LUNA CARVING

Here is my latest experiment in letter carving. My friend Bill gave me this piece of magnolia wood to practice on over the holiday period. I have to say it was a really nice wood to work with. This time I added some colour as well to bring out the lettering.

The magnolia tree is an evergreen hardwood flowering tree that grows up to 60 feet or more in height. It produces large, shiny, green leaves and beautiful white flowers in the summer months. A tree that is found in the southern United States.

ELIZA CARVING

Here is a name plaque I have have just finish for my friend Hannah. Hannah and her husband Maurice recently lost there little baby Eliza Stephanie Rose Dunphy. 

I found this piece of lime which was ideal for the job. The fact that the bark is still on it, really enhances the overall look. The lime is on the whole a good wood to carve. But this particular piece kept splintering, so it was hard to get the letter really sharp like you can get with oak. Also I was told at my carving class, it might have something to do with the chisels not being sharp enough.

Everyone who I have talked to, all say the say thing about sharping chisels. Sharping chisels is a skill in itself and takes a real long time to master.

LIFE IN WOOD

I have not had a lot of time to spend on my wood carving over the last few weeks. But I have just finished this work. This time I used a piece of oak. Oak was by far the best wood I have used so far to carve with. It is harder to cut into, but you get a much sharper crisp line on the letters. I think my letter cutting is getting better, but I have long way to go to master the art. The oak leaves and acorns, I added to the work, are not the best in the world but it was fun to do, with practice I am sure I will improve.

FINAL HAND IN - Design for Visual Communication PG Cert

It has been on my mind, for some time, to present my years work in a old suitcase.

The reason for this is a simple one. I believe this course has been, in many ways, a journey for me. A journey of learning and discovery. A journey that has caused me to walk many miles, along many streets and taking hundreds of pictures; looking at lots of books; visiting galleries and museums; meeting and talking to talented people, as well as spending far too long in front of a computer screen!

The artists that I had the privilege to interview, on my journey, agreed to decorate travel tags for me, which I will tie onto this case. So now, you can see the reasoning behind the old case.  It fits the part - nothing else will do!

The last four or five blogs contain my final body of work. With a little hope and a lot of prayer, maybe this might get me much needed job.

VISUAL RESEARCH DOCUMENT AND BLOG BOOK

Two more books for my final hand in. Visual Research Book - a sort of diary of the year. Blog Book -  containing transcripts of all my intervies and follow on projects. See below covers and a few pages from each.

TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY BOOK AND TYPE BOOK

My final hand in contained these two books. Here are the covers of each and a few or the inside pages.