Paper

Both of these works are made using collage materials on handmade paper. I added the magazine pictures to the paper after pouring the paper pulp onto the screen, and they became somewhat embedded in the paper fibers as the pulp dried.

Marilyns

I made this image using a picture of Marilyn Manson I found online. It's my own take on Andy Warhol's "Marilyns", I thought it would be interesting to update and rework that really iconic image using a new and slightly different "Marilyn"...

Marilyn

This is an aquatint etching plate of Marilyn Monroe. I actually like the inked-up plate more than the images I printed from it; the shine and the texture of the zinc adds another dimension to this image that I think gets lost on paper. 

This is a print on paper of the zinc plate etching above.

Photo / Repeat Print

I used Photoshop to recolor and copy this image. I really like repeated imagery, I use it a lot in my pieces... I love bright colors, especially rainbow colors, it's another theme that tends to come up a lot in my work.

Artist's Book

The following are pages from my artist's book project:

This piece is based on a weight watchers ad I found in a magazine. For clarification, this is not pro-ana or anything disturbing, I just wanted to use the magazine section as a critique on dieting and womens' body image. The ad was originally for some form of very low-calorie snack I think...

This piece kind of happened by accident, I was working on my book with my roommate and she mentioned something about the fingerprints I was leaving on everything because of all the ink on my hands, so I decided to work with the mess rather than try and deny it like I had been with all the other pristine pages in my book...

These pages were made using wooden stamps from an old-fashioned printing press. I stamped them by hand onto the pages. I love the texture left behind, and how each stamp leaves an imperfect print when printed by hand rather than the perfect lines and flat colors they get when they are put through the printing press.

Uplifting

This is an acetate stencil that I inked up and used as a printing block. I used a 2-color split fountain to get the color blend. I used this image to make my graffiti stickers (pictures to follow).

One Night Stand

This piece is my first attempt at a reduction lino cut. I wasn't as keen on this technique because it's so easy to mess up and your number of final pieces is limited by how many pieces you print before you cut the block down for the next color. I started out with six images for this piece, and due to alignment issues or ink transferring onto the paper from other areas of the block I only ended up with two presentable copies.

She's Watching

This piece is my first attempt at a wood cut. I liked this technique a lot more than I thought I would because making the block is quite time-consuming and easy to mess up, but I love how reusable the block is once it's created. I really like the way this image turned out, and I think the texture of the wood grain visible through the piece is really effective.

I also used this block to print onto collages:

I love the way the paper of the collage can be seen through both the gaps and the inked up areas of the prints, and I like how the texture of the background adds more dimensions to the piece.

Photos / Inspiration

I use this picture in a lot of my collage / mixed media work. I found this billboard under the flyover in Norwich, covered in all these shredded sections of posters and advertisements and took a few photos of it... It's one of my favourite pictures, it's like an unintentional collage and I love it!

This is a music store I found. I love this picture because of the title itself and the contrast between the stripes and the bricks either side of the sign...

I found this ripped up billboard in an Underground station in London. I love the  face looking out of all the torn paper, and I love how accidentally original this is; if you tried to produce something like this it would be so complicated, but this just happened between poster applications. It's sad how temporary this was, but in a way it also makes it that much more interesting if you find something like it...

Gloria

This is a project from 2007 based on contemporary icons. I used a shop mannequin I found on eBay, and drew out logos and popular culture imagery onto acetate sheets. I used an overhead projector to draw out the images onto the mannequin, and painted them with acrylic paint.

Postcard Project

This was a project based on postcards that I made in 2007. I made hundreds of them using a variety of media, some of my favourites were the collages and spraypainted cards. I arranged them in frames for display.