Update

So it's been a while since I last posted (sorry!) and with only two days to go before attending my first competition exhibition - I'm beyond excited! In between now and my last post I've been working on getting my work up to date but that didn't go quite to plan with the week I spent back home being far from productive! :s

But what I did manage to get going AND complete before I left was my 'Out Of The Ordinary' photography project :) The project was broken down into three sections:

- Influential photographers

- Location

- Character

My initial and influential photographer was Sarah Hobb's.

Sarah Hobb's work explores and makes visual, many forms of human behaviours, habits and compulsions. In her work you can really see the amount of thought and planning emerge from the well though out detail and deliberation within her images.

Untitled (overcompensation) 2006

She stages each of her photograph scenes so that they embody phobias, neuroses and common obsessions people have.

untitled (perfectionism) 2002

untitled (indecisiveness) 1999

untitled (escapism) 2009

Many critics find her work both profound and witty, reflecting Hobbs’s understanding of the way the human mind works. In her object based photographs she strongly indicates these characteristics, without the aid of people. As a photographer I think she is a great example to look at for my location shoot, because her work really stresses the importance of a good concept.

untitled (insomnia) 2000

I was really intrigued by this last piece by Hobbs and found a great description of the piece's concepts and ideas online, which describes how: 'Hobbs depicts those undesirable and unwanted thoughts using Post-it notes, placed menacingly above the pillows, closing in on the absent sleeper, inverting the comfort of the bed. This leaves a lingering thought of how the vacant sleeper may have been driven from their bed by these thoughts.  The sheets tossed wearily aside ‘there is no room for sleep here’

Her work inspired me to further explore the theme of insomnia in my own way, with my own location and unlike Hobbs my own characters! I'll get the location and character shoots up in the following post :)

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quote referenced from : http://www.utata.org/salon/24091.php

Quick update on competiton entry!

Remember that screen-print I entered into a competition a few weeks back?
WELL! I've just heard back from the organisers who have invited me down to attend the exhibition event and awards evening!!!

Must not get too excited, must not get too excited...

After all the email I received didn't say that I had won any awards but my work was featured in this year’s montage for the event! AND they asked for my tutor's email to invite him along to the event. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Still must not get too excited - well... maybe just a little ;)

Sorry for the quality - it's an enlargement of a quick pic before I missed post!

I'll be attending the exhibition and awards event on the 1st of March so I’ll be sure to get a follow up post on what this was all about :)

I'll keep you posted!

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The making of a superhero

Have you ever invented your own superhero?

If not - then what are you waiting for???

I'm not saying that going around inventing my own superheros has become my new hobby or anything, it's just that on this fancy dress occasion I did! And now I'm here to share with you the ingredients to make your very own alternative super hero!

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1) Step one

Take two Morrisons Value Ravioli tins* and after having eaten the contents (not all at once!)

*note - the tins must be Morrisons Value Ravioli in order to be a SUPER Morrisons Value Ravioli Girl/ Boy, but other food tins maybe used to create variations of these superheros.

2) Step two

Remove both ends, wash and dry the tins for late use. These tins are the very core of your outfit so be sure to dry them properly and cut off both ends as neatly as possible. Masking tape the inside of the tins or back with cardboard to create your superheros wrist bands.

3) Step three

Purchase colour co-ordinated clothing to match your tins. A range of golds, yellows and mustard's will do just fine.

4) Step four

Create a simple mask that matches the rest of your outfit from some coloured cardboard, and use some string or ribbon to attach to your face.

5) Step five

SUIT UP!

Having completed all of the above you are ready to suit up and have some superhero fun, with hopefully a little more money to spend and the bonus of a very inventive outfit :)

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