I found a beautiful tiny poem/book at my recent visit to the Scottish Poetry Library. Poems for All make tiny little beautiful books with a gorgeous picture and one brief poem inside. See them being made in this short poem, as their producer (a bookshop owner) describes why he does this – and how. HeContinue reading ““They give pause””
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The Look Book: BBC Great British Bakeoff
Who draws those beautiful drawings which appear before a bake, to show what the maker is aiming for? Tom Hovey. Who stumbled into the job by accident, being in the right place at the right time. The BBC have dedicated a page to his work, and it is luscious http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4fr6jXM3XQpXG9sc8t0tQH/meet-the-great-british-bake-off-illustrator-tom-hovey
HaNDleTteRINg (11 mins video)
Danny Gregory launched SketchBook Skool (online fun drawing school). Here, he shows and flicks through a shelfload of inspiring resources, then gets on with doing his own alphabet with dip pen and ink. If you have ever wondered what books to get a graphics friend for Christmas…. look and learn, people, look and learnContinue reading “HaNDleTteRINg (11 mins video)”
Rocket Science Travel Posters
I’ve always loved retro travel posters by London underground…. now here are retro futurist space age travel posters! See example above and more at this article: http://europe.newsweek.com/nasa-space-space-tourism-posters-mars-jet-propulsion-laboratory-jpl-425038?rm=eu
Corita Kent documentary
Wise words – creating and analyzing are different processes. Part of this documentary on Sister Corita, showing her teaching her students – her classes look like fun. And especially the Happening she made out of open day at college, with parents/visitors, giving the most strait-laced looking people the most fun and absurd actions to do.Continue reading “Corita Kent documentary”
Sister Corita Kent
Great introductory video to Corita’s work – CBS Video (still from prog above): http://www.cbsnews.com/news/corita-kent-an-overshadowed-pop-art-icon/ In the last photo above, the video interviewer and a curator look at one of her posters, where she typically took a commercial slogan and let it be a jumping off part which helps think spiritually. ( She mixed contemporary logos,Continue reading “Sister Corita Kent”
