Purple Workshops – London Graphic Centre

New!

A few weeks ago I have started to collaborate with the UK reseller of the MT masking tape, the official brand of the colorful washi tape that I use a lot for my personal collage projects. I am running some free workshops around London, where I will show you the many creative ways to use this tape. Anyone is welcome to join!

Below you can see some photos of the last event done in London Graphic Centre. As you can see it was fully booked, the available spots are limited. The next one will be in Cass Art Islington, you can have more info and book your place clicking here.

I will keep you update on the next events soon. If you can’t make it next time, just keep an eye on my Facebook or Instagram account to stay up to date. I hope to see you there!

Etsy Shop – New Works 005

New stuff!

Enjoy my new tiny collages, you can find them on my Etsy shop too. I like how the evolution of my works is going on, sometimes I surprise myself too, eheh.

Every feedback is always precious, so don’t be shy and tell me what do you  think about my new artworks. It’s becoming quite full of collages there, take a look to see the whole collection!

Photo Transfers On Canvas 001

Finally!

It’s been a while since I created something new, and I started this year with the purpose to make something slightly different from my usual works, but I didn’t know exactly what.

After a chat with a friend, I discovered an artist using a photo transfer technique on canvas, and I was truly intrigued by this new discovery. So, I tried to work on it!

I really enjoyed to do this, and I am still experimenting and learning from this technique. The works below are my very first attempts, I hope you enjoy them and as always, every feedback is really precious.

Enjoy!

Still life photos credits: Bart

Society6 Art Print – Review And Giveaway

Yay!


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Last month I wanted to order a large sized art print from my Society6 shop. I previously just ordered a tote bag and I was pretty happy about the final result, but I was really curious to see how they manage “classic” art prints on paper.

I was a little bit disappointed with the service. The order was done on the 13th of December, the tracking system was stuck on the 16th of December for about 20 days.  Once I contacted the customer service (on the 4th of January), the order appeared as arrived from the US to the UK, and was delivered a couple of days later. By the way, I can understand that there were the Christmas holidays in between, so this can happen easily during this time of the year.

The print colors are really bright and I love the thickness of the paper and its matt finish. There is a little crease into an angle of the print but luckily it’s in the white border, so the print itself was not compromised.

The packaging was good, the print arrived rolled into a thick cardboard tube fixed with plastic caps on both sides. The ruined angle is due to the fact the during the transportation the tube was slightly deformed. So let’s say that at the end I was very happy for the print but not so happy for the wait time.

And now, it’s time to give it away!

The art print is called “Il Martirio di Caterina da Siena” (Caterina from Siena’s Martyrdom) and is about one of my collages done on vintage vinyl covers. The size of the print is 22 x 22 inches (about 55 x 55 cm), so it’s pretty big.

To participate it’s super simple: leave a comment below this post and you will get the chance to win the print! The deadline is Sunday 31 of January 2016, I will draw the winner the day after using Random.org.

Good luck!

Hitrecord – Childhood Collaboration 006

Childhood Collab!

This is the last batch of collages realized for this project. I hope you enjoy!

I experimented through the Hitrecord website on vintage portraits that users share on this portal. For the first time I wanted to work on images of people that can recognize themseves in the pictures. This was a big challenge, I was terrified by the idea to manipulate a portrait of someone that is part of the memories “attached” to it. I wanted to create a connection between the images and also to give to these photos a personal interpretation.

The result is a body of work composed of 64 postcard sized photo reproductions of 5 selected retro portraits. I will put them in little groups of 10 or so. The project is part of the Childhood collaboration.

Hitrecord – Childhood Collaboration 005

Childhood Collab!

This is a new batch of collages realized for this project.

I experimented through the Hitrecord website on vintage portraits that users share on this portal. For the first time I wanted to work on images of people that can recognize themseves in the pictures. This was a big challenge, I was terrified by the idea to manipulate a portrait of someone that is part of the memories “attached” to it. I wanted to create a connection between the images and also to give to these photos a personal interpretation.

The result is a body of work composed of 64 postcard sized photo reproductions of 5 selected retro portraits. I will put them in little groups of 10 or so. The project is part of the Childhood collaboration.

Hitrecord – Childhood Collaboration 004

Childhood Collab!

This is a new batch of collages realized for this project.

I experimented through the Hitrecord website on vintage portraits that users share on this portal. For the first time I wanted to work on images of people that can recognize themseves in the pictures. This was a big challenge, I was terrified by the idea to manipulate a portrait of someone that is part of the memories “attached” to it. I wanted to create a connection between the images and also to give to these photos a personal interpretation.

The result is a body of work composed of 64 postcard sized photo reproductions of 5 selected retro portraits. I will put them in little groups of 10 or so. The project is part of the Childhood collaboration.