Assiting Sculptor: Steve Lawrie

For the last month I've been assisting sculptor Steve Lawrie for his Brockley Open Studio piece. Made with golf tee's, miles of cotton and a hand drill we successfully made over 100 hundred star shaped objects. Inspired by micro-organisms, these individual stars together make one organic inspired shape crawling out of a cupboard. Turn out at the Open Studio was good and the piece, received well. Photographer Timothy Leek came in to document the work.

Tiny Paintings in Gouache

 Currently looking after mum whose has had an operation on her toes so I'm at home helping out with Dad. Decided to jump at the chance to paint. Painted with gouache on small to tiny canvases, one, a portrait of my sisters cat Oscar and the other Old man's building is a painting of a small old building that survived the bulldozers because the owner a little old man refused to sell up. There had been a large building next door Freemans catalogue a factory supplying work for a hell of a lot of people. It has now been destroyed and created into (more) luxury flats, the old man's house remains....when I was a kid we used to deliver food parcels for the elderly, back then he was an old man and we dropped our parcel off, I thought he was odd and mysterious.

Oscar is 6" by 4" and the house is 3" by 2"

Arts4Space: Volunteer

I been spending some of my time volunteering at Arts4Space, a Community Arts Organisation based at Stockwell Studios in Jeffreys Road, Stockwell. Arts4Space create community arts projects to increase accessibility and empowerment through art to various groups, helping develop communication, promote diversity and social cohesion within my neighbourhood. I'm loving working with them.

Recent project, which is up and now in situ, was the creation of a mosaic mural for Streatham Wells Primary School, most of the work had been done but I stepped in and helped finish the piece. Partly created with the kids of the school this piece is now in proud position on the wall in their front entrance.

Since then we worked on another Streatham Wells mural that I helped restore. I am particularly interested in murals as my sister, Ruth Miller, has set up the London Mural Preservation Society. She is currently in the process of researching who created the original mural we are restoring which was made at least 30 years ago. It was great fun bringing the old mural back to life, and I learnt alot about mural restoration. 

The LMPS have a mural walk coming up soon on the 15th August in North London (All Welcome!) My colleague and fellow filmmaker, Louise Murray, and I will be filming the event for the web.

Onwards and Upwards!

Mini Monsters

Currently numbing my finger by working on a batch of mini monsters. I plan to make a dozen before trying to sell them. Have some nice ideas for packaging but I'll finish these guys first. The red and black little guy has already found a new home, snapped up whilst they were just sitting around my workspace, don't worry it was a good home and the buyer paid nicely. More on the way...

.....two more already assembled over night.

Farty Monster

I like making Softies, (soft toys), little textile characters.

This one was specifically designed for my good friend Emi's birthday, who shares my love of the good ol' fashion, historically classical and timeless, fart joke. My only regret is I didn't put a sound maker in it, next time!

The Nightingale

Last summer my sister commissioned me to paint and design a painting on her barge. It was a fantastic couple of days, camping on the riverside, watching the wildlife, bobbing about on the boat and next month I'm boat sitting, yea!!! also cat-sitting as my sis has a new boat mate, ship's cat Oscar.

Kid in a Hat

Here's my piece of art exchange. Art Exchange is like a pyramid scheme of art work, you send one and recieve a bunch. Watching my post with anticipation...
This image is something I saw in Brixton, a little boy had wandered off and found a bunch of expensive clothes to dress up in, he looked very pleased with himself in fancy hat and shades, his mum on the other hand...not so much.