Nina Chakrabati

Lovely illustration work by Nina Chakrabati. The work entitled 'wallpaper' relates to my theme of traces and marks in the home which portray a presence of the absence. After moving from a flat that she had become attached to she wanted capture her favourite room, therefore she created wallpaper with drawn and photographed images of the space. It was then printed on four strips of lining paper which slot together to form one large piece. 

Around noon

Simple but beautiful work by Darren Almond that presents the effect of a sunlit atmosphere. A subtle idea that makes the viewer consider the aesthetics of a sunlit room.

The title of the work is also thought provoking, 'around noon,' is another subtle hint for the viewer, putting a time to the mark that appears from the sun light coming through the window.

The seed

A fun short film about nature's life cycle, 'The seed' commisioned by Adobe to promote their Creative Suite 4, created by Johnny Kelly. It uses a mixture of stop motion paper craft and drawn animation. 

The making of 'The seed' 

marks made over time

Am experimentation following research from the philospher Jacques Derrida, the founder of deconstruction, meaning the being and time. Derrida explores the metaphysics of presence, the fundamental nature of reality and being. Linking his work with the idea that traces and marks are built up over time I set up a clock to write over time. As the minute hand went round the pen left a mark, bleeding into the paper. This created an abstract mark, that built up over time. The aesthetic qualities of the mark present how marks and traces become deeper and more prominent over time, as the pen bled through the paper and scraped away at the surface. 

Typesetter wanted

Interesting find of an old newspaper when searching for examples of palimpsest and the presence of the absence in my family home. Undisturbed underneath the living room carpet lay a newspaper from 1990. Loved it when I found an advert for a typesetter  job!

Love your mum

My selection of mum's day card designs for a fundraiser for our end of year show. 

Brock Davis

Nice work by graphic designer and illustrator Brock Davis, with his project 'make something cool everyday 2009.'