Daisy Gam

Brighton graduate Daisy Gam has drawn a series of images on 50's erotica, among other things. Her illustrations are really impressive, and the content is brave and of a slightly uncomfortable nature, considering her gender. Perhaps.

See more on her website.

Homemade cameras

David Smeulders has been obsessed with photography all his life, and decided to start making his own cameras. Some of the results are really quite intriguing, such as the above image. His website: http://www.koudzweet.nl/

Skream - Listenin' to the Records on my Wall

No CGI, just a lot of time consuming video in studio...

Video director David Wilson had the following to say on the use of entirely manual techniques:

"...what you can achieve in CGI is mind-bendingly realistic. However, I really enjoy the challenge of working physically. I love the aesthetic, but I also really enjoy the energy it creates on set."

(source: http://www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/film/a-video-of-biblical-proportions)

Stuart Semple

Free Range

Don't Panic article

Free Range: Art

creative talent of graduate students

and of course the free range website

When in Croatia

These photos were hung on the wall in our first hostel in Split, Croatia. I think the way they are hung so casually on string and clothes clips is great - so low key but it works nicely with the relaxed theme of the photos, which are photographed such that they appear more flat, almost painterly. The style and colouring give them a peaceful glow.
Unknown photographer, unfortunately.

Tree furniture

I was at work yesterday - a summer job landscaping. We were mowing for most of the day....we were quite behind. In one garden, I noticed a table outdoors, made from a huge tree stump rooted into the ground, with a great slab of trunk resting heavily on top of it to create a very sturdy, natural looking piece of outdoor furniture. It was amazing. We learnt that the owner's brother in law did a lot of this type of work, and had worked alongside Vivian Westwood in the past. I did not take a photo due to lack of camera, but I found this image on the internet which gives an indication of what it looked like.


This piece led me and my friend to think about an idea of creating chairs entirely from tree roots. We discussed how we'd go about experimenting, creating moulds for the roots to grow into, and such on the van journey home, thinking that this had the potential to be an incredible entrepreneuring idea.
Alas, I have just made a quick search on Google, and it looks like plenty of people have already got there first. Dang.


Still, they are beautiful pieces nonetheless, and I want some.