My biblionautic chums and friends.
Adding to Insult. to Injury
Work progresses again...
On the odd occasion that I find myself in a pub ... perhaps... and the conversation drifts towards what it is I do all day in Studio 5 ... I try to be as honest as possible. I mean the last couple of days have seen me getting deep down and inked up with a little montage printing for some edge to edge doublers/doublures (finished print size 41cm x 30cm) and melting/transforming/altering/cutting off... what have you....... Napoleonic model (French) soldiers. All in all pretty normal for me.
For a little of the background and what has indicated my thinking for the design perhaps one could look up the Chapman Brothers work in relation to their dioramas.
The melting/transforming/altering/cutting off etc Napoleonic model (French) soldiers is a direct response to the Diorama 'Hell' that was destroyed in a fire. The twisted forms, I feel, resemble the casts of human forms from Pompeii in addition to having a stricking similarity to classical low relief friezes.... Elgin comes to mind!
Please note.... there are other studios/binderies doing stuff, spelling and grammar. Please further note, the opinion of the author may change at any moment. This is due to having an open mind of sorts.
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