Tuesday, June 2, 2009

{let there be light}





Sydney will light up with an array of dynamic light sculptures as part of the 'Light Walk', a free pedestrian route around the city's harbour precinct every night from 26 May to 14 June 2009 (6pm till midnight). Worth checking out how Sydney’s cityscape becomes a canvas of art. Myself and other design students designed posters for the festival around the idea of 'memories, people & places'. You can sneak a peek of our work at the Tower Building of UTS.

{Marian Banties}




I have a very complex relationship with typography, a love/hate one. But one designer whose work I am in awe of is Marian Bantjes. Her work calls for a response beyond that of just communication and demands engagement on many levels. Writers in response to her work credit her for “creating deeply spiritual typography that goes beyond religion.” 

{hairs}




 

'hairs' is an illustration series i just completed. 0.05 pt pen was my tool of choice, which allowed for a delicate tone to the line work. 6 x 4 prints are for sale with all money going towards the development of Child Safe Zones in Cambodian Displaced Peoples Camps. Contact me to request to get your own hair done or too see a pdf or the full series. 

{Raison d'être}


'Raison d etre' a phrase borrowed from the French where it means simply "reason for being". i believe we all have a reason for existing  whether it's to teach, care, inspire, count, plant, talk, defend & sing. Maybe we go a whole life time & never really know our reason, only to find it is other peoples reasons we help them to uncover. Mine hasn't totally been realised (if this is a possible place to be) but for now there are far too many important things to say only to be said through picture so enjoy my blog & my raison d etre. onwards i go.