roar

 textile print and surface development for topshop autumn/winter.

wedgwood

victor skellern, 1934

persian pony by victor skellern, 1939

 new england industries by claire leighton, 1950 

kalkulium suite by eduardo paolozzi, 1971

heartsease by edward bawden, 1952

an amazing eclectic collection of designs and illustrations on show at the wedgwood museum.  documenting the history of wedgwood from its founding in 1759 by josiah wedgwood, a true innovator who's pioneering techniques are still employed today.  all the designs are documented right up to current collections and my favourite are pictured above, particularly the eduardo paolozzi and victor skellern designs. 

everything selfridges

the very next museum of everything exhibition 4 infiltrated selfridges, windows and all.  full of eclectic choices as it should be, walls were packed with all kinds of amazing artworks.  my favourite pieces in above order; painting/doodle/mark marking by shunji yamagiwa, cardboard construction by hans joerg georgi, model making by roland kappel, architectural window installations by stefan häfner and beautiful repetition and typography by kunizo matsumoto. brilliant. 

judith scott

in conjunction with the museum of everything at selfridges.

work in progress

a whole lot of foil

my favourite pieces from the s/s 2012 topshop unique collection.  great techniques: knits with over foil, opaque nylon, embossed foiling and yet more gold foil... 

high arctic

immersive and beautiful interaction at the national maritime museum.



arctic from elizabethmaryclay on Vimeo

coca cola kids

kelido camera

these are a selection of the first publicly exhibited abstract photographs in the history of art. vortographs by alvin langdon coburn, photographer attributed to the vorticist movement shown in london 1917. coburn used a 'vortoscope' (an attachment to his camera made from three mirrors placed in the shape of a triangle) to capture these beautifully angular, graphic works.

miró

a stunning show, spanning a life time of work.

from the surreal and contemplative to the raw and violent abstraction, miró mastered many mediums and was truly and great experimenter and inspiration.

hankie chief

a call to competition, design a handkerchief to be exhibited and sold at the london printworks trust brixton. a great opportunity to get messy, start drawing and get printing. established with beautiful designs like the rabbit themed one above, illustrated by artist in residence sophie herxheimer. so send in your design by september 30th, more details on the ltp blog.

doodles made whole

villa falbala, jean dubuffet

for a good cause

my brother along with friends chris and ewan is currently in romania, on his way to mongolia. this summer the group are taking part in the mongol rally, driving from britain through europe and beyond to finish in mongolia. its all for charity (and a bit of adventure). they are raising money for the bristol based charity above and beyond, international disaster response charity mercy corps and mongolian childrens charity christina noble children's foundation.

so to make sure they all left looking smart i printed the team a few t-shirts with their team logo on the front, i don't think they will come back looking so clean...

take a look at their progress on the rock the casbaatah team map and please sponsor them if you can. good luck guys!