Whitecross Street Party

Hi everyone I will be taking part if the Whitecross Street Party event as a contributing artist and long side many over amazing creators, so feel free to come down and enjoy the day for more information to what will be happening please read below, this is taking place on the 23rd and 24th of July.

The Whitecross Street Party: Rise of the non-conformists is a two-day street party and four week exhibition featuring some of the world’s most creative pranksters and musical mischief makers. Set in the stomping ground of William Blake, right next to London’s non-conformist cemetery the event celebrates the maverick spirit for which the area is famed along the entire length of Whitecross street and surrounding areas. For two days on the 23rd and 24th July the Street will become a celebration of the arts involving some of the most exciting local and international creatives who will transform the city landscape into a giant outdoor art gallery.

In addition, for six weeks after the street party the street will host the ‘rise of the non-conformists’ exhibition, giving London a free outdoor art gallery summer experience.

The art
Rooftops and walls will become a giant canvas to celebrate the visual arts and allow the ‘third hippest street in Britain’ to blossom into a fiesta of creative expression. On the street party weekend we will stage live painting demonstrations and visitors will also be able to make art and design t-shirts using stencils, lino prints, and silk screen printing.
Inside the live painting arena you will also find a small shop where the ‘print of the day’ will be released alongside other art offerings. Collectors eat your heart out!

The music
The event will enjoy a Parisian-pavement-style acoustic accompaniment as well as musical manifestations from the Barbican centre which this year will include the Trans-Siberian Marching Band, All Soul Rebels and Swarm (though when and how Swarm will arrive will remain shrouded in mystery). There will also be plenty more musical surprises.

The family
Children should love the event too. We have a whole chill out / children’s area in Fortune Street Park, dedicated to all kinds of silliness. This includes the usual culprits such as face painting, bouncy castle, fun gardening and glass painting as well as other oddities including a human fruit machine.

The sports arena
In Quaker Court we will have football coaches on hand to fine tune future world cup winners. In the true spirit of the Street Party, we will also be running a non-conformist sports day for those who enjoy playing sports that haven’t been invented yet.

The marketplace
Foodies – you are in luck. Whitecross Street’s renowned Food Market will be serving up international delights all weekend.
The marketplace will also provide a platform for artists to represent themselves. Last year the place was packed, so we strongly advise artists with a good product to step up and present themselves and their creations!

The Whitecross Street Party from Quantum Leap Studios on Vimeo.

This extract is courtesy of www.wxstreetparty.co.uk please Click her to find out more information www.wxstreetparty.co.uk.

Civilian

Hi everyone this is a new blog post from myself it's been a while so I thought I should up date you to what I have currently been working on. this piece of work is title 'Civilian' this resorts back to a couple week when I viewed a documentary about 'Sri Lanka's Killing Fields' on Channel 4. This had been so hard hitting and shocking for me as so innocent peoples lives had been taken away, as the UN stood by and did nothing this is the common case for many countries. This angered me I want to turn this in to a visual getting my point across to all my viewers.

Bring this image together the main focus was using the face of Fredrick Douglas a civil war leader in the year of 1845 where he thought for many rights. With what appears to be birds fly out of his left eye this is a presentation of freedom in the eyes a leader, in hope that he gives to his people to set them free. As we wonder to the bottom of the this image I created a concept of using the most hated people around the world that brought there country to turmoil, taking there masculinity away from them I wanted portray the look of inferior, this is shown by having women's features. In the far corner there displays a boy holding a sign saying 'hope' he is a representation of his people.

This piece is exhibited at the Whitecross Street Market, Barbican, London, EC1 8JL as well as a variety of other contributing artist, further events taking place are the Whitecross Street Party on the dates of 23rd and 24th of July 2011 for further details please click on this link Whitecross Street Party.

To watch the documentary on the events in Sri Lanka, Please Click 'Sri Lanka's Killing Fields'.

Wacky Wallpaper (IllustrationRally)

Just a nippy and quick wallpaper illustration in aid of our big and fluffy creatures for Illustration Rally.

For more information Please click this link Illustration Rally

Amelia Magazine Collection of Natalia Jaroszewska

Illustration created by myself for Amelia Magazine for the collection of Natalia Jaroszewska for Poland Fashion week. To see more information about this click on the link Amelia Magazine giving you more insight to the press coverage of the show.

Time Waits for No-One

A commissioned piece, ventured round the concept of 'Time Waits For No-One', has all the elements to the remembrances of time.

Re-Design of Safronia

It has been along a waited!!! I have been working on a re-design of one of the four original 'Four Woman', Changing the concept of 'Safronia' I wanted to make the mother, father and baby key factors of this image interlinking with the the blood vessels to the heart showing the connection. More detail and understanding can be found on the previous post about 'Safornia'.

Ga Ga Summer

My new GaGa post! for tis lovely summer day leave comment to what you think

New Business Card

My New set of business cards, BIGGER AND BETTER PINKER THEN EVER! but you never know where you might see them, at least you know I was near!

'I'm Having A Pregnant Pause'

The meaning of having 'A Pregnant Pause' is to have a pause between meals the factor of stuffing your face with so much gorgeous food, where the stomach appears bloated cause you to look pregnant.

Fashion Illustration

'My Nipples Are As Hard As Gun's'

New illustration based on something that a friend had said 'My Nipples are Hard as Guns', I transformed the saying into what I imagined into being a visual, trying different techniques using a range of different meduims. please leave comment as to what you think

Who's Daddy Am I?

Illustration in corporation of 'Sweet Thing', a female prostitute open to all men in search of her belonging.

A Sunday Afternoon

Camp

Amelia Magazine

Illustrations for Valentines Day: Last Minute Ideas, was presented on Amelia Magazine website for the collection of Phoebe Coleman Love Tender, particular piece that are included in the illustrations are 'Loop of Love Earrings' and 'Flying Love Necklace'.

Illustrations for Valentines Day: Last Minute Ideas (Amelia Magazine)

for more information please click on the links

Domestic

Feel my pain!!!

Header Design

Just messing around with header designs

Peaches

Nina Simone belts out the last woman as 'Peaches' finishing with a extravagant ending, in reference to her character she is a very bitter, violent, black woman due to the fact her parents were slaves not able to have her own way.

Safronia

Another edition to 'Four Woman' title 'Saforina', an oppressed woman she sits on the lap of her Black mother. Saforina Father is a white en-powering man, within his late night calls he would force himself on to Safornia's Mother. Split between to different worlds she has know belonging.

Aunt Sarah

Using the concept from the song 'Four Women' by Nina Simone she describes four characters one being Aunt Sarah, she portray's the suffering of her ancestors as this can be seen by the distress of her face not wanting to give her colour in representation of a pasted time. she carries all her struggles and worry around her neck, rapped in gold glitter rope that was dug from the ground in tied with the body she carries. From her roots of africa i bring forth the traditional colours of red,gold and green.

'Sweet Thing'

Current I have been working on a concept called Four woman, this is 'Sweet Thing' she is loved by all men in order to give sexual favours. This a development piece, there is more to come, This piece of work is being exhibited at the 2Space Pop shop,Watford I just want to show the world please leave comments to what you think?

Space2 pop up!

We are re-launching Space2 pop up!

Please join us for drinks and nibbles

Thursday 20 January 6.00-9.00

60-62 Queens Road, Watford, WD17 2LA

Live music from Watford based Folk band Oceleot and Viv Albertine from one of the most influential all female bands of all time

On display will be works by illustrative artists:

Laura Sellman

Roger Kattenhorn

Daisy Gam

Lizzie Prestt

Marta Cernovskaja

Alana Jenkins

Laura Nutall

Bianca Hamilton

West Herts College Students

Watford Girls Grammar School Students

There will be vintage and second hand clothing on sale on the New Hope Trust pop up on the night

Please RSVP to sophie.ronson@watford.gov.uk

Thank you to Tucker French Bathrooms for their continued support and to

Skopje Acoustic Skopje Ethereal for organising the live music

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Nicki Minaj

Its that Nicki time!!!! lol, please leave comments