FILTH

....Happy birthday christmas :)! I don't know about you guys but i'm kind of always glad when it's over (stop judging me, at least i'm honest)! It was NICE, 'nice' seems to be the only word that will do the occasion nicely (eerm)!

We totally slapped christmas in the face and replaced turkey and trimmings with a shoulder of lamb, potato gratan, garlic mushrooms and asparagus...TAKE THAT FACE OF CHRISTMAS!

To top it off I baked a mountain of triple chocolate, pecan and cherry brownies...with inhabitants

Note: the mince pies watched in horror, as these images were being taken

SEPIA TONES

I have almost no words, but one...sorry..                                                                                                     

I've been camping out at the Vogue headquarters this last month gone, it's been something i tell you!
I set up home at The world of Interiors magazine and stuck my teeth in to plenty! I assisted interiors stylist, Miranda Sinclair on a 2 day interiors shoot for a feature on side tables.
'Sure, side tables??' you say... this sounds drab, but i assure you, it was anything but!
 Miranda had designed a small set in which the tables were  suspended and hidden behind large cut outs, casting warped shadows and sale.

The photographer (Frank) was shooting manually (not a fan of digital), which was extremely time consuming due to the number of test shots having to be done! However the grainy-ness, colouring, sepia tones and hues he achieved in the final images, would not have been achievable through shooting digitally..so it was a big win in the end.

Images shall follow of course, but not until published in February..YAWN !

The images above are a collection of illustrations and collages of mine from a while back, which have influenced a new series of illustrations focusing on sepia tones...x

Featured in Arts journal this month

 I have a feature in this months issue of the Dubai Art journal  .

click on the link above to have a peek at the full feature and images of work.

There are some awesome interviews with artists Owusu-Ankomah and Karim Rashid, do pop on over and have a read.

                                      

NO WHERE NEAR

So my friends over at Ground Floor Left gallery have had something brewing for a while!
If your at an odd end this thursday eve..or you aren't (you don't have to be at an odd end to get merry on cheap wine and visual treats) then do pop on down east to the opening of their new show NO.WHERE.NEAR, it looks like it's going to be a treat, with a massive mess of disciplines!

See you there x

Sir Minty

Baths - Hall from Stephen Minty on Vimeo.
This is a lovely (if not a little dark) film by my dear friend and film maker Stephen Minty, which was recently screened at Kino London .It's beautifully pieced together using archived footage, watch this space for more wonderfully dark treat from Minty!

marking up

I've been drawing in my sleep again..recently i've turned into some what of an insomniac, and the above seems to be the only thing that sends me into a deep slumber/meditation. I'm loving some of the compositions taking place, they work well in the confinement of my sketchbook, and i think there they shall stay.

..i just found this pictures of the window i did for the Sketchbook magazine pop-up shop. I constructed the human size letters out of recycled walkers boxes and abnormal amounts of UHU.. (how i love uhu, swoon).

I was sad to see the tree go, we grew rather close after i spent long nights under the stars (really) cutting and glueing paper cut leaves to its bare bones.

ANYWAY i just thought i'd post them up..RIP tree !!

IF I WAS A BOY

....i would dress like this! 

I think it's pretty evident i was wronged by the universe when it comes to gender. i live my mundane girl life pretty contently in my opinion, until i stumble across images of clothes like these (gaze over to the left for a second, i know it's hard but try not to drool over your keyboard..eurgh) and get the warmest feeling in my belly which feels like hunger (but isn't, it's joy) this feeling lasts a few seconds until i suddenly remember  that I'm cursed with a minimum amount of testosterone (it shocks me every time).

like that's not bad enough i then have to see men (who clearly don't know how lucky they are) swanning around in the most hideous attire!!?!

It's killing me ever so slowly on the inside, i conclude this will be my exact reason of death!

Death by gender, no, death by shock of gender?

I'm amazed by the layering up of all those tones of grey..winter needs to hurry its self up and be super cold!

I don't want to say anymore, especially on the topic of the deck shoes..i just might cry! 

(image was not taken by myself)

Who said so...

....check out these collages from an old sketchbook. 

I'm on my way out in the sun (WHAT) yes, the sun :D!! 

I'm off to collect some 'faaar out' new pieces of unwanted furniture which i plan to give some love to ...GOOD THINGS IN THE PIPELINE MY FRIENDS.

ROLL UP, ROLL UP....

Feeling lethargic?

I'm selling this one off mono-print titled 'Lethargic'.... if you'd like him then please do get in touch: notserene@hotmail.co.uk

drawing again....

.....i'm working on some new drawings to turn into prints these last few days, it's early days, i'm talking major grey scale and a lap full of eraser rubbery bits..looking forward to where they take me!! 

i shall post some  sketches up soon, in the mean time have a sneaky peak above (been reading alot of comics lately...and starting to wish the world was in technicolor)

Any one out there know where i could get my hands on a technicolor colour chart? xxx

AHOY

So, finally (as promised) here are some images of the Sketchbook Pop up shop window, that i was commissioned to create back in April.

To be frank i was totally freaked out by the total creative reign i'd been given by the editor on this window, i was so terribly excited by all the different directions this window could go in. So excited in fact that my mind refused to settle on one idea.  

                                 It was around this time when the sun crept out from behind the clouds and trees started to look like they'd gained a few pounds, i decided to pay homage to this fact, so,salvaged a fallen branch, rescued some coloured notebooks from under my bed and got cutting. 

 A while ago i used this same concept but with photocopied £5 notes, cutting them into leaf shapes and attaching to a skeletal tree (i later became aware of the fact that this was apparently 'illegal'... and my new photocopier refused to copy any from of paper currency! )

 You should also know i find making  3D objects out of card hugely therapeutic (sad yet true)!So i pieced together some 3D lettering to accompany the newly obese tree :)    

see you on the other side

..so i'm having my slow/lame internet connection sorted out good and proper, this means being offline for an entire week :(... fear not, i shall return next week with all things sketchbook and news of newer things...

see you on the other side xx

Serene and the technicolor cardigan

Thankyou to Jen of  thestylecrusader.blogspot.com/

for such awesomely kind words.

(how awkward do i look haha, i can't say i enjoy having my picture taken)

Staring at the tele gives you square eyes...literally!?!

Crikeys, i've ben neglecting my blog of late!

Thing's have been keeping me super busy these last few weeks!

So, Sketchbook Pop-up shop had their shop launch on the eve of the 30th, which i attended (just), after spending the day wrestling with the window display i'd been commissioned to knock up for them (more on this later with visual treats)!

Many a lovely person came to consume monster amounts of wine and cup cakes courtesy of Sweetcheeks which looked faar to good to eat (although i had 3 :/ )

THe fashion and illustration world turned up in lovely sizes, all supporting super slick hair jobs whilst towering above me in shoes i'd just be happy enough to stare at and draw.

After only just securing the last piece to the window display, did the first gang of guests arrive, giving me only enough time to scrape myself off the floor,

 this best explains in advance why i looked like a scrappy pre-pubescent boy...well more so than usual :( !

( to be continued...)

Look above and you'll see some images of my 'up-cycled' televisions (from 'Doobie dreams' series) they have been transformed to functions as lamps/light boxes which have bulbs fitted inside the gutted tv!

(i'd love to know what you think)

The man i shall marry - KING CHARLES

so i came across this beauty of a man  4 years back, at the time he was unsigned and the worlds best kept secret! since then he got signed and has his second single out tilted LOVE LUST 

(if you click on the link you can also enjoy pure genius)

he's also playing around london a the moment so try and catch him live, it's magical! 

(i must state that these images were not taken by me and have been lifted from Google)

BOB the chair

So..this is Bob, he is  a high back victorian armchair upholstered with one of the prints from a series of my recent works titled 'doobie dreams' (make of it what you will). 

i thought i'd introduce him to you guys as he doesn't get out much :)

Sketchbook magazine

I went up to london on Friday to meet with the Sketchbook team, and discuss lovely new exciting things in the shape of the first Sketchbook magazine pop-up shop (click on the link please)

It's going to be A-mazing i tell you...we went to have a look at the shop space which is off Carnaby Street...and marvel at the blank canvas in all it's newly painted white-ness, it's such an awesome space, split across two floors.

I'm making some bits and bobs to make the place look nice and curating the window (so excited) there will be cakes and tea and many exciting  things going on, on each day of the 3 week pop-up shop.

YOU JUSt CAN'T MISS IT...(because that's just stupidity)

ooh and the 2nd issue of Sketchbook magazine is out now which i did some illustrations for...have a peek and give us some feed back xx

Salutations

i've been manic busy over this last week on a few exciting things...and i've caught death ( the flu) it's really not being kind to me..i sneeze around 3 sneezes per minute...and there is no way of holding them back. I should take this opportunity to apologies to the person in costa this morning, who had to wait (a good 5 minutes whilst getting sneezed on 15 or so times) to take my order..i'm sorry it's the little people dancing up my nose :( 

above is a little update in visual form...of recent happenings over here :)

check out these BBBBAD BOIS

...'bad' means good, but good when it's been dipped in sherbet..mhhm you know the sweet but OH no its screw your face up sour..yes so i think that's what it is!

 

These are some mono-prints a did a few months back :), Mr Panda and Mr Zebbedy have moved onto better things, and now live with Vicki Fong (click on the link and have a peek at her blog).

Mr Dear is still up for grabs so if you'd like him do drop me a line :)

Sketchbook magazine

Above are 3 illustrations i created for Sketchbook magazine to accompany an interview with Tavi Gevinson of fashion blog Style rookie (click on the links and have a read)

Fashion156.com commission

Hello, LOOK AT THE SUN, it isn't shy today!

So i've decided i'm going to post something on here everyday, or at least try :)

Above are two images from the 'Artisan issue' of fashion156 magazine,

which i was asked to create a backdrop for, it was a winter story so it was all very subdued, i had a hard time getting my head around that word :(

They're london fashion week issue is out now so head on over to the site and have a peek, they were pretty dead on with all their predictions (scary)!