Wednesday 5 September 2012

EXHIBITION IS UP!

http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/designers-in-residence

can't believe it but its true! get on down to the Design Museum to view the culmination of all this work...

Thursday 23 August 2012

Friday 17 August 2012

Friday 10 August 2012

getting the molds ready to roll

solved the rusting problem by using red oxide paint on the inside of the mold... super

Tuesday 7 August 2012

Saturday 28 July 2012

Experimenting is fun

Whilst I wait for casts to dry can't help but keep having fun with starch and felt...

Wednesday 18 July 2012

THANKYOU ECOS

Thank you ECOS for sending me this giant bucket of organic lacquer... its going to seal my SBW up a treat

http://www.ecospaints.com/

red and gold

red felt and gold eyelets... i like.

Friday 13 July 2012

Friday 6 July 2012

Thursday 5 July 2012

dying the wool

ive dyed a load of wool to use for the larger sheets next week

Wednesday 4 July 2012

todays test : great surface finish

i am now finding the perfect time/heat/thickness before casting a BIG sheet next week with the help of Andrew Marshall

testing, testing, and much much more testing.

Tuesday 3 July 2012

Monday 2 July 2012

good bioplastic blog...

http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/374-Cooking-molding-bioplastics-at-home-recipes,-results-tips.html

more examples of the wonders of felt...

http://www.yatzer.com/Fashioning-Felt-at-Cooper-Hewitt



Monday 25 June 2012

sometimes bigger is better

there are times when i find it helps to be able to see things full scale, also i do find it very meditative as a lot of concentration is needed to keep the stroke even with the brush...