée...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:16:46 +0000

Latest design work for The Gallimaufry, promo for a Lafée Absinthe themed open mic special, all in aid of manager James Koch’s birthday!

http://www.facebook.com/events/484153448283392/?context=create

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:09:04 +0000

http://www.facebook.com/events/484153448283392/?context=create

I’ve recently started working for lovely Bristol...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:01:56 +0000

I’ve recently started working for lovely Bristol bar/restaurant, The Gallimaufry as their retainer designer, which is very exciting to have such a nice client who I get to produce work for regularly. This is my first designey job with them - flyer design for an event they’re hosting in association with Bristol Pound.