Cubatron

In between making the plywood cut-outs for the Sydney Big Day Out, had a chance to assist in the installation of 3waylabs' Cubatron, located in the Boiler room. Here are some stills of the structure, though it looked most impressive at night.

Final Cut-Out

Final Plywood cut-out for Big Day Out Backstage. 

Koala Butler

Busted!

Two of the finished cut-outs. Now to finish the third bogan tableau of epic proportions.

Big Day Cut-Outs

Some photos of the plywood cut-outs in progress.

Mirazozo

Here are some photos of the Mirazozo project by the Architects of Air which is on at the Sydney Opera House all through January. The installation is a large scale, inflatable sculpture constructed of translucent vinyl and made up of labyrinthine tunnels and lofty domes. A sensual world of liquid light and colour, it is a multi-sensory space that welcomes, inspires and affects everyone who enters. All light and colour effects are from natural sunlight, and the structure itself is hand sewn by the Architects of Air artists. I highly recommend people check it out before it's packed off to another country!

 

Carnival Cut Outs

Carnival cut out mock ups for Sydney Big Day Out festival project. Theme was bogans' day out, with some Australiana thrown in for good measure. Now to actually make them...

Babushka

Simple babushka head design drawn for a friend's homewares label.

Fashion meets Function

Entry for Logitech Australia Competition. Brief was to redesign an everyday functional object and make it fashionable. I proposed a miniature fan cuff, to cool the face during the summer months. Prize is a trip to Japan..here's hoping...

Average Joe

Paper doll made as a Christmas present for a friend. So happy with the result am considering making a series in a similar style. So far I'm sketching up ideas for a League of Unattractive Animals, a sort of backlash against drawings of wistful bears and kittens in cardigans. Aesthetically-challenged creatures, unite!

 

Thumbs Down

Contrary to expectations, the thumb sculptures survived the elements but fell prey to over-excited punters sometime in the early hours of New Year's Day. Here are some photos of their sorry state of complete dilapidation on January 1st.

I think the vast majority of Peats Ridge Festival goers felt similarly battered by 3 days of celebrations.   

Peats Ridge 2010

Here are some photos of the thumb garden debut at Peats Ridge Festival 2010. 5 days of sunshine, fantastic music and excellent company.

Thumb Garden Site

Thumbs in the Garden

Here are a few images from a day Dee and I spent paper mache-ing recently. With the Peats Ridge installation date looming it's been a mad scramble to get the thumbs weatherproofed (hopefully) and the audio tweaked to perfection. Big thanks, and big thumbs up to those who donated their National Geographic collections!