Jacobs Market

During the first two weeks of my current project I visited Jacob's Antique Centre.

Open Thursdays to Saturdays 9.30 to 5.00, Their leaflet boasts;

50 dealers with a wide variety of;

Jewellery, Silver, Lace, Art Deco, Books, Furniture, Treen, Tools, Flatware, Glass, China, Pottery, Toys, Militaria, comics, Clothes, Postcards, Prints, Copper, Brass, Watches, Clocks, etc.

There are;

Collectables for the Collector

Curios for the Curious

Coffee in the Coffee Shop for the Thirsty!! (Ha!)

Its tucked away at the bottom of St. Mary's Street, Cardiff, under the railway bridge, and is an aladdins cave. Its three stories jammed with antiques from across the decades and cabinets full of treasures to be discovered. 

There's bags of inspiration, you could do 100 projects inspired by this place. They have a website look them up!

Here are some photo's I took;

The City Project

The second term at uni is dedicated to the project 'The City'. Students from every dicipline of art in the year group were given the same brief. We spent the first two weeks researching the city in small groups made up of students from each art/design course.

We were given a list of sites in Cardiff to explore. We then had to decide on two sites to research in depth, which we would later take forward to create a project and eventually a final piece around.

I decided to work with The Arcades and Llandaff Cathedral, here are some initial research photo's I took;

The Trees

This morning was one of those crisp, fresh, clear and frosty-type winter mornings, so I went out to take some photo's in the woods behind my house;

The Fern Leaf

Inspired by Wednesday's walk I set up my desk and made some art;

I picked out the fern leaf as an interesting motif to work from, and started with some inky drawings;

I then began to work with a colour story  I hadn't used before;

Black
White
Gold

After making the inky drawings I progressed on to printing with fern leaves and using them as stencils.

I also introduced a triangle stamp, I liked the contrast of the geometric shape with the natural form of the fern leaf. It was also a nice way link in the colour story with block colour.

 Finally I experimented with pattern making. I used really basic techniques/media which made for a scruffy/rustic look which I think works well.

Walking on Sunshine!

Yesterday the weather was beautiful and sunny which makes a change from the otherwise constant rainy, misty and dark days of late. 

So I went for a quick walk behind my back garden and took some photos...