Saturday fun extension

In January I draw a face of a girl (Saturday fun) and now I wanted to screen print it. So I went down to the studio and tried it. It was my first screen printing after an induction so was very new and exciting. First I tried it in orange but because I did not wash the screen properly it was not printing well so I washed it and tried a green color and it came out really nice I think ;o)..

image on the screen

my very first messy screen prints

the orange prints

green prints (final outcome)

Solar Plate Workshop

Very interesting process. I was trying draw my own image using glue, pens, sand,tape etc..butunfortunately it did not come out that well. The image after exposing wasn't that strong and on some place wasn't at all so the print looked funny. But I'm glad I experimented and I willdefinitely try it again...

sketching

exposing

exposed solar plate

putting some ink on

the final print

Street art?

On the way to a printing shop in Wandsworth I saw this....crazy Italians!!!Made me smile tho...

Decode exhibition V&A

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Recode : Decode Entry from Benjamin Blundell on Vimeo.

If you have time make sure go and see this amazing exhibition! Its very interactive and you will have lots of fun ;o)...Design Sensations showcases the latest developments in digital and interactive design, from small, screen-based, graphics to large-scale interactive installations. The exhibition includes works by established international artists and designers such as Daniel Brown, Golan Levin, Daniel Rozin, Troika and Karsten Schmidt. The exhibition features both existing works and new commissions create especially for the exhibition.

Design museum

Wooohaaaa I became a patron of the Design Museum for 1 year....what a lovely present! thank you!

http://designmuseum.org/

Collage extension...hard day!

Well our next project I would say a holiday project is called a collage extension project..We had to choose one collage out out those 100 we made at the beginning of the year and find a way to extend in. I have chosen screen printing but I tell you even thought I had a good idea the work didn't go as well as expected and because they shut for the holiday there is no way I could go back and finish it meehhhhh meeeehh.....so hello scissor and glue?

my chosen collage

2 days at the studio:

Ohhh my God today was the hardest day of screen printing for me.. Well must mentioned that i did print a previous day and also was getting stuff ready for today. Everything started pretty well I printed nice cool pattern it look good and I was happy with the outcome.. the mystery begun when I wanted to print on it. The inks did not like each other. I could not print with others colors on it. I played around for about 3 hours yeah 3 hours of hard washing exposing and trying managed to wreck my screen and nobody knew why the print is not printing...I just wanted to scream!I ended up using a brush at the end ....it took me a long time to brush the paint all over it.....and than i was printing another image and another image the ink was lots of time transparent so I found out myself by the sink all the time washing and washing the screen..time went quickly I had no food all day and whats more I did not managed to finish it. So DISAPPOINTED but I ll try to finish it at home somehow. Cut and paste? Anyway I'm pretty excited about the exhibition even thought I cant attend it as it is happening on wed I think which is my work day ;o(

Stop motion workshop

This was the best workshop I have done at LCC. I have enjoyed it so much that I spent days thinking about it. I have seen that mini movie million times and still it makes me laugh. I could play with the programme for hours. It takes lots of patience and time to make it but I have that patience for it.

I think my desktop is ready to have a break!

Wooowww I think that you must be quite skillful to end up with something like this! You might call it mess but also it could be a game called Try to find...

My first life drawing ever

Ben took me life drawing with him. What an experince! I found it too quick. Trying to draw a sketch in 10-15 mins was far to quick for me. Maybe with a little bit of practice . Anyway defo going back.

A DECADE OF FAILE...

Over the weekend I went to Lazarides to see an exhibition of Fail...I like going there although this time i didn't go to the shop I have to go back...

This article will prove you that is never too LATE to learn new things!!

Wow I think tahta this article made my night! I sometimes think its too late to learn some stuff because I will never be as good as as some people who started earlier but this granny keeps my dreams alive! Thank you ;o)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62322A20100304

Workshop with Jo....Helvetica Remixed

Playing in Illustrator with shapes an letters...each of us got one letter ( helvetica font ) which we had to design.

Halftone Workshop with Darren

I enjoyed this work shop very much. Even thought I knew a little bit about halftone already I have learned few more tricks!

Something to do in Manchester

I was reading Sunday newspapers and came across this gallery in Manchester. It's actually Museum called People's history museum. It has collection of 18th and 19th century political cartoons and it is generally regarded as one of the finest outside the British Museum. There are significant poster collections, particularly some 1500 political posters relating to the Spanish Civil War and to the Labour Party, some 3000 badges from a variety of organisations and an important collection of political tokens and medals. There is a substantial collection of the work of Cliff Rowe, a founding member of the Artists International Association, a collection of commemorative ceramics and some 70,000 photographic images covering labour history, the Labour Party and more general social history.

http://www.phm.org.uk/our-collection/