NEW DESIGNS! YAY! Short eared owls, all speckled and brown
This week I have been working on my new species of owl!
Woohoo! Here is a photograph of their humble beginnings:
They are loosely based on short eared owls and, as with my
other owls, I have made them in three sizes: large, small and owlet. Once the
design is complete I always give them proper names. I do like naming things and
I always find it a bit sad when designers refer to their creations as an
uninspiring code. In my view it lacks imagination. My owls are always named
after awesome,clever people, because naturally owls have smarts, right? My barn
owls are Aeschylus, Athena and Virgil. The reason for this is I studied
classical civilization at A level and I can still hear the voice Dr Beagon; the
best teacher and cleverest man there has been or ever will be; encouraging me
to broaden my mind with extracurricular reading. Aeschylus, for example, was
nowhere to be found on the syllabus, but we read everything he ever wrote
anyway. He would help us get to grips with playwright writing styles; our
enjoyment of actual syllabus material would be enhanced if we could compare it
with everything else that was ever written. Dr Beagon may well be
the reason I currently attend three book groups. One day I’ll have a design
named Beagon. Probably not Philip though, I can’t imagine an animal named
Philip.
These new fellas have names less steeped in literary
prowess, but the stipulations are cleverness and awesomeness: I named them
Bastian, Balthazar and Bux. B.B.Bux is the name of the very awesome, very
clever boy in The Neverending Story; a film which I *might* have made my
parents endure the relentless rerunning of when I was a child. I was in no way
obsessed with it and absolutely did not go on to own the necklace or a
tortoise…um…
Exhibit a, exhibit b...alright shhh...
Still working on finding a luck dragon.
So Balthazar and Bux will soon be making their merry way to
Arteria Gallery in Lancaster to take part in an exhibition entitled
“Multiples”. This will be their first public outing! Yay! I hope they are well
received. Should you wish to see a parliament of paper owls and other such
delights in the exhibition, here is a link to the website:
The exhibition runs from Wednesday 26th June
until Saturday 29th October 2013.
Bastian is staying at Manchester Craft and Design Centre
with me in my little studio, number 9. I will be making him some Balthazar and
Bux buddies to keep him company in the menagerie.
Should you be in Manchester, do pop in and say hello!
And I will be taking them to the Art Market in Holmfirth at
the end of this month. Yay!
Speaking of which, so much to do in preparation! Let’s get
stand designing, yeah!
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