Just wanted to say a big big thank you to those kind folks who attended my talk at the Apple store on Monday, I very much appreciate you taking the time out to hear me waffle on! I’m bringing the talk to Bristol on Thursday 10th June and then to Leicester on the 28th June! Thanks to Doc18 for this photo too!
My homebase Jonny Clooney aka Makinov has finished the video edit from the launch night of Droplet Series 2! So why not settle down with a cuppa tea and have a watch! Oh and make sure you watch right to the end, after the credits! A big big thank you to everyone involved who made the launch what it was an of course to Jonny for making the video!
Just a wee reminder that tonight is the night of my ‘Droplet Story’ talk at Regent Street’s flagship Apple store in London! It kicks off at 7pm and is roughly an hour long, it’s free to all so please do come along if you can! I’mm be talking through the whole process from how I got interested in toys, right upto the launch of Series 2 of Droplet and beyond!
The lovely and incredibly talented Miss Holly ‘A Little Stranger’ Stanway has kindly posted up a wee interview she conducted with me a few weeks ago! A big thank you to Holly for asking me to be a part of her artist spotlight series and look out for some A.L.S. x JamFactory goodies in the future…
Had more filming fun this evening, this time overlooking the city of Bristol from the astroturf running track on the roof top of my friends flat! It’s a huge oval track open to all residents of the apartment block, so Louis, Makepeace & myself went up there and shot some stuff on the 550D for BOIKZMOIND. It ended with a wee crash, resulting in a nice jam-coloured burn for louis’s forearm, ouch!
I’m very happy to announce that I’m going to be speaking again at the Regent Street Apple Store in London, one week today, Monday 17th May! I’m going to be talking about ‘The Droplet Story’, going into detail on the creation of my vinyl toy, from conception right up until the launch of Series 2 earlier in the year! It’s a free event and I’d love it for as many people as possible to come so please do spread the word! It starts at 7pm so come on down and get yourself a seat!
I’ve set-up a Facebook event now too, so have a peep at that if you can make it!
Back in February, when I was organising the Droplet Series 2 launch, I asked the wonderful Sweden-based design duo Matthew & Emelie, otherwise known as M&E, to be part of the show and to customise a blank Droplet. They made their custom out of gelatin, which was set in a latex cast taken from the blank Droplet shape! Unfortunately, their very elaborate plan fell apart at the last minute, with the gelatin not setting properly. Luckily they got the chance to shoot a nice photo of their creation, which I just dug out my email here, enjoy!
I really like doing this for videos, so I thought I’d do it for Danny’s vid. There’s something nice about picking favourite stills from a movie, get the niceness of a still but with the added feeling of motion. I shot everything at a fast shutter speed so there isn’t any motion blur, the bit where the pigeons fly off is my favourite bit of that!
As well as taking lots of photo’s out in Barcelona, I also shot this super sort film of Danny, doing his day-to-day routine (drinking coffee, smoking and skating around the city). Shot complete on my 550D with the 18-55mm kit lens and 50mm f1.8 lens, edited in 30 minutes in iMovie! Danny’s riding for brand new board company CLAN 010, so make sure you check out their facebook!
Last weekend I was in Barcelona, visiting my good friend Danny, who now calls BCN home. He showed me the sights and the sounds, from a residents perspective - We walked, rode and skated around the city, it was fantastic! As you can imagine, I was pretty snap happpy. I’ve uploaded my favourite arty shots to flickr here and the rest to my blog, have a peep!
Very very proud to say that Series 2 of Droplets are now available in-store in Londons most famous and respected toy store Playlounge! I’m really stoked they the little fellas in Playlounge as it was very first vinyl toy store I ever visited many moons ago and was where my love affair with the plastic pretties began. So if you’re in London why not drop by, its on Beak Street, just off the wonderful Carnaby Street, check it out!
The JamFactory x Renmen Project tote bag I designed is now online and available to purchase! It’s only £10 and all the proceeds go direct to the helping the Haiti disaster! So why not treat yourself to a one - youll carry your shopping in style and be doing a bit of charity, all at the same time.
They were printed by Eco-Merch, who are environmentally-friendly screen printers based in Birmingham, so not only is the bag good for charity, it’s also great for the environment!
The man behind ilikecharacters.com, Mr Steve Rack asked if I could contribute a little something to this ‘toe fluff’ project - asking folk to digitally customize his toe fluff character. I was a bit pressed for time to I had a little play this morning before breakfast! After studying the shape for a wee while, it hit me that the squiqqlyness reminded me of the classic spirograph, so I went down that road, and was pretty happy with the outcome!
Check out the rest of the customizations here!
Since jumping ship to Canon I’ve been without a fisheye lens, and It’s been sorely missed! I’ve managed to rectify that, selling my Nikon and replacing it with Sigma’s beautiful 10mm beast for the Canon. Had great fun with it today, I’ve uploaded a few shots to my blog, why not have a peep!
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