Sheringham

This was a photo from on a disused train in Sheringham, Norfolk. I think it was at a museum, but it was about 2am and i'd had 2am's worth of alcohol, so couldn't be 100% sure of that. Quite like the photo though.

LSD

Post cards from the edge

This pretty much just was a muck around, but ended up having potential to be quite cool. The idea was that after I had done the words (Long Shore Drift), i'd come back the next day and photograph what long shore drift had actually done to it...alas we left before the tide had gone out again. It's the thought that counts.

Mugabe ebaguM

The reaction in Yorkshire if the President of Zimbabwe stopped by for a spot of tea.

Snow Geese

Moving Image - Animals
Joint Project - Jon Barnett and Kirsty Ayree
January 2009

Brief:
Show animal characteristics in humans

Description:
A fairly ridiculous video. Basically we had the idea of showing how the daily commute to work, was like the migration of birds...or more specifically in this case; Snow Geese.

I Witness

Self Initiated - I Witness
April 2009

Description:
I was originally looking at 'why looking up is important', in the sense of taking in the small details of places you know very well and may have lived for a number of years, but have never noticed; sort of psycho geography, but not really.
It came to me looking a journeys, and more specifically car journeys. Coming into a town or city a different way from usual and not having a clue where you are until you're at your destination....so again kind of lead me back to noticing things you have usually ignored.
These photos show 3 elements of a journey people tend to 'ignore', and I am capturing what is ignored. By chance the 3 final images I chose all had a close link, or were infact animals.

I Witness Bats - Wildlife is something which is quite often and obviously missed whilst on a journey
I Witness Roadkill - The kneejerk "eew" reaction we have when seeing roadkill, but is never thought about again after the initial sighting
I Witness a Zebra Crossing - A Zebra crossing is ignored by a motorist

Irony?

Waste of Paper

Deep...

Flag Hijack

So today is St. George's Day...
I'm all for a bit of patriotism (not that he was actually English; he was Greek)...but I don't feel much sense of warmth when I see the English flag flying high.
I look at it as almost this symbol of racism, the classic English football hooligan, the BNP (I know that's British), the English National Party. Not that I'm saying football hooligans are racist; or that racists are football hooligans for that matter...my point is basically, it conjures images of the not so attractive side of being English, as opposed to what a nations flag should symbolise....

Am I wrong?....I would like to be

Typographic Code

Ok starting now...

Typographic Codes
March 2009
Joint Project - Joe Provis

Brief:
Produce a piece of typography that involves a code

Description:
Looking at creating an 'econimical typeface', we went through 9 commonly used fonts used for copy (Gill, Helvetica CY, Times New Roman, Officina Sans, Baskerville, Caslon, Bodoni, and a couple of others). Then for each letter of the alphabet...A, B, C etc. we found the surface area that each letter covered, from each font. For example the 'A' from Baskerville covered 13% of our set area; this was the smallest percentage covering for any on the 'A s' out of our 9 fonts....therefore its the most economical. This percentage is then translated to a grid of 100 squares;...for 13%, 13 are coloured in. This gives us the code for the letter. This is then repeated throughout the alphabet.
They are colour coded for the fonts that ended up being involved:

Baskerville - Yellow
Caslon - Red
Officina Sans - Green
Bodoni - Purple
Helvetica CY - Brown

Phew...

Ok from now on this is actually going to be a real blog and it will be updated on a more regular basis...do some proper bloggin' : )