tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65343615768385104152024-03-12T23:55:21.205+00:00The Eccentric UpcyclistThe art of Stevyn Colgan - Upcyclist, Trash-basher and Reimagineer. Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-28715683142401544712023-05-02T07:33:00.004+01:002023-05-02T07:33:55.854+01:00Closure AnnouncementThe effort involved in running two blogs has got a little too much for me so I'm closing this one down as of today. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://colganology2.blogspot.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtl852GkLlw1ErwcHmlmXBI-aOXYIhVjRGZ_ef1x0fVoyeb4QekmvDUqDv67Vi51fDPx8brCR0Zwd8OoiPAON34-ru6PFoN0MR0rhlvSBWESzvAp9a4KaljAv5p8qNy6iMlZAeliFK3TWaqcJsssqwXKUnWKOQnX9jzp-mJw87JUzOKxP0fbDbuwE/w640-h426/photo-1498811008858-d95a730b2ffc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>However, I will continue to post videos and blogposts about my eccentric recycled art on my main blog:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://colganology2.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">COLGANOLOGY 2</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>See you on 'the other side!'</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-17922386492160595892022-11-23T23:30:00.003+00:002022-11-23T23:30:18.946+00:00Studson Strikes Again<p>Back in the early days of this blog I featured Studson Studios (see <a href="https://eccentric-upcyclist.blogspot.com/2021/08/howls-moving-castle-by-studson-studios.html" target="_blank">here</a>) who 'trash bashed' a model of Howl's Walking Castle from the film of the same name.</p><p>This was the video.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="535" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FDQ-sDDqWvk" width="643" youtube-src-id="FDQ-sDDqWvk"></iframe></div><p>Well, now he's followed up with the flying version of the castle. Again, it's all made from household junk. And it's just as amazing. </p><p>Enjoy!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="541" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FIVfu8EfZck" width="651" youtube-src-id="FIVfu8EfZck"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>Studson's YouTube channel is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@StudsonStudio" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><p><br /></p>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-43487617667855307062022-10-15T07:49:00.000+01:002022-10-15T07:49:40.152+01:00Smiler is back!Smiler arrived home yesterday after his year long residency at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery as part of the <i>Grayson's Art Club</i> Series 2 Exhibition. He was the physical representative of my<i> Monster Zoo</i> project (<a href="https://colganology2.blogspot.com/2022/10/here-be-monsters.html" target="_blank">see here</a>). The curators kindly sent along his bespoke stand and the museum info plaque too.
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He came back in the same box he went off in and with the letter I put inside. The staff had added a small handwritten footnote that says, <i>'Thanks Stevyn - We conservation ladies at Bristol Museum loved looking after this happy monster. We will miss him.' </i><div><br /></div><div>Isn't that lovely?
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Nice to have him back where it all began.
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Even though my old blogs were all about promoting the work of other artists, I was technically using their images without permission and putting myself in the firing line.</p><p>In other news, I've been de-cluttering and have sold off some older pieces. And, in the process of tidying, I dropped my weird alien snail sculpture that I made last September (<a href="https://eccentric-upcyclist.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-doodle-that-became-monster.html" target="_blank">see here</a>)!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2bZT96wwpxcxazgtIB8837K0VrYBlxke_Mvu2rCO3ilrfsyo-K-LxqUTNNb0iDdBrZzufzhOZoO-ZuJIL48HbyrQMH3jqBPKm618aAm5M00HsxJ3N50MtmREhTzAeHtltOT3fw-27DANXADQJXSI81C64hAVYNS3mVpY1CNJOkUelk4KcNpUf-7Y/s4032/IMG_2891.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2bZT96wwpxcxazgtIB8837K0VrYBlxke_Mvu2rCO3ilrfsyo-K-LxqUTNNb0iDdBrZzufzhOZoO-ZuJIL48HbyrQMH3jqBPKm618aAm5M00HsxJ3N50MtmREhTzAeHtltOT3fw-27DANXADQJXSI81C64hAVYNS3mVpY1CNJOkUelk4KcNpUf-7Y/w480-h640/IMG_2891.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Being made of oven-baked polymer clay it shattered into many pieces. I could have repaired it but, frankly, the work involved wasn't worth it. The house, though - being mostly made from card and balsa, was completely undamaged. And remembering the excitement generated by the Monster Zoo project (<a href="https://eccentric-upcyclist.blogspot.com/2021/07/here-be-monsters.html" target="_blank">see here</a>) I decided to hide it in the same woods in which I'd hidden my first monsters.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfDV-8XvLNv2AnCjj8Ae-Hp51oKrI2PP6PJGdggH78ro3_wThruVHsyN7tB-JNv0P9gIAwR1Ha-kJllO2ZT8PA2096I0xiWqHVQYw9Wg93HEHGUwvt2Gilg7t-zoTCVngw3xAcJ-k4I5oh1ZL0k5PAPySTmezAoj_DwwWrCExBjwizvqcIQvKDWxU/s3088/2022-08-08%2020.21.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfDV-8XvLNv2AnCjj8Ae-Hp51oKrI2PP6PJGdggH78ro3_wThruVHsyN7tB-JNv0P9gIAwR1Ha-kJllO2ZT8PA2096I0xiWqHVQYw9Wg93HEHGUwvt2Gilg7t-zoTCVngw3xAcJ-k4I5oh1ZL0k5PAPySTmezAoj_DwwWrCExBjwizvqcIQvKDWxU/w480-h640/2022-08-08%2020.21.11.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15i_7HlIzvPp13Fna3cLZWjC1Pxlj8lpZI14C4WeSd_IA-BsWS-lvoh1HkBAEZLwQbbW14qdgJ3TQPolWx8wWcSQhzArLvD68Knnv1CHETKJgUhlgxdhMyXhLvHmVU8CKE2J_-hOdmYmmS1zxiCq4IYNA3gycFd19PsdeErYFt8diT2LUQfbEswTm/s4032/IMG_0385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15i_7HlIzvPp13Fna3cLZWjC1Pxlj8lpZI14C4WeSd_IA-BsWS-lvoh1HkBAEZLwQbbW14qdgJ3TQPolWx8wWcSQhzArLvD68Knnv1CHETKJgUhlgxdhMyXhLvHmVU8CKE2J_-hOdmYmmS1zxiCq4IYNA3gycFd19PsdeErYFt8diT2LUQfbEswTm/w480-h640/IMG_0385.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>It wasn't long before it was spotted by a few people. And then local photographer Chris Rowan took this lovely moody photo of it in situ.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4lNMvtmEbCcUN4PgwauB096mw2hadzdgix51IKj7U1HLDEL1rxwB2qqnTrFXpwCxdtaB6rIorD_XElgBC7gRnzsDk_7iE-eWe0EpsbCb57Xp6WVfLpIVkS8jdl1YegBMMiw3ASKFFIIrLgLPSrDOR_ZOc2qiJnqWWeYmKB9DAuDsnoIorDhNpzui/s2048/2022-08-31%2017.21.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4lNMvtmEbCcUN4PgwauB096mw2hadzdgix51IKj7U1HLDEL1rxwB2qqnTrFXpwCxdtaB6rIorD_XElgBC7gRnzsDk_7iE-eWe0EpsbCb57Xp6WVfLpIVkS8jdl1YegBMMiw3ASKFFIIrLgLPSrDOR_ZOc2qiJnqWWeYmKB9DAuDsnoIorDhNpzui/w640-h426/2022-08-31%2017.21.23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>And then, a week later, this splendid house appeared nearby.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrgsVC8kFCdAi-aMRDbx44gT20E7qH3KMECWuNUDvU4uUfFrPYuO5XIofrl4axIeWZ4BwGr6CNBq3Nu1nWWPgquGMwE3rsrrBir6HFAloh-vToU_UFzJr9DK3R910zL8xi7AKRBxQ_srwQ4OSxQYJ9UPGJQ2uaLWVxePmOABC9wk7xRrA3m9mD-bN/s4032/2022-09-15%2015.05.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrgsVC8kFCdAi-aMRDbx44gT20E7qH3KMECWuNUDvU4uUfFrPYuO5XIofrl4axIeWZ4BwGr6CNBq3Nu1nWWPgquGMwE3rsrrBir6HFAloh-vToU_UFzJr9DK3R910zL8xi7AKRBxQ_srwQ4OSxQYJ9UPGJQ2uaLWVxePmOABC9wk7xRrA3m9mD-bN/w480-h640/2022-09-15%2015.05.09.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>I wonder if any more will appear?</div><div><div><p><br /></p></div></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-20833059797868084532022-07-18T07:20:00.007+01:002022-07-20T07:03:25.221+01:00Art Master Live!The <i>Art Master Live!</i> show at the Elgiva Theatre in Chesham went exceptionally well!
Alex Horne was hilarious, team captains Fiona (<i>Smack the Pony, Eastenders</i>) Allen and Ninia (<i>Three Non Blondes, The Island</i>) Benjamin were great sports and the audience had a terrific evening. The show was a sell-out - so much so that there was a waiting list for hopeful cancellations. I was the on-stage scorer and Alex's assistant and I also officiated during the filmed tasks.
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But this is a blog about making stuff from junk so you won't be surprised to hear that I made quite a few props for the show, such as giant paint tubes (metallic card, craft foam, takeaway food pots). a giant eraser (flower blocks and card) and giant paint brushes (a broom, metallic card, cardboard tubes from inside carpets). Oh, and I made the trophy too (<a href="https://eccentric-upcyclist.blogspot.com/2022/06/artmaster-live.html" target="_blank">see here</a>). I reckon they looked okay!
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Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-3854977758170436702022-07-08T07:53:00.005+01:002022-07-08T07:53:23.947+01:00Modelling and .. er .. modelling<p>Another busy month!</p><p>Not much new to show you I'm afraid. It's all been pretty full on here at Colgan Towers.</p><p>Firstly, I got involved with an 'Alternative Fashion Show' to celebrate 50 years of punk. It was also to highlight the importance of recycling, re-using, repairing and upcycling. And the event was used to raise funds for the Wycombe Food Hub (as featured <a href="https://eccentric-upcyclist.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-mobile-phone-challenge.html" target="_blank">here</a>).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiZZ97EIcMa3TiG7srYfory7abmKSm2ffH6oibMIvbRVsGrO0ar6fb47ydrxi1r0G0bpOV9UGoTX82Lt345V22UYz6pjwkB0ijDKzbY2IwlvnGSFc0N1H1DJhWkISG3mlpncLsnzjzFuh6PiPz1pDLZOlslpFLU220k68GepEjOGWc56u469llnkY/s720/279915966_4797147320394070_1792881415462676677_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="513" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiZZ97EIcMa3TiG7srYfory7abmKSm2ffH6oibMIvbRVsGrO0ar6fb47ydrxi1r0G0bpOV9UGoTX82Lt345V22UYz6pjwkB0ijDKzbY2IwlvnGSFc0N1H1DJhWkISG3mlpncLsnzjzFuh6PiPz1pDLZOlslpFLU220k68GepEjOGWc56u469llnkY/w456-h640/279915966_4797147320394070_1792881415462676677_n.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><p>The event was tremendous fun and designer Juliet Hamilton - who previously made stage costumes for the likes of Cyndi Lauper and Human League, amongst many others - did some extraordinary things with thrown away or donated clothes. Local people volunteered as models and I made a few props and MC'd the evening. An extremely worthwhile event and an important message in difficult times.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJkclipbRraq1xBTwd_CI5ndT0SpLQplVXokJRmFOhalsHchJrxCKaqW6jR6Q8ZlbgshwQZHxGfIliWrCqGlKllt2jgk0e84rQ_miUDK-kMzFje6gPH3ORMzJtCuX0ExMqD2PBgiYj-Q_0EQjkjwgxagEZhXr3W2WmQGlveK5lZ5ux7mWZX-RvmCI/s1600/2022-05-07%2018.07.31-1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1066" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJkclipbRraq1xBTwd_CI5ndT0SpLQplVXokJRmFOhalsHchJrxCKaqW6jR6Q8ZlbgshwQZHxGfIliWrCqGlKllt2jgk0e84rQ_miUDK-kMzFje6gPH3ORMzJtCuX0ExMqD2PBgiYj-Q_0EQjkjwgxagEZhXr3W2WmQGlveK5lZ5ux7mWZX-RvmCI/s600/2022-05-07%2018.07.31-1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWxPC004EhgTW5wM731C35NlFwdgH2f4KP7j83nkQi57rEsQN6QEbtLa9SmKt5TBE_N7x6hkzLUsvyxa1osxV1QSQHiPlXhckc1MLICcQdIQdbZuyXr7kaFU4c1UbWiERmQQPuJKXfCI5v0XqOBwDJta_8hyLUJK0QBBkieHvlvTduBJMbpzhYGkb/s1286/2022-05-13%2016.05.32.jpg" style="display: block; 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I can't say I've got the hang of it yet but I did make myself a Wicker Man (as in the film) using the pen, some twigs and a bit of spray paint.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxqBM4U4P6SjaTwUQusx2THWM-skvTHXUDuvBb4pzzOAgXBxoHbo1XyOox_WsHRIO9CBy1jrRypcHO3dizmTw91JUl2RsHHA9MTZ767rrQ25Qixifg06K2jmxTuEUqkqFd4e_baac9TO9Q9zyQu4aMMmezSvuSLr_D6c9m12fqRE0s1pszT7w8CTn/s4032/A1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxqBM4U4P6SjaTwUQusx2THWM-skvTHXUDuvBb4pzzOAgXBxoHbo1XyOox_WsHRIO9CBy1jrRypcHO3dizmTw91JUl2RsHHA9MTZ767rrQ25Qixifg06K2jmxTuEUqkqFd4e_baac9TO9Q9zyQu4aMMmezSvuSLr_D6c9m12fqRE0s1pszT7w8CTn/s600/A1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhtsyZblR2RokvskdY8YrkrkYijChAAbYVUswDGLI4w7qSqbAonzn1yixZNDhZZkuaNLd_UmWBKbux3V_1heTrpmVA3ixzFpEO-UpJBOv_g6YU-8kQf8wmznILVP-c-YIcrLqgrtejr8ZGXwXPMRDIe-ddEBg7NdZHnVX_wESRAKJPyhRjI7qvQUE/s4032/A2.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhtsyZblR2RokvskdY8YrkrkYijChAAbYVUswDGLI4w7qSqbAonzn1yixZNDhZZkuaNLd_UmWBKbux3V_1heTrpmVA3ixzFpEO-UpJBOv_g6YU-8kQf8wmznILVP-c-YIcrLqgrtejr8ZGXwXPMRDIe-ddEBg7NdZHnVX_wESRAKJPyhRjI7qvQUE/s600/A2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAvv_VgNzkAR2A0Mna3SStrLGLT0AlNYxtB28jfhpgiEAm_POy54l2noj42Cu4MxBRM8JuTsXbKyMIEhkrDEJh1vpDxI4oPAfCsQvyHEgqw-rd48oeIihVSNoqiog8ALgaIvOp3Ipx7bj6cbd0UphxPLM9k607e9xmrbLzfKHWqg2-sJJwom5CftP/s4032/A4.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAvv_VgNzkAR2A0Mna3SStrLGLT0AlNYxtB28jfhpgiEAm_POy54l2noj42Cu4MxBRM8JuTsXbKyMIEhkrDEJh1vpDxI4oPAfCsQvyHEgqw-rd48oeIihVSNoqiog8ALgaIvOp3Ipx7bj6cbd0UphxPLM9k607e9xmrbLzfKHWqg2-sJJwom5CftP/s600/A4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZyoBUUKDLB8ZNTXsWJ-K4PPDSrLhjNYwHzXtKIvb3fUuNMefOYJmKIqNzMx2gXgSgRwSkjn1uuIeHw1lzIrYtwxZT5vAHWkXRRsgmcSMB14lCLIixaaCDtI4o6OW6k7lC6vnupqtBL6IdWGlHwIgsSkZBN2J3JlZyACFr-zWJ295_P9ywCbJJUf4/s4032/A6.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZyoBUUKDLB8ZNTXsWJ-K4PPDSrLhjNYwHzXtKIvb3fUuNMefOYJmKIqNzMx2gXgSgRwSkjn1uuIeHw1lzIrYtwxZT5vAHWkXRRsgmcSMB14lCLIixaaCDtI4o6OW6k7lC6vnupqtBL6IdWGlHwIgsSkZBN2J3JlZyACFr-zWJ295_P9ywCbJJUf4/s600/A6.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpBObG3JfEnyxGXfhTUuFM1epxJ60MscTHkB7FX2d5KC2SnfXcaKN95L-QcrP7GfCo04E-XtYGGSnrgsRaplGLcTuzQ1RzUgs5V3gln7NGpSQhikyU4rmMc9JXqO46j74eZ8VJuxs4xfWBF7-7wmKB7KD8kXjAi6hEg3m7LqmbFgYxh15ND6Ct6gh/s4032/2022-07-08%2007.28.24.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpBObG3JfEnyxGXfhTUuFM1epxJ60MscTHkB7FX2d5KC2SnfXcaKN95L-QcrP7GfCo04E-XtYGGSnrgsRaplGLcTuzQ1RzUgs5V3gln7NGpSQhikyU4rmMc9JXqO46j74eZ8VJuxs4xfWBF7-7wmKB7KD8kXjAi6hEg3m7LqmbFgYxh15ND6Ct6gh/s600/2022-07-08%2007.28.24.jpg" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>More eccentric upcycling news soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-90908269869745023912022-06-02T23:35:00.000+01:002023-01-24T09:36:18.383+00:00Art Master Live! is coming ...<p>Things have been a bit quiet on here recently as I've been busy working on an exciting live show project with film maker Emily Brown of Catnip Films.</p><p><i>ARTmaster LIVE!</i> is taking place on July 14th at the Elgiva Theatre in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. It's a sort of spin-off from Channel 4's popular and multi award-winning <i>Taskmaster</i>. And it's being hosted by Alex Horne - with some assistance from me. </p><p>However, it has a different format to the TV show and involves the audience taking part in various art challenges. Meanwhile, several celeb guests including Fiona Allen (<i>Smack the Pony</i>), Ben Rufus Green (<i>The Cockfields</i>), Ninia Graham (<i>Three Non-Blondes</i>) and drag artiste La Voix (<i>Britain's Got Talent</i>) have been filmed performing a series of very strange tasks. 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But I can show you the ARTmaster trophy that I made for the event. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='600' height='400' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwYNdj3pVqU0R3hE5Pulr2jYnUOJVpttjmreVxlQPp8DIUJ2AypMeyptIZY3thKkDJtDT4TZEH8CWAcBfNEFw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-59204461473046771182022-05-16T10:50:00.002+01:002022-05-16T10:50:38.617+01:00Great Upcyclists #8: Michelle ReaderThere are lots of brilliant sculptors out there using recycled waste materials to create art. One such is Nottinghamshire-based sculptor Michelle Reader. 'My sculptures draw attention to environmental issues in an aesthetic, humorous and non-confrontational way," she told the BBC. You can read the whole feature and see more of her wonderful work by clicking <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61410328?fbclid=IwAR1phynU2hj8RMmtucbmVt3BvJHWAhmZI2IG-C4cXC5SuV0lu5Um3rmn76Y" target="_blank">here</a>. Or visit her website <a href="https://www.michelle-reader.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a>.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGgHDVQp3TXPqd47iF5mVYOlUuc5ROGyYym-gBlzGOS0g2Y5JGhBcWzIa77h5FFFPVPdBciApvl7Fu6bPiJTSYW6levIkEcEApkiHqkmfPrur143jIMYuG0jilqWhK02IdomhPksIkBLkUsdLL-k_83-wfkg0S70BdJLOkWR4rb2zo_0k-3rEmv41/s1076/Screenshot%202022-05-16%20081907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1076" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGgHDVQp3TXPqd47iF5mVYOlUuc5ROGyYym-gBlzGOS0g2Y5JGhBcWzIa77h5FFFPVPdBciApvl7Fu6bPiJTSYW6levIkEcEApkiHqkmfPrur143jIMYuG0jilqWhK02IdomhPksIkBLkUsdLL-k_83-wfkg0S70BdJLOkWR4rb2zo_0k-3rEmv41/w640-h508/Screenshot%202022-05-16%20081907.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheauP-4ILTxsd8DaROwanAs-UGDJA5Scht2MJ1Zhf25INKjO8B_7fsKKoBi11PxYDMG2otv5s-PIMWc4oQRJkJusu3AxRbbIqCY9sKvpWiwOUoIdw2Yl2xLAjLwEQb9WeqGBfDY4uZGcbiGuFrqqPOKV2vtq4REnzSlclWzSGmF83Cb_jdCyGcxm1L/s976/_124691764_mediaitem124691761.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="976" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheauP-4ILTxsd8DaROwanAs-UGDJA5Scht2MJ1Zhf25INKjO8B_7fsKKoBi11PxYDMG2otv5s-PIMWc4oQRJkJusu3AxRbbIqCY9sKvpWiwOUoIdw2Yl2xLAjLwEQb9WeqGBfDY4uZGcbiGuFrqqPOKV2vtq4REnzSlclWzSGmF83Cb_jdCyGcxm1L/w640-h590/_124691764_mediaitem124691761.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-6440409565101902672022-04-30T09:09:00.001+01:002022-05-01T09:10:31.692+01:00Art is a dish best served raw<i>'Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable'</i> - Banksy. <div><br /></div><div>As I wrote in a blogpost earlier this month, I am a massive fan of what some might call 'primitive art' or <i>Art Brut.</i> This includes <a href="https://eccentric-upcyclist.blogspot.com/2022/04/come-outside.html" target="_blank">Outsider Art</a> and Folk Art. There's something very fresh and exciting about art that comes direct from the imagination and isn't influenced by the tastes and mores and trends of the art world. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, for this last post of April I thought I'd share a few video links to artists I'm particularly fond of.
We'll start with Shinichi Sawada, a self-taught Outsider Artist who produces extraordinary ceramic pieces. As a child, he attended a school for children with special educational needs where he was diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum. From the age of 18, he began to attend a local social welfare facility – an institution for people with learning disabilities called Nakayoshi Fukushikai, in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. This is what he produces.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B8ZPvc-jbG4" width="800" youtube-src-id="B8ZPvc-jbG4"></iframe></div><br /><div>Sawada has a set routine. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays he works with others at a bakery, making bread and then selling and delivering the produce locally. Sometimes, he also helps out packing small electrical items. In the afternoons, he is driven over to a pottery studio in the mountains with Akio Kontani, another sculptor, and Iketani, the retired facilitator who has worked with Sawada since he first started going to the institution. Sawada works quickly and in silence and takes four or five days to complete one of his ceramic creatures. Each is built around a cylindrical base that is hollow in the centre. Most have faces on more than one side, and some have several faces stacked on top of one another giving the creations a totem pole look. All the pieces are covered in little spikes. These attachments have evolved over time, becoming denser and more rounded. Sawada often applies them in straight, orderly lines across the surface of the clay. </div><div><br /></div><div>His work - and the work of other outsider artists - is represented in the UK by the <a href="https://www.jenniferlaurengallery.com/shinichi-sawada" target="_blank">Jennifer Lauren Gallery</a> in Manchester.
Sawada also features in an episode of Alan Yentob's excellent <i>Imagine</i> series called 'Turning the Art World Inside Out', which you can watch on Vimeo <a href="https://vimeo.com/80584885" target="_blank">here</a>. It's a fascinating 60 minute look at the world of Outsider Art, worth watching and very uplifting.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now we'll look at the work of the late Sulton Rogers (1922–2003).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hUMyeI95tBw" width="800" youtube-src-id="hUMyeI95tBw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">'Folk Art' covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture and using traditional skills. It's where you find intricately carved wooden bowls and love spoons, embroidered samplers, corn dollies, carved figurines, and much pottery and ceramics. Some items have a practical utility rather than being exclusively decorative. Folk arts are rooted in and reflective of the life, folklore and cultural heritage of a community. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sulton (often mispelled as 'Sultan') Rogers was a Mississippi folk artist who spent most of his life in Syracuse, New York working at a chemical plant. He took up woodcarving as a way of staying awake during long night shifts. Rogers claimed that his art was a reflection of his dreams, or what he called 'futures'. He moved back to Oxford, Mississippi in 1995 and lived there until he died. </div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He is known for what he called his <i>haints</i> - curious carved and painted wooden figurines.
Rogers' haints are primarily carved humans with oversized or multiple features. He would also carve animals but, more commonly, humans that have animal heads or body parts. He would also carve multiple related carvings known as <i>haint houses</i>. These pieces sometimes included dollhouses that would be filled with his figures. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He also made a lot of figures in coffins, which friends found slightly disturbing. 'I got a couple of friends that come to the house, they don’t go to the cellar ‘cuz I usually have coffins sitting around there,' he told the Artists' Alliance in 1991. 'You know the fellow I rent from, he don’t go down there. He says if anything would break, you fix it because I ain’t going down there. Then if he does come, he says if you gonna make things then cover them up so I can’t see ‘em, put a sheet or something on ‘em. One night he come to the door and I was trying to put a wig on those dead people in the coffin. He told me I was an idiot for doing stuff like that.' </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECr8EIVtOovNR3wR4eWUnq-YHsqdyfCLgu1_QhmJ2EDyvYPW4uFf23DtIZPEXFbZvqunRxH2o2c1tw6z7VKMu8gy5fCt8ab_hVkjW4POvP461toar_7HhNJq_lfOtJyPcBMAFcixTLg0fvMHVgMDSxCK6LdtrPGy20z54L0459ZpW3BHsvrp8s8Yi/s1802/2017.14.02.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1802" data-original-width="1200" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECr8EIVtOovNR3wR4eWUnq-YHsqdyfCLgu1_QhmJ2EDyvYPW4uFf23DtIZPEXFbZvqunRxH2o2c1tw6z7VKMu8gy5fCt8ab_hVkjW4POvP461toar_7HhNJq_lfOtJyPcBMAFcixTLg0fvMHVgMDSxCK6LdtrPGy20z54L0459ZpW3BHsvrp8s8Yi/s600/2017.14.02.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN50tQeGGSXrnnI5pE_s7hpN6x0T2PQ910byGeIB5VuyII0EJDwFTPjm6HzZBMxJuDngyXHSwbCC4vNYmNn-ohXaGxxZNqUK13ilM7-3VSwB0ikOlbl9gCoCrvyngFOVSYsB2ccZMB_PGrRjh0bXW_pvO22wsCd7sjBF7CQXFSjMTpZWsoiTgeMvSr/s1000/H0137-L261283466.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN50tQeGGSXrnnI5pE_s7hpN6x0T2PQ910byGeIB5VuyII0EJDwFTPjm6HzZBMxJuDngyXHSwbCC4vNYmNn-ohXaGxxZNqUK13ilM7-3VSwB0ikOlbl9gCoCrvyngFOVSYsB2ccZMB_PGrRjh0bXW_pvO22wsCd7sjBF7CQXFSjMTpZWsoiTgeMvSr/s600/H0137-L261283466.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBZlZXMxBukDqhAbYSHnhZg75vBhh8l6sUECdE5ExPzxCK_lWzu6O8kTHQBSMQ1-swtffE0nj8j0iP2q9sSUnicMLHqCZG6qtVNU1T4E4HKNxA2ie_HNu9vLr9FjD7Z79v_D2-QKGzlNSEtpf0OTmly8HvMmFn1_f7LD2pN6bYJH1IAuCdx0xi-_U/s1080/sulton-rogers-big-headed-haint-wood_1_c9515240206cc64860214bfc28573125.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBZlZXMxBukDqhAbYSHnhZg75vBhh8l6sUECdE5ExPzxCK_lWzu6O8kTHQBSMQ1-swtffE0nj8j0iP2q9sSUnicMLHqCZG6qtVNU1T4E4HKNxA2ie_HNu9vLr9FjD7Z79v_D2-QKGzlNSEtpf0OTmly8HvMmFn1_f7LD2pN6bYJH1IAuCdx0xi-_U/s600/sulton-rogers-big-headed-haint-wood_1_c9515240206cc64860214bfc28573125.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT72I5QtMz-KVP2VDlnUWPnrCYKac7hqENNSkNtIe-8sXr2Vki0CBeqXma8qa-fFQmwkZCSjt80af2gDnyp0rt9o_Ydh6G2k_VCJ2MxkIX1Wq9Ie3fapu6MR9AcyxvZt1u2jvXUsVOLQe5Ar2eCKAPL1HMQaadAzj2EK_hghz1Jq1Lnin9yPUl_ZDE/s1280/tumblr_n6ng8shiDS1tdulomo1_1280.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT72I5QtMz-KVP2VDlnUWPnrCYKac7hqENNSkNtIe-8sXr2Vki0CBeqXma8qa-fFQmwkZCSjt80af2gDnyp0rt9o_Ydh6G2k_VCJ2MxkIX1Wq9Ie3fapu6MR9AcyxvZt1u2jvXUsVOLQe5Ar2eCKAPL1HMQaadAzj2EK_hghz1Jq1Lnin9yPUl_ZDE/s600/tumblr_n6ng8shiDS1tdulomo1_1280.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaJhG2MpBnRHBdmJC0JSzKS57oOOhw2QUrl90NuF1rTMvHQ8ho9uZChuvnR8eJ8rNwIbg_6PZJhSs0ExNXd_7CrfQNNxL1vWrtfh65G4P5hFqi3J624dYZ54omRA11LthY3SIDBtoQSVR0x25tM_eXjEw-9b3U5LcuAu_R41VRBHbF8OYOppOwWpB/s2095/66_1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2095" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaJhG2MpBnRHBdmJC0JSzKS57oOOhw2QUrl90NuF1rTMvHQ8ho9uZChuvnR8eJ8rNwIbg_6PZJhSs0ExNXd_7CrfQNNxL1vWrtfh65G4P5hFqi3J624dYZ54omRA11LthY3SIDBtoQSVR0x25tM_eXjEw-9b3U5LcuAu_R41VRBHbF8OYOppOwWpB/s600/66_1.jpg" width="600" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His haints are now part of permanent collections at the University of Mississippi Museum of Art, the African American Museum, and the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum. His carvings have also appeared in the Dallas Museum of Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, and the American Visionary Art Museum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's wonderful stuff isn't it? And all made from recycled materials.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-11237837464544462592022-04-24T09:05:00.006+01:002022-04-24T09:11:25.872+01:00Six Artists talking about 'The Poetry of Discarded Materials'A nice little video.<div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="498" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HSwCP4xE5PI" width="600" youtube-src-id="HSwCP4xE5PI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
</div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-53319597710858455812022-04-11T09:07:00.002+01:002022-04-11T10:15:06.964+01:00Great Upcyclers #7: Jaako TornbergI'm always wary of posting photos that I don't own because there is a new breed of ambulance-chasing legal parasite out there. They earn their living by hunting down illustrations on blogs and websites and threatening the owners with legal action if they don't cough up for misusing/ pirating/ displaying an image without proven permission. It's happened to a couple of my friends and they were stung for a lot of money - even though they were promoting the work of the person who owned the photo and in no way profiting from doing so. Madness.<div><br /></div><div>It's why I tend to stick with links to Youtube videos as they are in the public domain.
In that spirit, if I can't find a video, I will use a screengrab of the person's website for the same reason.
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Jaakko Tornberg is a sculptor from Helsinki, Finland. He's also a teacher at Aalto University School of Art and Design and runs junk art workshops. </div><div><br /></div><div>I really like his work. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some images from his <a href="https://kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/taiteilija/tornberg-jaakko" target="_blank">art register</a> page.
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His website is <a href="http://www.jaakkotornberg.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-16432660087288970832022-04-04T07:53:00.001+01:002022-04-04T07:56:09.336+01:00Great Upcyclers #6: Leo Sewell<i>'People want their objects to live again. That's why I'm here.'</i><div><br /></div><div>Leo Sewell grew up near a rubbish dump in Philadelphia and has played with junk for fifty years, developing his own assemblage technique. His work - everything from a life-sized cat to a 40 foot long installation - is collected by corporations, museums and individuals throughout the world. <div><br /></div><div>Here's a short video featuring some of his work. I was particularly interested in what he has to say about classification. </div><div><br /></div><div>Is his work Dada? Is it Folk Art? Is it Assemblage? Is it Outsider Art? </div><div><br /></div><div>Frankly, he doesn't care. The important thing is that he's making art intuitively and because he feels driven to do so.<div><br />
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His sculptures are composed of recognisable objects made of plastic, metal and wood chosen for their colour, shape, texture, durability and patina. They are assembled using nails, bolts, and screws. The outdoor sculptures are constructed of stainless steel, brass, or aluminum found objects which are welded together. </div><div><br /></div><div>Although he went to art college he didn't specialise in sculpture. </div><div><br /></div><div>'I took one lesson,' he says. 'But I can also play tennis and I've never had a tennis lesson in my life.' </div><div><br /></div><div>His website is <a href="https://www.leosewell.net/index.php" target="_blank">here</a>.
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</div></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-90518313696268769112022-02-19T23:44:00.005+00:002022-03-01T23:36:55.897+00:00Great Upcyclers #4: Johnson ZuzuArtist Johnson Zuze is an absolute genius when it comes to upcycling junk into art.<div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xaQatMkwXxc" width="800" youtube-src-id="xaQatMkwXxc"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>
Zuze is one of the most decorated emerging talents in Zimbabwe. He has won a number of awards including <i>Waste No Waste</i> at The Italian Embassy in 2015, Young artist prize Heritage Exhibition National gallery in 2014, the first prize in Sculpture at <i>No Limits</i>, First Floor Gallery Harare in 2013.
Zuze has also enjoyed three nominations for the National Art Merit Award. Selected exhibitions include the United Nations World Tourism Conference, Zimbabwe Olympic Committee's <i>Friendship Through Sport</i>, and his epic solo show <i>Gutter Rainbows</i>. </div><div><br /></div><div>He collects from dumps in his hometown of Chitungwiza, about 30 km south of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. He is fighting hard to raise awareness about protecting the environment - not by words but through visual artistic expressions.
'What I do is I collect items of urban junk either from street corners or landfills and I give them new existence beyond their primary use into a poetic justice dimension,' Zuze explains. </div><div><br /></div><div>His latest piece titled <i>Save and Protect</i>, is an art installation resembling a full-size elephant completely made out of recycled materials.
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The whole structure, which took him more than five months to complete, was erected without any welding but with hand fastened wires only. The only tool involved was an angle grinder. </div><div><br /></div><div>The sculpture is made partly of snare wire used by poachers and other recycled materials such as glass and ceramic items. It highlights two pressing issues - recycling and the protection of wildlife. </div><div><br /></div><div>Zuzu's interest in recycling was sparked after the burning down of his family house in 2009 and he went through the remains to express himself. He collected metal items such as spoons and wire and created a work called <i>Beautiful Struggle</i>. He said the work was meant to portray the image that hope can still be found even in unimaginable situations.</div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/goyw4K6ATO4" width="800" youtube-src-id="goyw4K6ATO4"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-78176022482719719492022-02-08T23:05:00.005+00:002022-02-08T23:08:32.466+00:00Big Ork by Scratch Bashing<p>This is an extraordinary piece of trash bashing i.e. making a cohesive structure/sculpture using only trash.</p><p>The anonymous 'Scratch' is very good at this stuff and, while I don't play war games, I can appreciate the skill on display. There's real problem solving happening here. To be able to look at a pile of throwaway plastics of all different shapes, sizes and colours and to put them all together like this takes real talent (see also Studson Studio's epic trash build of <a href="https://eccentric-upcyclist.blogspot.com/2021/08/howls-moving-castle-by-studson-studios.html" target="_blank">Howl's Moving Castle</a>).</p><p>Fascinating to watch and to learn from.</p><p>Enjoy.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lMJxyTaF6E0" width="800" youtube-src-id="lMJxyTaF6E0"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-67251439999100717862022-01-12T07:36:00.028+00:002022-02-26T07:46:02.826+00:00Painting Techniques #2 - RustWe return again to the experts at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8PPpb-2kFmb5zgqL7EmAmw" target="_blank">Laser Creation World</a> and to the excellent <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeZXHh52SuCYjnDtHgl9sA" target="_blank">Marklin of Sweden</a> for today' lessons on how to create rust textures using painting techniques. <div><br /></div><div>Enjoy!<div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MkeYt2wlKno" width="800" youtube-src-id="MkeYt2wlKno"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8wY1xhHy_1s" width="800" youtube-src-id="8wY1xhHy_1s"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-54918741129056413922021-12-28T23:21:00.052+00:002022-03-01T23:35:59.687+00:00Great Upcyclers #3: Stephanie KilgastStephanie produces beautiful, unique artworks combining <i>objets trouvés</i> (found items), household trash and air-drying clay. As she says in her artist's statement: <div><br /></div><div>'My work is an ode to life. Humans are a part of nature, which we often like to forget, creating an artificial barrier of tar between us and the mud. Unfortunately, by destroying our environment so radically, we are destroying ourselves. It is up to us to find an equilibrium between our activities, and our desire to thrive intellectually and culturally, without completely eradicating our very home. With my choice of bold and vibrant colours, I offer a cheerful post-apocalyptic world. While I talk about a heavy subject, the disastrous impact of human activities, I also wish that people leave my work with a feeling of happiness and hope, and keep fighting.
In the end, through my work, I would like to provoke wonder of the living while questioning the status quo of our current societies.' </div><div><br /></div><div>Here is some of her beautiful work:<div>
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Her website is <a href="https://www.stephaniekilgast.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Her Youtube channel is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/PetitplatFr/videos" target="_blank">here</a>.
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I was doing a photographer friend a favour by posing as Father Christmas for some shoots at the time!)<div><br /></div><div>Originally I was set to send four monsters to the exhibition. However, the organisers chose to use just one as part of a kind of 'treasure trail' that weaves through the museum, which is nice as I'm included among some VERY big names. But, more importantly, they also suggested setting up a rolling slide show of ALL the monsters built for the zoo too. So now every single child who contributed is represented there.<div><br /></div><div>I think that's fantastic.<br />
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And then there's the art itself - diverse, creative, brilliant. Enjoy!
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And they announced this evening that Art Club is back in March for a third series.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Great news!<br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-18562041485741419072021-12-03T07:24:00.037+00:002022-02-26T07:46:39.136+00:00Painting techniques #1 - Grime <p>Here's an absolute masterclass in miniature painting techniques by the team at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8PPpb-2kFmb5zgqL7EmAmw" target="_blank">Laser Creation World</a>. They take a standard VW camper model kit and turn it into an epic post-apocalyptic shelter through extraordinary detailing and use of paint. </p><p>Watching these kinds of videos is how I've learned the techniques I use on my models. Learn from the best!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4t9XVKKEAhg" width="800" youtube-src-id="4t9XVKKEAhg"></iframe></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-61075383268714605362021-11-27T08:05:00.239+00:002022-03-03T10:45:27.281+00:00KitbashingThere are a lot of different terms to get to grips with when you enter the world of modelling - scratchbuilding, upcycling, zenithal highlighting, drybrushing, trashbashing, <i>objets trouvé, </i>greeblies<i> </i>etc. On this blog we'll be looking at all of these terms and more. <div><br /></div><div>We've already seen some great examples of upcycling by <a href="https://eccentric-upcyclist.blogspot.com/2021/10/great-upcyclers-1-ptolemy-elrington.html" target="_blank">Ptolemy Elrington</a> and <a href="https://eccentric-upcyclist.blogspot.com/2021/11/great-upcyclers-2-david-kemp.html" target="_blank">David Kemp</a>. I will also mention Jessica Harrison who finds charity/thrift shop sculptures and turns them into <a href="https://jessicaharrison.studio/work/broken-ladies" target="_blank">horror figures</a> or <a href="https://jessicaharrison.studio/work/painted-ladies" target="_blank">adds tattoos</a>. And then there's the late <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057153293001" target="_blank">Click Mort</a> (Christopher Robert Doran) who became famous for his 'recapitated' charity shop figures, created by swapping heads and limbs. </div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5QzF2pZCC8A" width="800" youtube-src-id="5QzF2pZCC8A"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>We've also explored trashbashing - making sculptures purely from garbage - with work by <a href="https://eccentric-upcyclist.blogspot.com/2021/08/howls-moving-castle-by-studson-studios.html" target="_blank">Studson Studios</a> and <a href="https://eccentric-upcyclist.blogspot.com/2022/02/big-ork-by-scratch-bashing.html" target="_blank">Scratch Bashing</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Incidentally, scratchbashing is a portmanteau word that describes the combination of two techniques: <i>scratchbuilding</i> - making something (usually something familiar like a lightsabre or famous spaceship) completely from scratch; and <i>trashbashing</i> which means making things entirely from garbage. Scratchbashing may involve using parts of existing toys, making new pieces from wood, plastic, metal or even 3D printing, as well as utilising throwaway rubbish. </div><div><br /></div><div>But today we're looking at <i>kitbashing</i> - using model kits in ways not originally intended. It goes beyond modification - such as the zombie apocalypse scenarios of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI_RSFsk8m0&ab_channel=LaserCreation-World" target="_blank">Laser Creation World</a>. It's much more than that. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a great example - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDCx2SP6thl7r42CkTdblLA" target="_blank">Pete the Wargamer's</a> beautifully-made Necrofex Colossus from the <i>Total War: Warhammer</i> computer game. It uses parts from model kits such as a shipwreck and a trebuchet to create something very different from either:</div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BuUj5ydmcvE" width="800" youtube-src-id="BuUj5ydmcvE"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>
And here's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SciFiCrafts" target="_blank">SciFi Crafts</a> kitbashing a standard F18 fighter jet kit into a spaceship:</div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5APqjmnZEEA" width="800" youtube-src-id="5APqjmnZEEA"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>
Just to complicate matters, some sculptures may involve elements of kitbashing, trashbashing and scratch building ... </div><div><br /></div><div>But, at the end of the day it's the final piece that matters, not the methods used.
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Yes, that is quite clearly a lemon juicer/squeezer on the wall.
<div><br /></div><div>But, bearing in mind that this was the Sixties, when the height of exotic foodstuffs was a Vesta dried curry in a box, how many viewers would have recognised it? And it does look like a huge extractor fan, which is, presumably, what it's meant to be as such a thing would be essential to clear the fumes after a launch. The use of greeblies like this marked the point when model makers began to shift away from the smooth and pointy rocket ships of the 1950s towards a more realistic style that emulates what real spaceships - like the Apollo command and lunar modules - look like. </div><div><br /></div><div>All of which brings us to another important point about greeblies - they aren't just random. The goal is to carefully choose and place pieces that imply some sort of function. </div><div><br /></div><div>'A lot of people really underestimate how much attention is paid when doing this,' explains Fon Davis, a retired model maker who worked on hundreds of films for the special effects company ILM (Industrial Light and Magic). 'It’s not a random collection of pieces – you’re actually trying to connect hoses to boxes to fans to vents to things that look like they’re serving a purpose. The other part of it is to make it look aesthetically pleasing, so one of the biggest mistakes you’ll see on relatively a low-budget movie made by people who are not professional model makers is, you can spot that they don’t put that thought into it.'</div><div><br /></div><div>Incredibly, modern CGI artists still use greeblies - they've just scanned them from the model kits.</div><div><br /></div><div>So there you have it. Greeblies, greebles, nurnies - call them what you will. But you can't ignore them. </div><div><br /></div><div>And here's Adam Savage to tell you all about greeblies and, in particular, the fabled 'universal greebly'. Enjoy.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dncRHH9f6MI" width="800" youtube-src-id="dncRHH9f6MI"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="600" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0dn0d4WQ9wY" width="800" youtube-src-id="0dn0d4WQ9wY"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Other source material <a href="https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/greebles-how-tiny-details-make-a-huge-star-wars-universe/" target="_blank">here</a> at Den of Geek.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-31011269585928322392021-11-02T15:02:00.047+00:002022-02-25T11:44:42.263+00:00Great Upcyclers #2: David KempI first became aware of Cornish artist David Kemp's work when visiting Hay's Galleria at London Bridge and seeing <i>The Navigators</i>. I took these photos at the time (you can see more, plus David's original sketches and designs <a href="https://www.davidkemp.uk.com/the-navigatorslondon-bridge/?wgu=276915_16644_15917022849815_f66c17838f&wgexpiry=1599478284&source=webgains&siteid=16644" target="_blank">here</a>).
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A short while later, and by complete coincidence, I saw some more of his work at the Eden Project in Cornwall. My brother, artist and photographer Si Colgan, showed them to me (along with some work he'd done there). <div><br /></div><div>'Actually I know David,' said Si. 'He has a studio on the cliff tops at Botallack and I'm planning to visit him soon to take some photos.' </div><div><br /></div><div>Before we see those photos, let me show you the kind of work that David has become quite rightly celebrated for. This is <i>Old King Coal</i> on the Sustrans railway path at Pelton Fell in County Durham.
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The sculpture was built with the help of local volunteers and redundant miners and steelworkers and was completed the same day as the last colliery closed in County Durham. The materials used included a giant ventilation fan, miners' shovels and bricks from demolished steelworks. </div><div><br /></div><div>David was also commissioned by John Grimshaw, director and chief engineer of Sustrans, to build a series of milestone and landmark sculptures, using discarded materials found on nearby post-industrial sites. Among the other pieces David completed were a series of Easter Island-style giant heads made from old defunct electrical transformers and other scrap.
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Another of his works is <i>The Ancient Forester</i> that stands in Grizedale Forest in Cumbria. he's made solely from wood found in the surrounding area. Well, apart from that massive axe head.
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A personal favourite of mine is one of his smaller works. The Hounds of Geevor were made from redundant miners' boots from the last Cornish tin and copper mines to shut down. Several of them were cast in bronze and now stand as a monument in Redruth town centre, the capital of the old Cornish mining industry. They mark the demise of the industry.
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But now, as promised, a peek inside David's studio, courtesy of my brother.
David's studio is inside a cluster of old mine buildings on the northern coastal road between Penzance and St Ives. The cliffs here are peppered with the remains of long-dead mines and offer fantastic views out onto the turbulent ocean. Much of the <i>Poldark </i>TV series was filmed around there.
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It's delicious chaos inside the studio with curious machines and strange pseudo-tribal masks everywhere you look.
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'I make things out of things, big things, little things, old things and new things.' he explains on his website. 'I like to recycle things, and find new uses for things that have been thrown away. Some things say something about their surroundings, and other things become something else.'
David is the absolute champion of this form of art and I could look at it all day. I do have a nice little book of his work that's worth getting hold of if you like it.
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David's work is important because he memorialises dead industries and the lives of those who worked in them. The fact that he uses, as his raw materials, the very items that those people touched and worked with every day adds an extra layer of poignancy. He's a very gifted and important artist whose name should be better known.
I'll leave you now with a few more examples of his work.
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His website is <a href="https://www.davidkemp.uk.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.
</div><div><br /></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534361576838510415.post-41182282350684902822021-10-27T23:23:00.075+01:002022-03-05T23:47:20.780+00:00Upcycling Heaven in CornwallI was visiting my native Cornwall in 2011 and, while on a walk between Helston and Porthleven via Penrose Walks and Loe Bar, I found a wonderland of junk! <b>Wreckers Studio<i></i></b> is in Porthleven and is, I suspect, actually someone's back garden rather than a reclaim yard. But just look at how some of the junk has been arranged to make faces and other forms. 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It was, sadly, closed that day. All I know about it is that it's run by Steve and Paul Williams. <div><br /></div><div>It reminded me of one of my favourite places to visit, now sadly closed down. It was near Penzance, between Long Rock and Marazion, and was called <b>Shiver Me Timbers</b>. The place consisted of acres of tumbledown shacks and sheds overflowing with marvelous junk. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was a thing of beauty.
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padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="768" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI095gt-tjpTnRYrGDe1wNTxKUZ5F6EdYMZx_WqcsjDYCcd59d8Ogkot-gpP3OIYrWwknZTesXkjgNSHql8NfRWh48Gpl8qccqLiylMfDIRBNTBEDHRb52maCiPyQUx8nKm5S40jg15xglWsBh26Mz8xXMPqsqG2DtU1rssGBNe_QiuW1Bz6o6wy_I=s600" /></a></div>I've bought a few things from there over the years, including a pair of Spanish trawler fishing floats which the owner told me had been 'cut off one of their bastard poaching nets'. That was the sort of tall story that Terry 'Trader Gray' used to tell all the time. I met him many times and there was a story attached to every item. He built the place up into what he called his 'museum of oddities and wonder'. </div><div><br /></div><div>When he died in 2009, his son Joe took over the business. However, in 2011 the landowner decided to sell the site to a property developer and Joe shifted what he could some three miles down the road to Crowlas and the Truthwall Industrial Estate where it now operates from. </div><div><br /></div><div>It has a <a href="http://www.shivermetimberscornwall.co.uk/" target="_blank">website</a> and a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shivermetimberscornwall/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> and is still doing good business thanks to the current vogue for upcycling old furniture. But it is a shadow of its former chaotic and magical self.</div><div><br /></div><div>For more brilliant pictures of the old site in its heyday do visit John Stumbles' excellent <a href="https://stumbles.org.uk/Shiver_Me_Timbers/" target="_blank">webpage</a> about the place.
</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Stevyn Colganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06152745065245344159noreply@blogger.com0