WUNDERBAR!

Here is my entry in Ellie's book. Her theme is "Inspiration taken from the written word".

I was reading the newspaper when I saw an advert for a washing machine that really took my interest... The advert had the word "wunderbar" (german for "wonderful") in big bold red text, so I cut it out and thought about it for a while. The word kind of reminded me of Martin Kippenberger's work especially the big painting with "Sehr Gut" emblazoned across it.

I had made a sculpture out of Artstraws at school that I thought was definitely wunderbar and I decided to add a painting of it to my composition as it was quite reminiscent of some of the lines that Kippenberger used. Then I remembered that when I visited MACBA last summer that I has seen some of his drawings on hotel notepaper ... luckily, I had liberated a notepad from a hotel in Nice last Novemeber when I was there for the ECIS conference (ECIS conference = also wunderbar). So I added that to my composition.

Nicolina's entry into Jo's Black and Gold Book

I used a collage technique for this entry as I was at home with no gold paints, pens, or even crayons. I had to be quite creative with some old magazines and was delighted to come across an image from the movie 'Goldfinger'. I thought this fitted perfectly with the theme. The use of the oil barrels is a reference to the black gold in this city - Aberdeen - the oil capital of Europe. I am just not so sure if I am proud of this title for this city. 

I would love to see some other entries from our group. Where are all the beautiful sketchbooks entries????Anyone???

Black and Gold entry - James Bond lady balance act

Jo's book reads backwards

Jo's "Black & Gold" themed book

Hi ECISketchers Group1! This year I decided on the theme of "Black & Gold" for my book, so interpret that as you see fit. The idea for my theme and the subsequent entry was inspired by a postcard of a piece of Egyptian art. The book has black concertinaed pages and is covered in gold sign-writing vinyl. I love mark-making and layering so I messed around with various black and gold materials that had different textures and surfaces.