Ditronics - My Warp project

Ditronics is an electric music course run by Warp to give their listeners an innovative and exciting way to experience music on the label.
The term 'Ditronics' is an amalgalation of the phrase 'Do-It-Together' and 'electronics.' The ideas behind Ditronics are that of a DIY nature, focusing on getting everyone involved and making their own music, from scratch. And learning how to do it together.
Each event will be a day long giving enough time to actually make something.
Each week could focus on something different, in a step-by-step order, building on previously learnt skills.


Potential projects for each week could include...
Soldering and making contact mics
Make simple speakers
Make synthesizers from old radios
Circuit-bend electric toys
Make your own circuits
Make Theremins
Hack effects pedals, synths, samplers...


The sessions would be led by people in this field such as Brian Duffy (Modified Toy Orchestra), Nicolas Collins and John Richards (Dirty Electronics). Each week, they would be joined by a different Warp artist.

This is what I pitched to Warp for my idea about audiences experiencing Warp's music in a innovative and exciting way. The selection of images above show an example of a zine that could be given out at each of the events, helping people do the task of the session. it would then be something that they could keep and refer back to, to make a contact mic again, for example. The idea is that they have something visual infront of them that is not necessarily a youtube video tutorial. Maybe, not everyone has laptops infront of them when they're working on projects like this.
There is also a video that I made, which I will upload soon.

Please note that this is a hypothetical event that hasn't happened and probabely (unfortunately) won't happen.

BRASH ZINE IN FUSED MAG

Thanks to Annelise at Area and Fused.com, I have an interview on the Fused website. So super stoked man!

Check my interview here: http://www.fusedmagazine.com/2011/03/29/brash-zine/#more-4861

or here, if that link aint working: http://www.fusedmagazine.com/2011/03/29/brash-zine/

Fused is an arts and culture magazine that's based in Birmingham, which is now an online magazine. Area is the spin off baby of that, which you can scout out if you in Birmingham.

More Warp Artists

I'm currently doing a project that involves coming up with new ways people can experience music on Warp's record label. I've been having trouble with it. I won't bore you with details, but basically it got to a point that I wasn't actually doing any drawings, although I was doing other stuff and trying to work through the project, and so it felt like I wasn't sticking to my roots. I mean I am doing a fucking illustration course! Anyway, the last few days have been a lot more productive, drawing wise, and the last couple of posts show a bit of what I have been doing. I still consider myself in the early stages of this project, even though there is something stupid like under 2 weeks left, but I'm finally figuring out what the final thing will be, which I will post up once the project is finished.
Until then, enjoy these sketches of some more of my favourite Warp artists, that would, hypothetically, be at a hypothetical event that I'm trying to work out the hypothetical visuals and promotion for.

Screwdriver Set

Tools

ZINES NOW £2.00

I've now decided to sell Brash 2 at £2.00 each, after all, it is a zine! C'mon, you can't argue with that! So come holla at me. Above is a risograph print from it.
Thank you so much for everyone who has bought one so far...'speshly those who used their beer money for a zine instead today, much appreciated :)

Stockwell Merch

I got this bag from Nik at Stockwell today, perfect for my shopping expeditions! He is selling the bags and t-shirts and they are reet lovely, go get one!

http://stockwellteeshirt.blogspot.com/

Warp Artists

BRASH ISSUE 2 IS READY!!!

Ok everyone, Brash is finally finished and ready for all you dudes and dudettes to purchase...makes great bedtime reading! A screen-printed, risographed, photocopied, pull-out postered, skateboard-documenting, arty extravaganza featuring Bunny Bissoux, Georgie Winter, Kyle Platts, Brigid Deacon, Callum Abbot, Horse Zine James, Craig "Questions' Scott and more.

I am going to sell them at £2.50 in person (or zine fairs and the like) or £3.00 including p+p if you don't live near me. (I need to sort my paypal out first or you can send a cheque). Please email me on blossompossom@hotmail.com


Ziney goodness!!


Example of zine to be posted

Alia O'Brien of Blood Ceremony

BRASH ZINE (not quite done yet though)

Brash Issue 2 is well on it's way people. It is not finished to the standard that I want it to be, but i had to give in 10 copies for assessment today and these are the pics of that...I didn't even staple most of them together!



They will look like this and you will be able to choose your copy from an assortment of different screen-printed covers. Inside features your 'traditional' methods of photocopying along with some risograph-printed pages. This is the bit i have struggled with to get done this week because getting on the Risograph printing machine has been like a very fat person getting on the busiest bus ever! No fear though, this week should be pretty quiet at college so I hope to get it done very soon.




Sneaky peek of some of the content.

So, even though they're not ready yet, but you would like to be on the waiting list for a copy of Brash issue 2, please email me on blossompossom@hotmail.com and we will sort something out. I'm not sure how much they will be yet, but I will put a post up soon about that, along with a post when they're completely done. Enough posts for today... phew!

NEW DECK

So I've finally changed my 7.75" Death deck for a second-hand 8" and last night I gave zine-making a rest and created a monster...

Book Binding

On Friday, I did a book-binding workshop at college and these pictures show the result. It's only a sketchbook, but I'm pretty stoked and want to give it to my sister for her 18th birthday on Wednesday, seeing as I accidentally gave her a shit sketchbook for Christmas. I can't 'cos I had to give it in for assessment today. Gutted.

Stuck in my cave

I have been stuck in my room the past week, hard at work making Brash 2. It has been hellish because i have been indoors most of the time and with a cold too! However, I got a lot done and feel super productive :)

The saturday before this hellish cold fevery week however, I did enter that girls comp at the Pioneer skate Jam and it was so fucking rad. I ate shit many times, didn't land a single trick (not even the ones I can actually do) but it was so worth it... best day in a long time, and an event involving a turtle shaped board and a Death rider made a great story for the comic in Brash. Result!

Stockumentary teaser featuring... ME!

Have literally just discovered this now!
I did an interview last week when 'Out of Stock' organisers Toby Renton and Nik Jones came to my gaf and grilled me on all things art and skateboard based... exciting stuff guys! And I don't come across as a complete dick either... result! Go on, have a giggle :)

http://outofstockwell.blogspot.com/
http://nikjonesartwork.blogspot.com

ZINE NEWS

OK, so I've been mega busy lately on issue 2 of Brash and it's gonna be a good one people! Full of skatey arty goodness. Some teasers above. Can you guess who they are? I've been so busy with Brash zine, and other project tasks and workshops our forever demanding, but amazing tutor sets upon us, that I haven't even had time to skate (blasphemous i know!). I need to shred man! Hopefully will be going to this (below) on saturday, maybe I'll even enter the competition...

Peng Publications innit like...

Brigid got me this book for Christmas about the co-founder of the Crips :) Rad pressie seeing as I've just started learning about Bloods, Crips, LA Gangs and the like


Another rad present from my flatmate Rosie! A graphic novel about two dumpster-diving-for-pizza, anarchaist punk lady skateboarders! NO FUCKING WAY! yesssss waaaay :)


And last, but by no way least, this 'extract' from Matthew Bromley's latest comic he very kindly gave me today. He's gonna make one a month and I'm gonna buy them all. here's his website:

www.ngusucker.com

Right, not even 9 o'clock yet and I'm fucking cream crackered! Was up at the crack of dawn today and i've done more exercise the past three days you can shake a stick at....skateboarding, cycling and walking (all day in the forest, in the mud and at night). Oh and I managed to get myself a job today :)

Christmas inky fun

Just like a few of my fellow Camberwellians, I have not had access to a scanner over Christmas whilst being at home, but now that I am back in my London home with my nice computer and 3 in 1 printer, which only one out of the three is currently in operation, and luckily it is the right one, I can now scan and upload some drawings. Yeyness!

Thomas Hinton in GNAR RABBIT GORE

I've just finished making a personal Chrismas card zine for my good friend, artist and Gnargore shredder Thomas Hinton. The above is a comic strip (part of the xmas zine) based on a true story...well, just a photograph I found on the Gnargore blog actually. I'm stoked that my cartoon Hinton resembles the real Hinton, even if slightly.


http://www.thomashinton.co.uk/paintings/Paintings/

http://www.gnargore.co.uk/

Junk Shop Find

Brigid went to a junk shop in Greenwich the other day and found a journal/comic from 1900!! At the back was this beauty. Thanks Brigid :) I shall be heading to that junk shop in the new year.

Are you fed up with this yet?

Yet another picture taken of me because of my 'infamous' tattoo. I met the director/Curator of New Image Art when I went to the Moniker art fair recently. She spotted me as I was walking round and started talking to me and took a photo of me. Such a lovely, lovely lady who has curated shows with Neckface, Cleon Peterson, Os Gemos,Clare Rojas, Deanna Templeton, Ed Tepmleton, Faile, and Jo Jackson to name a few.

newimageartgallery.com

newimagegallery.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-11-16T18%3A33%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=7

"How do you deal with the moral part?"

OUT OF STOCK spread the word

OUT OF STOCK - A Stockwell Skatepark Exhibition

Featuring: French, Fos, Lovenskate, Wig Worland, Adam Johns, James Thompson, Martyn Thomas, Alban Connell, Craig Scott, Alana, Lawrence Ferguson, Ngusucker, Alexander Bartsch, Tim Tutak, Tristan Tutak, Solo One, Tizer, Shucks One, Nik Jones, Eyefeelsick, Mylon Domican, Thomas Slater, Kyle Platts (Earth Pain), Scott Madill, Jamie Arghh!, Alex Irvine, Stevan Shanks, Vaughan Baker, Alan Christensen, Winstan Whitter, Gorm, Oscar Murray, Chris Johnson, Matt Gold, Bob Smith, Jonny Haywire, Ross Gilbert, Adrian Downie & Tony.

Aberdeen Ladies Art show Prints

So here are two of the three prints i sent up to Scotland. FIVER IF YOU WANT ONE (blossompossom@hotmail.com)
Saw some footage of the Ladies skateboard series and those gals are so fucking dope. well bummed out i didn't get my lazy arse at least to Manchester (some sick video footage below) ...I am progressing with the ol' skateboarding tho so I should just give it a go at one of these competions. I dunno. Deffo go support the cause and rep the ladies even if i am shit and make a twat of myself. Well it doesn't matter anyway now as I've gone and rolled my ankle innit! First time as well, so proper feeling sorry myself. Well at least I can say this is a proper skateboard injury as I was trying rock 'n' rolls on the quarter at Stockwell and I've never tried them before. I was proper going for it as well 'cos I was being filmed....another first. No paint no gain I guess. C'mon harriet, stop feeling sorry for yourself. Go to bed and wake up tomorrow feeling refreshed :)


More Skateboarding Videos

MY ART IN LADIES SKATEBOARD ART SHOW IN ABERDEEN

Check this little photo reel out guys! Features my work with a load of other talented arty lady shredders! Bummed out I wasn't organised enough/have enough money to go up there, but stoked my prints made their way to Scotland :) Will post up individual images of my prints soon. They are a fiver each if anyone wants one. Email me: blossompossom@hotmail.com

http://helenlovelee.com/aberdeen.html?ref=nf

so stoked :)