Set Design Scale Model

One of the projects on my set design course was to re-design the set of the Graham Norton Show and make a scale model of our design.

My tutor said my idea was better than what the show has already.

Just sayin'.

I made the furniture out of Sculpey, and you can't really see in this photo but the legs of the table are triangles and are covered in glitter on the inside.

A lot of peoples designs involved glitter.

The guests enter from behind that orange triangle.

I love the gold shiny trim I used on the shapes, and the way it reflects light.

The right hand side of the set is the performance area.

I put the big gold shape in the middle to separate it from the sit-down area and added a fancy light fixture. I tried to make one myself but my tutor said we could just print out a picture of one.

That would not fly on my fine art course! Different worlds...

This was my first time using a scale ruler. With my miniature models I usually just wing it, but I might start using the ruler for my art miniatures as it is useful.

This Week I...

Finished up all my work for my Set Design course which finished this week.

Went to London for a dentist appointment, and managed to fit in a few galleries too; Royal Academy, Flowers, National Portrait Gallery, the National Gallery and the Tate Modern.

Just a few!

And I went out for dinner for my friend's birthday, which unfortunately wasn't as fun due to the dentist appointment the day before.

How was your week?

Nozzles

I got this piping set for Christmas and decided to try out the different nozzles (fun word) by making some biscuits.

The recipe, for butter swirls, says to use a piping bag anyway.

I tried out three different nozzles, with varying levels of success.

The one on the right worked the best with perfectly shaped biscuits every time.

The other two, which are designed to have a hole in the middle of the finished product, took a bit more practice.

And what's better than one biscuit?

Two biscuits sandwiched together with Nutella.

The recipe I used was from an old book from the 1960s and this photo of 'stuffed cucumbers' caught my eye  as I was flicking through.

Am I the only one who thinks they look like they're topped with fingers?? 

Oceanic Airlines

I like having merchandise from my favourite shows. And often I like it to be a bit subtle.

For example, instead of having a Buffy t-shirt that says 'Buffy' on it or has SMG's face on it, I have a Sunnydale High School T-shirt.

And instead of a t-shirt that just says Lost on it, I have this Oceanic Airlines shirt.

The only problem is that I don't think the people who make the shirts anticipate there being petite fans, so all my shirts are massive and usually man sizes.

They're good for wearing with a pair of leggings if I'm just gonna be in the house all day, but some times I want to take my love for that tv show outside.

This is where the tutorial I found on a.steed's.life comes in.

How to make a large t-shirt into a fitted tee.

Perfect!

The key is to just use a shirt that fits you really well as a template.

Then you sew up the sides, make new sleeves and hem it if needed.

I was going to cut short sleeves but I quite like these half-sleeves made from the originals.

This shirt fits perfectly now, I love it.

I even think the logo looks better with the proportions of this shirt compared to on the original. 

This Week I...

I finished my 6 month internship this week.

And what did I spend my last day at the arts centre doing? Painting on a tortilla with guacamole, tomato purée, blackberries and raspberries of course!

It's for a school workshop based around edible art, and it's meant I've been making some interesting trips to Morrisons over the past few weeks.

This week I also completed these signs for a production of Annie that I'm helping out with, and the can of spray mount I got on my foundation course, about 4 years ago, finally ran out.

And I had another session of my Set Design course at Central Saint Martins.

They had the fountains on outside the building when I left.

The water goes up and down and the lights change colour. It's fancy.

How was your week?