Bad Art Salon 2011

On Monday 1st August I went to pick up my work from the Royal Festival Hall, where it had been on display in the Bad Art Salon

Apparently the green spots mean "good" the red mean "bad"

Alexander Heaton - Triune-Triffidic-Tryad (2011)

I didn't write down who did this, but it is so beautiful it makes me weep.

Corinna Spencer - Blue Curtain (2010)

Left: Otto Farkas - Rubedo: Blood Sacrifice 2008

Right: Hell Clark - Woman, Bird, Green 2011

Top: Raoul Hausmann - Not Like Buster Keaton (2011)

Bottom: Claire Simmonds - Bichon Frise (2011)

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Massive hard on.

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After three days of being hunched over my slab, I has had enough and felt in necessary to try a three dimensional sculpted form.

Of course, given the chance to carve something out of stone I resorted to my default setting.

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I used my collage of Heston Blumenthal as the starting point for my design

It became apparent very quickly that, due to my lack of experience, I would be unable to achieve the tight, thin lines that the design required.

I made the decision to enlarge a portion of the image and use this as the design, this made the slab look a little like a piece of a larger work and also abstracted the image.

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Initially I chose a slab onto which I wanted to carve a relief pattern, that might also be used as a printing block.

Here are some images of my practice cutting.

Why Not Eat Dogs? - Prototype

I've a new publishing program to work out some of the printing issues that I encountered, which I will use soon.

Things to come

IMAGINE THIS

But CARVED IN STONE...

Bad Art Salon 2011

I follow artist Corinna Spencer on twitter @Corr_ and she mentioned that she had entered her work into the Bad Art Salon .

The Bad Art Salon is part of the Vintage at Goodwood Festival, the annual music and fashion led celebration of creative British cool from the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s & 80s, featuring the leading DJs, bands, collectors, purveyors of vintage clothing and vintage vinyl from each decade, as well as contemporary bands and brands inspired by Britain’s rich creative and cultural heritage.

I decided to enter Attack of the 10,000 Foot Macaw because it is terrible, hilarious and entirely stupid.

As such, it was accepted and will be exhibited.

Last year up to 50,000 people saw the work at the Bad Art Salon, and the chances of me ever getting a piece of work shown at the Southbank Centre under any other circumstances are very slim so I am really rather pleased with myself.

My Number 1

Centerfold for Zine

Ephemeral Collections