Man and his pen.

There are a range of things that I post about on this blog, but art hasn't really been one of them although it is something that I enjoy and am fascinated by. One of my close friends has always been an incredible drawer throughout the 7 years that I have known him, and now his simplistic style of pen drawing and mixed media is better than ever. 

Marcus Dobbs has always shown a love towards buildings and architecture. This is bought across in his drawings and artwork beautifully through the interpretation of iconic London landmarks with the use of pattern and repetition, enabling him to create these impressive pieces of artwork. 

St Paul's Cathedral (2011)

Olympic Orbit/Stadium Commissions

A recent graduate from Camberwell College of Arts in London studying BA(Hons) Drawing, Marcus creates works through the use of drawing, sculpture, video, painting and print. For more information and works from Marcus, visit his website at: http://marcusdobbs.com/

There is also an opportunity to purchase prints and tshirts through the online shop and further information on enquiries. 

Forest Tshirt - £25

Catch some of Marcus' graduate work at the Camberwell College of Art degree show starting on June 15th - June 22nd at Camberwell College of Art. Monday - Friday 10am - 8pm. More information at: http://newsevents.arts.ac.uk/event/34917/

Signed me

Just a very quick post to tell you all that I have been given a weekly style piece on writing website Fight Apathy... or don't and my article on the House of Holland Pre-Spring 2012 film has been put up today! :)
It would be great if you could all go over and have a read and show some support. It's al pretty exciting!

Henry in da House!

So, I applied for some writing experience with an online writing website, who basically have regular writers who submit an article once a week on a subject of their choice and it gets published on the website. http://fightapathyordont.com/
Well, I sent over my blog for them to look at and they loved it! So now I have a weekly slot on the brand spanking new style section of the website and today I sent over my first entry!
I thought I would share the article on here too before it goes live, I hope you enjoy! :)


Henry in the House!


As a treat for you all, with this being my first article on the site, I am going to share something that really has brightened up my day.
As a huge fan of the label, House of Holland I am regularly keeping up to date on the promotional tools in which they are using to enable their collections and brand is a cut above the rest. This is when I came across the Pre-Spring 2012 fashion film, put together by photographer Mariano Vivanco and featuring the beautiful model Eliza Cummings, it showcases the upcoming collection from designer Henry Holland.
The first time I sat and watched it all the way through I just thought, WOW! I must admit I did sit and giggle a bit to myself. This type of ‘music video’ is unseen these days, and although there are many platforms to show these kinds of music videos we just aren’t really familiar with them anymore. It wasn’t until I watched it through a second time when I realized the sampling in the song (relating to Postmodernism, which I am now an expert on 2500 words of an essay later) which related back to the 80’s. I then looked back at the ‘Buffalo Stance’ video by Neneh Cherry, and there is a lot of reference taken from the original 80’s video.
Everything about the short film, including the effects and the movement of the model relate back to 80’s hip hop. Especially the baseball cap and sunglasses.
As for the garments, I think Henry has done us proud again. After his last Bingo inspired collection, this sharp turn for everything loud and fun is a positive prediction for how the months of June - September are going to turn out. The block colours and insanely busy prints aren’t something that genuinely fit in with the trends seen on the Spring/Summer 2012 catwalk, but then lets face it, when has House of Holland ever conformed with the trend.
As well as the bright, blocked colours, the skull and bone motif is seen continuously throughout the film. With it’s excited, upbeat vibe, this particular pattern gives no better reference to the ‘live life to the fullest’ Day of the Dead celebrations.
I urge you all to watch this short film, which could definitely give the real music video a run for it’s money, and guarantee you will up off your seat dancing and miming along to the music (along with model Eliza Cummings, another comic moment!). And if you do get a chance, have a look at the collection available to buy at http://www.houseofholland.com

PRE COLLECTION SS12 from House of Holland on Vimeo.

Mr Dorian Gray.

The second year of university did indeed get off on the wrong foot. The project that I have been focusing most of my time on this year is this little gem...
It's a styling project which we were put into pairs for and told to choose a trend from the S/S '12 catwalks to focus a styled shoot on. We then had to fit this in with a magazine title and use all the ethics of our chosen publication to lay it out in our portfolio.
So, our concept was based around the idea of Dorian Gray, the man everyone loves to hate, but secretly wants to be. Heritage and the 'Old English Gentleman' trend was featured a lot on the menswear catwalk, and although there was a fear of it looking the same as everything else that involves suits in menswear, we liked the concept and we stuck with it.
There's not much else to say other than we were incredibly happy with how the shoot came out, and the outcome of the layout. Other than that I'll let the images speak for themselves..





Creative Direction & Styling by Samantha Potter and Jazmin Rickards
Hair & Make-up by Harriet Murrin
Photography by Jeff Boudreau
Model Matt Busbridge