Wednesday 27 February 2013

Alexandre Farto AKA Vhils








Alexandre Farto... AKA Vhils. Creates amazing stencil style portrait as well as often urban landscape pieces. Works in a variety of media and materials, wood, metal, walls, and some of my favourite.. old billboards. Often chips or drills at walls to reveal bare brickwork or plaster to contrast with untouched or newly painted wall. Layers, Texture, Organic, industrial, stencil, negative space, relationship, narrative, communication, rough, smooth, contrast. For more of his work see his website here

Thursday 21 February 2013

New STENCILS page



Created a new page on my main site!! Got some old stencils and some new ones to come so keep your eyes peeled like a banana. rippstik.co.uk

Thursday 7 February 2013

Man Ray Portraits (NPG)


An exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery that starts TODAY!! Exhibiting a collection of 150  Man Ray photographic portraits. Very exciting, must make sure i go and see this. More information  here.

My Kilner lamp








I created this cheap and effective lamp for next to nothing! i used an old kilner jar and some free ex-display christmas lights. It creates a nice feature up on my shelf or on my desk in the evenings. Fun to make and looks really cool! only limitations is the lights i've got are the old type bulbs, this means inside this tight space they get very hot!! to improve id use a pack of LED lights which give out a lot less heat as a bi product. Maybe one for the future. 

Wednesday 6 February 2013

Favourite Portrait Ever.

A portrait of me by Sophia age 6. I feel she has captured me within the image very effectively.