Clay busts in London

I carefully carried Clay heads commissioned by Semra to London on the early morning coach. I met up with Semra at the cafe opposite and we had a coffee and chat.

The heads are made of plasticine and put in a jam jar. Semra is pouting her lips in sculpture. I also made them a necklace each. I started making little heads at school as a secret obsession. This is the first time I taken it up again in over 40 years. 

I made them from photos as I had not met Garth before.

Pride without Prejudice time to catch

A poster by David Shenton of Pride without Prejudice show time to catch last few days of exhibition.

My work is on the right hand side and postcards are behind the desk. 

The Goob photos from Norwich Q&A

The Goob film was finally shown in Norwich after its World tour of Film festivals. I went along and saw the film and then sketched the Q&A 

Here I am with the sketch with Fergie who stars as Boo in the the film

Fergie with his adoring fans

Fergie chatting about the next film that he will be starring in

The other stars

 The end of the Q&A I caught up with Sean Harris afterwards as we had been in Brothers of the head about ten years before. Sean is now in big Hollywood blockbusters. 

Ghaphic Reporter

My new job as a Graphic reporter!! I was hired by Shelly Telly and part of her Action crew on a ABCD project in South Norfolk. About bringing communities together and having and figuring out how to support people with mental health.

I use felt tip pens and a really long roll of paper and draw what people are saying in image form. People in the meeting can draw to if they want and help colour in parts of the big picture. All good fun and I been asked to more Graphic reporting with another group so its trending. Get in touch if you would like me to help with your meetings.Here is a link to the website which has just been made about the project.

The Goob Sketches Cinema City

 

The Goob film set in Norfolk with total Norfolk actors with real Norfolk accents  was finally shown at Cinema City in Norwich after spending some time travelling around the world and winning awards at film festivals. The film was raw and realistic showing another side to the horrors of the supermarket industry. Supermarkets creates low prices for the consumer but no money for the growers and workers.  

The film was really well made showing some wonderful shots of Norfolk scenery as well as creating a swirling camera effects and well cast film.

In the sketch above the director Guy Myhill is answering questions about the film.  After the film was shown and the director, producer and actors were brought on stage for a Q and A with the audience. I drew each person when it was there turn with the microphone hence why they are all holding the microphone. Also capturing some of the cinema audience which was made up of friends of the film or people who worked on the film. 

 

I knew two of the Actors, Sean Harris who I was in the film the "Brothers of the Head"  in 2004 which was a film also set in Norfolk. I got on well with Sean Harris during the making of the film Brothers of the head. Also a brilliantly cast film. I am still friends with some of the cast today. Also I am very good friends with Boo also know as Fergie in real life or Martin Ferguson. Fergie has been a ceramic artist and then a plasterer and then a builder, now an actor. He has worked on several of my families homes. But he is also an amazing character and very unique with a great imagination. 

 The sketches are signed by everyone apart from the Goob and Fergie, whom I will catch up with soon to sign it. I will frame them and put them in my next exhibition at the Silver rooms New Community hall on Silver Road in Norwich.