January 2013
1 post
Soldiers
-What is it?
A pot of model soldiers.
-Where is it from?
My dad painted them.
-How did you come to have it?
I asked my Dad to save them for me, when he was getting rid of stuff.
-Why is it important?
When I was little, my dad built me a model railway on a fold-away decorating table. It had paper mache tunnels and the lot. Trains were good but battles were better. So model soldiers...
November 2012
6 posts
gazelle
- Im pretty sure its a gazelle. Its made of some kind of plastic.
- on the back it claims to be from France. Think my Father aquired it years ago, possibly from Morocco.
- it was found in the work shed of my house. I gave it a new lease of life in my early teens by hanging it on the wall of my room.
- its been a great thing to have. I remember writing some song with it in mind and drawing it...
June 2012
2 posts
What is it?
A segment of a branch, which was cut from high up a pine tree as the tree itself was being cut down. It’s roots were gradually rotting away and the council felt it was too much of a risk to leave it standing in case it fell. When the photo was taken it had washed ashore after almost a year at sea.
Where is it from?
Fox Rosehill Gardens in Falmouth. A public park next to the...
May 2012
12 posts
Biscuit Tin
-What is it?
It is a decorative old biscuit tin. It has colourful flowers on it, made to look like an embroidered design.
-Where is it from?
I bought it for a ridiculous amount of money (for an old empty tin anyway) from ebay - that’s right ebay.
-How did you come to have it?
I won a bidding war. It was about £20
-Why is it important?
As soon as I saw it on the screen, I...
Empty Bottle
-What is it? A brown glass bottle labelled ‘empty’ with a red ribbon tied around the neck -Where is it from? Fagin’s Antiques, Cullompton, Devon. -How did you come to have it? In Autumn of 2004 I was in the tentative stages of a friendship with a boy from Exeter. We visited Fagin’s, an antiques/junk warehouse nested between endless fields and not much else, after hitting upon the fact that we...
Parasol
-What is it? A cheap wooden red silk parasol with printed on flowers, that’s got a broken catch and some pink masking tape wrapped around it
-Where is it from?
Chinatown in San Francisco, a big shop full of chopsticks and tea and clothes and tat
-How did you come to have it?
I went to a festival in the desert and being a pale Brit I needed some sun protection rather desperately, so I...
What this is about...
I am currently working my way towards a Master’s Degree in Communication Design from Central St Martin’s in London and this blog intends to act as a research tool as part of that. My study is exploring the potential of Illustration as a tool for explaining more than just texts; investigating how drawing as a storytelling medium can help us understand a wealth of information that might,...
