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Manifesto project

This years first brief was to write a manifesto about yourself as a creative, and to create some images to go with it. One of the points in my manifesto was to always be on the look out for materials that I can include in my work, either bought or found. Gathering found material is a very important aspect of my working process, and I feel that the more found material I use in my work, the more unique it will be. Anyone can buy the same piece of card from a craft shop, but found things such as a piece of your grandmothers curtain won't be found in many other peoples work. Found material has 'soul', it is often stained and worn; marked by the life it has lived. Using found material in my work is also good for the environment. I am recycling discarded material and giving it a new life. On their own these bits and pieces are worthless, but by putting them together I feel like I am giving them renewed value and beauty.

Norwegian summer

Sark and Guernsey

Beautiful people I know

Geometric owl made out of masking tape

For my summer project this year I decided to experiment with some really nice coloured and patterned masking tape which I bought a while back. I used some gold masking tape too, which shines when the light falls on it (as you can see on the last image).

New website: http://www.thepaperbandit.com/

Go check it out! Big thank you to Katherine Mitchell for helping me make it!

Sketchbook pages from summer 2009

Never got round to posting any of last summers sketchbook work on here before now!