Moleskine update

While I am working, I like to have noise in the background, so I often have the TV feeding constant information. These pages coincided with the very public trial of a Miss Casey Anthony for the murder of her 2 year old daughter. I got very caught up in the details of the trial and it seemed obvious to me that Casey was guilty. So the verdict was a huge shock. The whole infanticide, mother/ child dynamic is such a primal, complex one, that I felt compelled to try and work out my feelings. I had to try and separate my feelings of loathing for a complete stranger, from her alleged actions. As far as I can see the prosecution proved their case, but the jury saw differently. It is strange how fathers killing their children no longer even registers on the public conscience anymore, but a mother disposing of a child she brought into the world just takes us to another level of evil. This is a theme I'm sure will stay with me for a while yet.

New Moleskine July 2011

 The second instalment of my current sketchbook. I am still working out what the overall meaning is and what the connecton  between all the images might be. I am open to suggestion and external input. Often an observer can see more clearly that I can what is going on.

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A brand New Moleskine

The title page of the new book, I think that the theme is the connection between birth and creativity: a somewhat obvious one! The stuff inside my head eats it's way out one way or another. A process of externalising my inner thought process.

My favourite part of using Moleskine, brand new pages. I managed to buy a couple of new books from Ebay for around £8 a pop, a great improvement on the Waterstones / Smith's £14 plus.

the final pages of Moleskine March 2011- June 2011

moleskine pages

This is obviously a work in progress!

I have been really lazy with this particular Moleskine and I have gone way over my usual 8 week span. But I am trying to secure a reasonably priced supplier as my moleskine habit is getting out of control and is costing me a lot of money. I can't believe that WH Smiths and Waterstones have the nerve to charge almost £15 when Amazon can offer them for £8 including postage. It really pays to shop around! If anyone can better the Amazon price I'd love to hear about it.

Moleskine pages

A perfect afternoon of EBay and sex according to one of the Kardashian sisters: the new arbiters of taste, And the architects of our desires. They tell us what we should want and we dumbly oblige.

Etching plates

 All the text is in reverse as these are the actual plates.

While clearing out my studio I came across a pile of zinc plates, some I printed, and some only proof-printed. I actually prefer the etched plates to the prints taken from them. They vary in size from post card size upwards. I was surprised how well they looked scanned, so I'll share them here.