Peter Combe’s ‘Pink Interference’ and Rivane Neuenschwander’s ‘I Wish Your Wish’

Peter Combe, Pink Interference, 32″ x 39″, mixed media, 2009. ‘Artwork created from thousands of shredded Architect/Designer size household paint swatches in ordered/random placement.’

To me, this is perfect. The colour – a mix of sickly sweet and delicious – all mixed together, erratically but completely organised neatly, rows and grids, staggered and making the diagonal line in the lower half. How I want to touch it, would it feel like one of those butcher’s curtains? A piece of art where it’s so delicate, it’s only attached at one point, each paper could easily be torn.

This piece seems very similar to Rivane Neuenschwander’s ‘I Wish Your Wish’ where ribbons are silkscreened with one of 60 wishes left by previous viewers. Visitors can take a ribbon to take home, from a hole in the wall, in return for writing their own wish on a slip of paper and inserting it (in the ribbon’s place) into one of 10,296 small holes within the walls.

Rivane Neuenschwander, I Wish Your Wish, 2003. Silkscreen on fabric ribbons, dimensions variable. Installation view, St. Louis Art Museum.

“Rivane Neuenschwander is like a conductor of invisible orchestras: she engages external forces to make ephemeral art with sensuality and rigour but also with the lightest possible touch.

‘Ethereal materialism’

Secondary Stories (2006) consisted of brightly coloured tissue-paper circles of varying sizes that were blown by fans inside a false ceiling made of translucent plastic, creating kaleidoscopic compositions as they drifted about.

A lingering resonance that was hard to shake.” Kristin M. Jones (Frieze.com)

Drops of water, bubbles, sprocket holes, hole-punched confetti, eggs, moons, constellations, and cascading zeros all play a role, sometimes as soundtracks or symbols of fragility. Much of her oeuvre is also about measuring passing time: calendars, both marking the past and rushing to the future.

Her maps, whether tracking visitors’ paths through the exhibition or presenting the blurred boundaries of those exposed to the elements during the rainy season are about creating new geographies for new explorations. New Museum.org

Peter Combe’s Blog,

Peter Combe’s Twitter

An Article about Rivane Neuenschwander’s exhibition ‘A Day Like Any Other’ which contained ‘I Wish Your Wish’

Flyer for Light Box Exhibition

This was yesterday’s job, 4 hours of flyer design. Is that fast? I’m not sure, but i’m really pleased the the outcome. I nipped around cutting textures and shapes out of magazines, looking at other flyers for inspiration, scanned the best texture and the best shapes in, used a photograph of our painted pistachio shells, in a triangle formation (which links brilliantly to the content of the exhibition) 5,000 being printed right now, and will be looking at you from tables in various Bristol locations soon

 

 

 

Did I mention…

That I designed this play tent for Win Green?  Look at the cockerel!

Here’s more of the Barfoot Barn

Banter Banners

Hello Banter Banners – A lovely created by Angela Deane (Here’s her blog)

Drawing from my experience in fashion and art with regards to aesthetic and consideration of color, as well as an all around love for the power of the written word. Playful, magical and upbeat, these sayings are put forth in bold colors.

Succinct and sweet, these banners are sure to light up any room and face.

No longer only for holidays, but for the everyday.

You can buy the banners for only $10 on her website.

 

Win Green Play-tents

I once did a little bit of work for Win Green who create play-houses for children. Here’s the barn tent which was what I mainly worked on. It’s great to see drawings and hours on photoshop turned into a real object. Nice chicks!

Fruit and Veg fancy dress shop

So, this fruit and veg fancy dress shop will specialise in:

• Brussel sprouts
• Leeks
• Strawberry’s
• Aubergines
• Limes
• Bananas
• Lychee’s
• Fennels

There is obviously a gap in the market – look at this I found here. Oh dear!

What I really want to have….

Is a fancy dress shop specifying in fruit and vegetable costumes.

I saw this display in Harvey Nichols in Bristol and it reminded me. Look at the leek!!!

Bristol Mural

So the first creative venture i went on since moving to Bristol was to paint a mural on someone’s garden wall. It felt great to be back into it, and I am so pleased with how it looks. I’m thinking that this may be the start of something – i would love to continue painting murals. it’s not quite the ‘real’ stuff – as in the things i was doing during my degree, but that’s OK, it’s nice to be simple and just focus on aesthetics, which is a big focus of my work really. There is more to come – i was taking a few pictures on my tripod, so i am thinking of making a little animation of the process.