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Makertorium

Posted in Available work, Birds, Commission work, Design work, Exhibition work, Felt, Inspiration station, Make, Photography, Vinyl and Linocut on April 27, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Makertorium is on at Te Papa today.  My friend Matthew Pettengell kindly asked if i’d put up some of my new perspex swallow flock as a backdrop for his desks

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Perspex swallows

These swallows are a new variation on my vinyl swallow flock i’ve had made through Makerspace… Really pleased with how they’ve turned out, i’m thinking on doing up a couple more sets in white and also in red next.

I’ll be adding them up on my Felt Sales shop in the next day or two, to be sold as installation sets, along with smaller individual swallows made into brooches.

If you are interested in an installation piece, or a commission work along these lines –  Maybe involving a different bird, I would love to hear from you! I can be contacted by email at : vincenteknight@gmail.com

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Pair of cards

Posted in Commission work, Design work, Inspiration station, Photography on October 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I finally got myself sorted and got some business cards printed up.  Super stoked with how they turned out – Really nice and simple design to show off the images.

I decided to go with the barest of info – My website and a contact email, this way I can use them both in Melbourne and back in New Zealand.  They don’t have a link to my Felt sale shop, but I figure thats fairly easy to find from here.

So great I finally have something to hand out when someone asks me about my work or commission ideas.  Now I just need to remember to keep them on me!

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Custom iphone case

Posted in Birds, Design work, Illustration, iphone stickers, Photography on January 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »

I have a bit of a track record of breaking/losing iphones (the count may be up around four or five)… So when I saw Gelaskins had released a new protective hardcase, I figured it was probably time to get a hold of one.

I’ve been playing around with the idea of getting some custom cases/decals for a while now - So I’m glad that they’ve started making this option.

Found it really hard to decide on which painting to choose, but eventually went with Kotare – The little Native Kingfisher I photographed a few years back on a trip out to Kapiti island bird sanctuary. …Only now I want to get more printed!

Hmmm… I wonder if it would be worth putting up a few custom printed cases featuring a few of my newest native birds on Felt?  Thoughts anyone?

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Flock

Posted in Birds, Design work, Inspiration station, Make, Photography on December 18, 2011 | 9 Comments »

Here are a few pics of my vinyl swallows installed.  Loving the shadows they make!

 

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Box of Birds

Posted in Birds, Design work, Exhibition work, Friday brightness, Inspiration station, Make, Photography on December 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »

So here’s a peek at what was in that gorgeous custom linen box I made last month :

So stoked with how they look.  Next post : Installation of the birds up on the wall!

These birds were handcut out of old vinyl records - In the process of working through this idea I found that you can’t get vinyl laser cut as its highly carcinogen and corrosive… It’ll basically fuck that expensive-as piece of machinery, as well as being really damaging to both the environment and anyone in the same space as the lasercutter.  So my swallows were painstakingly cut out and sanded all by hand.  And it really was a labour of love – Lots of time and swearing involved with getting the finishing perfect … I have a whole new found appreciation for jewellers now!

Thinking presentation boxes are def. the way to go with this new work now, fully worth the time and effort to make the whole finished piece ‘right’.

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Nice Box.

Posted in Design work, Make, Photography on December 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been saving this post for until I have the second part of it up and completed… However after a week of being stuck in bed w the flu, and now Tui coming down with Chicken pox I’m not sure its actually gonna happen before I run out of time in Wgtn and head back home to Melbourne.  Lame.  So I guess I will start by posting part 1:

A very dear friend of mine celebrated her 40th birthday recently.  So I made her something rather time consuming and special.  And then I decided it needed to be presented beautifully too – The whole deal.  So, we have this gorgeous book binding shop I pass every time I walk home up Elizabeth street and I remembered seeing boxes through the window. Beautiful boxes. Handmade linen boxes. From Sweden.

I thought one of these would be a perfect presentation and storage box for my new piece of artwork. Happily off I went in to buy one.  Problem : Bookbinders Design boxes only go up to A4, and my artwork needed similar size to A3. No, sorry they can’t custom make one – As they’re made in Sweden of course.  Maybe two would do?  Well yes.  Only each A4 box will set you back $195.  Damn.  Because now I have seen these boxes of boxes, all the cardboard ones I  have seen just look flimsy and tacky.  Well no other option but to make my own I guess.  Have I made a box like this before?  Well no.  Have I done any bookbinding then?  Um, no again…

Well I’m pretty pleased with the end result. Not bad for a first go. …And of course I love the linen I found, and that I was able to customise it with stunning blood red inserts.  I really wanna show you what it looks like with the artwork inside, but I also wanna wait in case I get the chance to put it up before I head home next week.  So. I’ll just have to say stay tuned for part 2. xoxo

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Gelaskins awesomeness

Posted in Birds, Design work, iphone stickers, Just because on October 17, 2011 | 5 Comments »

So D’s new iphone has finally been delivered today… Which means I get his hand me down at last – Such a great improvement on my frustratingly crappy nokia!

It also means its time to order new Gelaskins covers for them, and this time I’m going to get some of my own artwork printed on.  Just been making a few mock ups on their custom page so I can see what they’ll look like.   *Love*

Now just to pick which ones to print… Oh, and a new laptop cover too of course.

Hmmm… I wonder if I could just get them all maybe?!

 

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Time on my hands much?

Posted in Baked goodness, Design work, Inspiration station, Just because, Make on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Long weekend with not much to do… Mine has been like that this Easter.           Especially with this southerly and all the rain that has rolled in – Which makes leaving the house not so fun.

It got me in the mood for baking. Which not only indulges in my need to make something, but also heats the rest of downstairs that the fire doesn’t always get to right away.  After the success of my easter biscuits – They were gobbled up really fast. I thought I’d make another batch… But this time pinch an idea I saw a while back, that I have just never quite had the time to try out. Pantone biscuits!

The original idea comes from a blog by Kim Neill.  I originally read in an article link on Poppytalk

I used the same gingerbread and royal icing recipe I used for my easter biscuits, as its one I love – Though this time I added an extra tablespoon of ginger to give them an even stronger ginger kick.                                                                               The great thing about the shape of these biscuits is that they are really fast to cut out in a grid… The time consuming bit comes in the icing. I started by piping a divider line on the biscuits in white icing and then painted in the gap.  Then I mixed each colour individually, a tablespoon or so at a time before painting these on too. Once dry, I colour matched them with pantone swatches I got online – As I have finally given my loaned pantone flip book back. So the colours are approximate… But they still taste pretty damn good!                                                                        One of the reasons I hadn’t made these sooner was my lack of owning an edible food marker.  Well mixed food colouring works just as good w a small paintbrush I must say, though it gives them a bit more of a home made look – But this could also just be my scruffy southpaw writing!

This is the biscuit recipe I used.

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Fake it

Posted in Birds, Cartoons, Design work, Illustration, Inspiration station, Just because, Make, Paper works, Photography, Street art paper cuts on April 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

 

So one good thing about our new apartment, With its white walls that have no hooks, etc in them; Is that it is fantastic for random staged photographs.                  I had a go at playing round with this last week, as our photo contribution for a larger family project.   The photos all contained Black and White, as well as colour components.

Now that the weekend has been, and I won’t be ruining any surprises, I can put up a couple of the pics out of my set taken.

My photos were fully staged.  I got D to photograph me against one of the white walls upstairs, then I photoshopped in the cut out images I had painted onto lightweight paper and individually photographed.

I actually created these as test pieces to paste up on some of the brick walls close to the new apartment. I have a great love of street art, and how it evolves over time. I’m interested in watching how long a paper pasteup will last out in the weather, and how it will deteriorate.  I love the idea of creating ephemeral work, and the traces it might leave behind.

I really love how these turned out with the mix of greyscale and bright colour.  They print up really beautifully on canvas too.

Cant wait to go paste up the actual paper images when I get back to Melbourne in a week or so – So stay tuned!

 

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Happy Birthday Tui tickle!

Posted in Birds, Design work on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So in celebration of Tui’s firt birthday – I cant believe its been a whole year already – I created this image in photoshop for her invite.
The black crest is the concept design I was playing around with before coming up w the finished one used for 1day tee design.

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