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Beth Walthew ‘Lovers & Liars’

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:47:44 +0000

Album design for Beth Walthew’s CD ‘Lovers & Liars’.

Having seen some of my work I was supplied with the three images of Beth and her musicians and given the text in a word document and told to do whatever I thought suited the artist’s style, what was wanted was a rustic feel. I used some images from old printers example book and photoshopped other images and scans to make most of the artwork. The CD tray has images behind a clear tray and a butterfly in the centre where the CD is placed.

The main album type is done with the Fontin Family. You can see the text on the CD took some time to do but worked out great! You can buy the CD here: www.bethwalthew.com

Cliff Child Production II

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:55:54 +0000

Child Child’s second EP called ‘Tveir‘ is out for free download on SoundCloud now or .RAR featuring seven new tracks and one new remix by Jason Dragon. There are around 50 tracks recorded and we are editing them down into the forthcoming album ‘Cliff Child‘ to release in the Summer. Some of these make up the EP’s Einn and the new Tveir.

We can also announce the new book ‘Cliff Child Artworks‘ is now for full preview and sale via the microsite or Blurb for £12 in softback.

Cliff Child is Sjorn Björnsson hailing from Egilsstaðir in collaboration with Robjn who produced all the tracks, videos and artwork. All tracks by Cliff Child & Robjn. Production by Robjn.com.
Follow Cliff Child on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CliffChild

Tveir by CliffChild

Cliff Child Artworks | BOOK INFO

Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers (Cliff Child Remix) by CliffChild

Book Cover: The Soft Machine

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0000

The Soft Machine is the title of a novel by William S. Burroughs, first published in 1961. It was originally composed using the cut-up and fold-in techniques, this inspired my design on the cover. Taking a photo of Burroughs, cutting it up and shifting the edits around. I think it is as abstract as the original [right], but still communicates the name and title well.

Book Cover: Take a Girl Like You

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:51:00 +0000

Another book cover here. Like before I remade the text header in InDesign and created the image in Illustrator, this time also using Photoshop. I left the 3’6 off as on my version of the book it’s stamped on. The image is a variation of some prints I had made. My version is on the left, the original is on the right with 3 and 6.

Book Cover: How Children Fail

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0000

I took the book ‘How Children Fail’ and decided to rework the covers design. I created the original heading and typeset style to pelican books in Adobe InDesign then used Illustrator to make the images. I ended with two samples that I considered strong enough using images from wikipedia re-edited, working my own images into the designs. The Original cover is below in red.

Original Cover

The Product

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:46:50 +0000

Some pages from my new book: Robjn – Book Two – Prints.
Store and preview link: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1104995

The Never Ending Story

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:47:00 +0000

Never ending drum loops on a record with a loop molded into it that doesn’t end. Unlike most records that play in grooves from the edge to the middle, this record has five loops cut into it, the idea being it could be used for the base of another piece of music or music mixed into it or just for a long playing sound. It could be done with any sound lasting from three seconds to one second.

5 Minutes of Fame

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:34:00 +0000

Two reel to reel machines are linked in a circuit, one on record the other playing the reels. The tape is wound around chrome chair legs with elastic bands above and below the tape to keep it in place, these make sure there is a long length of data to record on to, the tape is wiped and played as it goes around, no information is stored ’cause of the recorder. People who go up to the microphone can record a message that will give them five minutes of fame as it will be broadcast with the speakers on the other machine, then loops back to the recorder that wipes it out.

Other suggestions:
(i) The microphone can pick up anything from room ambiance of be placed in a different area like out of an open window to bring the noise of what’s outside in.

(ii) Placing a Korg Kaoss pad between the microphone and the recorder and putting it on the beat matched scrambler effect, this cuts up the sounds it records while reversing parts to make a rhythmic noise.

Chair example:

Plate Set

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:30:00 +0000

My idea for a set of china plates playing with traditional designs and patterns.
I imagine the sale of these to be in a pick and mix set from a shop, so you could have a set being all the same plate or a mixture. As with my other plate designs all the colours, dimensions and glazes are the same.

Dinner Service

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:44:00 +0000

I have long been a fan of Spode china. I enjoy the engraving and printmaking of the designs using lines and halftones. I made some rough line designs and edited them to make a set of plates, all the same shape, dimensions and colour, so although with different crosshairs and designs they run in a theme and make up part of a dinner set. I’m working on other designs at the moment as well.

Hastings Beach

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:01:00 +0000

After seeing the BBC show ‘School of Saatchi‘ last week the contestants had to make some artwork for position on stone Hastings beach. I came up with this idea: It’s a large piece of reinforced glass moulded into a large Fresnet lighthouse lens with a metal frame on a concrete base. The public could look out to sea with the warping of the glass as well as it being like a circus hall of mirrors, so as well as decorative it’s fun! Being on a stone beach it wouldn’t be a risk to fire. Below are two diagrams, the first is how the lens works with light when in place in a lighthouse, the other in grey is an example of how the class is molded.

Saatchi’s six chosen artists are commissioned to produce large-scale pieces of art for the seaside resort of Hastings. When their work is constructed on the seafront in Hastings, the artists come face-to-face with the public and have the pleasure of discovering what they think. The final judgment on the artists’ success or failure is down to Charles Saatchi and his panel of advisers.

Begging Bowl

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:19:00 +0000

Designer Begging Bowl I designed, perfect for these hard economic times.
From £399.99