Across the Way: Exhibition

I think I need to make a daytrip to Bristol to see this exhibition - a collaborative show between four artists/illustrators - Adam Hancher, Jack Hudson, Luke Jinks and Owen Gatley. A mix of folklore-inspired illustrations, papercutting, handpainted signage.. a dream show for me.



Might as well make a day of it if I do go - can anyone recommend any other nice things to see/do/eat in Bristol?

Alice manuscript

From this Wednesday, the British Library is displaying to the public this gorgeous original Alice in Wonderland manuscript, handwritten and illustrated by its author Lewis Carroll. If you can't make it to the Library, you can view it online using a nifty Silverlight viewer.

It's supposedly to tie-in with the release of Tim Burton/Disney's new Alice film, which frankly I'm worried will be a bit rubbish - nothing will beat the original Disney version!

Recipe look

Aww, I love this new site Recipe Look, combining as it does two of my favourite things - food and cute illustrations, all user-submitted and curated into blog form. I've been considering making a little illustrated cookbook/zine for a while so maybe I will submit something to this site as a warm-up!

Record Tripping

A bit of Monday delightfulness, this gorgeous little Flash game called Record Tripping is super charming and fun. It features Alice in Wonderland, kitties, bunny rabbits and using your mouse to skip through time, what could be more fun? Take five minutes out of your Monday morning to play.

Ask me anything...

I've been a bit slack with the old blogging lately - too wrapped up in my newest hobby, Japanese cooking! Remember to check out my foodie blog if you're interested to see what I've been making, and I also update my tumblr almost daily with pretty images and things. I've also just started work on a fairly major blog redesign...

Until then I thought I'd set up this formspring account that seems to be doing the rounds at the moment. It's basically an anonymous survey site so feel free to ask me anything - but be nice :)

Kinetica Art Fair

I popped over to the Kinetica Art Fair yesterday, armed with my E-P1 and crazy little CCTV lens. I figured the nature of the exhibition - motion-based installations mostly utilising light as a medium - would be a nice match for this cheap but fast little lens.

My favourite exhibit were these holographic light sculptures by Rosaline de Thelin. They are made with fibre-optic cables and apparently inspired by 'astronomy, scientific theories and quantum physics'.



I love these abstract bokeh photos; the unusual spiral characteristics of the lens really made some interesting results.





This was a cool little kinetic sculpture of a broken-up pair of glasses with motion driven by cogs; every so often if your point of view was right, you'd see the glasses reform into a what appeared to be a whole.

An installation of hundreds of LED lights which pulsed according to levels of sound in the room. Video of it in action here.


An interesting setup where a sensor traced the outline of a sculpture of a head and drew it onto paper on the floor.





This sweet installation entitled Flutter, by Cinimod Studio, shows the motion trail of a butterfly's wings on several 'video fins'.



Today is the last day of the exhibition, so get over there if you want to see it! Lots more photos on my Flickr.