My Obsession With Victorian Ornamentation
I am currently in the midsts of a very exciting project. Unfortunately, I don't know how freely I am able to talk about the project...but hell, when am I ever? The project will be taking me a good chunk of the summer, which is a definite plus considering my quickly growing stress about the "slow season". And to be totally honest, I can't think of more of a dream job for me. Basically I get to spend all day drawing ridiculously detailed furniture, clothing, wallpaper, hairstyles, etc....it's like I was meant for the job. Not to mention the fact that I get to draw silly mustaches! Here are some rough line work drawings of what I am working on. Chances are, I don't have to be putting as much detail into everything that I am...but I can't really hold back at this point:
The show on Friday was....well, it was good. But odd, and confusing, and depressing, and amazing, and terrifying. I met a lot of nice people, and a few REALLY nice people (one in particular). A lot of nice things were said about my work, and I ended up getting entirely too intoxicated for my own good by the end of it. Though, none of this has changed my ideas about having work in galleries....it still seems like a whole lot of bullshit and competitiveness, neither of which I am too fond of when it comes to just doing my work.
Tonight a few of us are going to see John Twells play. Normally I would be all for this...but considering that it's at a douche bag bar, on fucking St. Patrick's day....I can't really say I am looking forward to it. Lord have mercy on us.
Sometimes I wonder when I write things like "Lord have mercy on us", do people on here actually take me seriously? It was brought to my attention a long time ago, that people take a lot of ridiculous things I say on here seriously.
It looks like in the near future I will be having a steady stream of work to post on this blog. Imagine that.
The show on Friday was....well, it was good. But odd, and confusing, and depressing, and amazing, and terrifying. I met a lot of nice people, and a few REALLY nice people (one in particular). A lot of nice things were said about my work, and I ended up getting entirely too intoxicated for my own good by the end of it. Though, none of this has changed my ideas about having work in galleries....it still seems like a whole lot of bullshit and competitiveness, neither of which I am too fond of when it comes to just doing my work.
Tonight a few of us are going to see John Twells play. Normally I would be all for this...but considering that it's at a douche bag bar, on fucking St. Patrick's day....I can't really say I am looking forward to it. Lord have mercy on us.
Sometimes I wonder when I write things like "Lord have mercy on us", do people on here actually take me seriously? It was brought to my attention a long time ago, that people take a lot of ridiculous things I say on here seriously.
It looks like in the near future I will be having a steady stream of work to post on this blog. Imagine that.
posted by matthew at 4:20 PM
6 Comments:
details details details! amazing! can't wait to see more!
Since I've limited funds and live in a highrise where I'm not readily willing to wallpaper, I've been studying Victorian wallpaper and plan to make my own version of the pattern. (See "OK GO!" CD cover). The only problem is I know I'm going to try to cut the design out of craft paper and tape it up, wich will take months to complete.
I wish I remembered the artist, because this is probably something you'd enjoy. One of the decedents of a long line of skilled decoy-carvers, embittered by his father's rejection, made a mock living room tribute to a trophy hunter's living room. It was suppose to exemplify overt masculinity, and included deer heads with latex bondage masks, many beautifully carved decapitated swans, ect, and of course it was wall papered in an elaborate Victorian design which upon further inspection was full of phallic symbols.
This whole entry is annoyingly phrased. But I do wish I remembered who that artist was.
I really like your silly mustache.
the peacock pattern is breathtaking!
if that was purcuasable as wallpaper, i'd buy it in a second! beautiful work all over!
love it. very inspiring.
oh my god! how is this project going?
These are wonderful. I'm struggling to perfect my ornamentation lately myself.
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