Projects
- Mini Baby BellsA miniature butterfly display that seems to of magically come alive. Capturing movement, life and little ‘Chaos’. Butterflies displayed inside a miniature bell jar. Each butterfly is individually hand cut and produced from bonding 2 sides of photographically paper. Black wire antennae are fixed to all butterflies. They are then pierced and suspended on 1mm brass rods attached to a wooden base.
- ChaosI fell in love with the beauty of vintage butterfly/animal displays but one aspect always jarred with me in that the beauty was slightly negated by the fact they had to die in the process. The display's always had a morbid spirit to them. I wanted to see them magically come alive in the box, injecting movement and life and little 'Chaos'. My artwork transforms the familiar uniformity of the butterfly specimen box into a scene that has come alive. Injecting life and a frenzied movement into what are usually static displays. Multiple butterflies displayed inside an authentic taxidermy case. Each butterfly is hand cut and pinned off a black background. Black wire antennae are fixed to all butterflies. The overall effect is one of a mass of butterflies making a chaotic attempt to escape the confines of their box.
- Airborne'Airborne' transforms the traditional Victorian bell jar display into a scene that has come alive. Injecting life and a frenzied movement into what is usually a static display. The effect is one of a mass of butterflies making a chaotic attempt to escape the confines of the glass jar. Each butterfly front and reverse side has been printed photographically and bonded together to create a double sided and individually hand cut butterfly. Black wire antennae are fixed to the underside of each butterfly. They are then pierced and suspended on 1mm brass rods within a beautiful bell jar. The overall effect is one of a mass of butterflies in flight (over 35 butterflies). Blue Morpho Butterflies and Cabbage Whites (not to scale). Diameter 22cm x Height 40cm Lead time for this piece is approximately 2-3 weeks.
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Work history
Artist
I am an artist with a range of work crafting unique paper art pieces using insects and animals, butterflies being my main event.
My artwork transforms the familiar uniformity of the butterfly specimen box or bell jars into a scene that has come alive.
The effect is one of a mass of butterflies making a chaotic attempt to escape the confines of their box.
I like to work directly with clients at any scale to any brief, both for residential, commercial environments and events.
Senior Graphic Design
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Working on clients in the banking industry (Pamukbank Turkey, ING)
Leisure industry (Heron City Europe, UCI, Cineworld)
Property (Trentham, Heron and Royal & Sun Alliance_Sequence)
Skills
- Modelling
- Events
- Product
- Craft
- Public Art
- Fine Art
- Environment
- 3D
- Event
- Artist
- Hand Crafted
- Displays
- Product Modelling
- Commercial Art
- Insects
- Butterflies
Education
Hndiploma
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Graphic Design