ILLUzine

finally have come up with a name for the zine. short and sweet.....ILLUzine. also if anyone out there is feel creative and would like to contribute a piece of work for this issues brief, please check out the group on facebook.

 http://www.facebook.com/group.phpgid=123031664392418&ref=ts

the roots of music

out with the old

Today was a day for the new. I was organising my portfolio and decided it was time to remove some of the work I did while studying and replace it with newer work that better reflects my visual language. That is not to say that I don't enjoy my "old" work. so I thought seeing as it's in with the new and out with the old, I might as well show you some of my "old" work for the last time. enjoy.

i love the way the light hits the grass. i took so many photos. all looked identical. but i just had to try and capture what i saw, on camera. never want to forget it.

http://creativeoverflow.net/30-creative-moleskines-to-inspire-you/ 

these are beautiful. so delicate and intricate.

Botswana.Bartrek. this photo was a self timer shot. we took it while on a sundowner on the farm. i loved that night.

lino cut: tonight i felt very creative. i was sitting down at my desk getting some ideas down in my sketch book, for the Tiger Print, Gifted competition. my scented candles wafting in and out of range of my senses, when i started drawing a design. i got this urge to put this design onto lino and carve into the material and create each mark. there is something strangely therapeutic about cutting your mark into this strange medium. There is no rushing your movements, as they are there to stay. the end result was something i find very beautiful.

Botswana.Bartrek: this was the strangest night in botswana. we were all sitting around the fire. it had just reached full darkness and we were looking at the milky way. which looked as if you could dip your fingers in it. when we notice a red glow on the horizon. we sat there anticipating the moon rising. apparently it isn't magic but is in fact the dust in the air (which is a reddish colour) that makes the moon appear to be the sun rising at night. it was wonderfully weird/beautiful.

this photo sums up new delhi for me. it was busy, crammed yet there were still people sitting and watching the world go by.

sketch book

I had so much fun looking through my travel sketch book. Each page brought back  memories. now on to creating new stuff from my inspiration....wish me luck.

Taranaki.New Zealand

sparkling.mozambique