FINGERPRINT experiment

hello all!!!! draw is done and 6 of you will become my subject for this experiment. YAY! they are: Heather Smith Jones, Lara, Aimee, Esti, Erin and Angelique. PLEASE email me for instructions on rowe.thereza@yahoo.co.uk
should any of the you wish not to participate please let me know asap so i can pick someone else to take part.

i would like to say a BIG T H A N K S to all of you who have left your comment and enhanced my days such nice words and inspirational links. 

let the fun begin!!!!

pattern sketchbook

a busy weekend and a very busy monday too! i'm even too tired to type so will let the pattern sketches do the talk. remember i promised i'd share?! 

and speaking of pattern don't forget to check TinyRed tomorrow for announcement of the draw for the finger-pattern 'experiment'. i know i said project but it'll be a journey which i've no idea what the outcome will be yet so, let's call it an 'experiment'. i'm excited anyway! 

a good week everyone! :)

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soundtrack of the evening...

what are you listening to? :)

brick lane's FOUND street art

out and about east london today and found these! isn't the tiled map just adorable?!
i really must go through my files and compile a whole lot of it as i have loads more of cool street art including photographs i took of Banksy's graffiti before they were washed out...so ephemeral and so inspiring, aren't they?
'while my eyes go looking for flying saucers in the sky...'

OOOPS...

:D

making the most of the summer hours...

found on my way to printmaking workshop, i almost brought them home...

happy to wear my flower power vintage skirt... enjoying the british summer 'hours'...

some more experimentation with etching...

fire on...

using colour on the plate... didn't come out too good but i've done the preparation of 2 other plates for print next week ( which is the last one! sooo sad :( )

a nice stop at one of my favorite galleries to see the graduates show... ( worth checking link)

absolutely loved this piece...

grid representations of a representation. really excellent...

gray sky again...

loved the flower on his hat and the shoes... oh my london!

tired now... time to go home...

wet and exhausted...but happy :) hope you had a nice day too!

found bugs, moleskine, rejects and red shoes

i found this ladybird having a stroll on my moleskine...

was going to throw these bits of paper away but in the end they became part of my 'rejects' gallery...

my grandmother used to say that...

starting an accidental page...

found by my fireplace...

crushed to death, found by my window ledge...

reds left out...

FINGER-PATTERN PROJECT

i've been picking my own brains hard in the last couple of weeks on what to do for my next zine which is going to be all about pattern. i think i've finally had a 'breakthrough' as a context was needed... as in my urban drifting project which the context was based on a research into the subject of psychogeography and my own interactions with the environment.

this time i would like the project to interact with you, TinyRed visitors!

does that sound exciting yet?! it certainly does to me! it's early stages yet but i've produced this little poster calling for entries and am sharing a little bit of my thinking process on the sketchbook picture. yeah, Mr. Good Idea knocked on my door early this morning and Mr Process should take me through the rest.

All i need for now is entries from you. as explained in the little poster, leave at least one comment on TinyRed through the week and names will be drawn out of a hat and announced here next tuesday :) instructions for the 'picked ones' to follow.

hope you're all having a lovely week so far :)

MANKIND MAG feature

a very happy monday for tinyRed! just flipped through interview with me on the first issue EVER and most fantastic Mankind Mag from Design for Mankind. 

well done Erin (the brains behind it all) and thank you so much for having me on it with such a nice feature. great publication, great layout job too! Mankind Mag can be downloaded for free or purchased in print. all info here. 

YAY for Mankind Mag!

lunchtime play

"The name we give to something shapes our attitude to it”
~ Katherine Patterson

have a great week! :)

on hangOver...

self - i n f l i c t i o n .
so one has to suffer quietly...
another boosh moment helps too...

pattern sketches

some of the few sketches of pattern i've been playing with. the little transparent (tissue paper) book is cool in a way as the patterns can interact. ok as an experiment, i guess, but lots of work to carry out before i decide where IT's going exactly.
but, again, that's the whole point of TinyRed for me: process :) that and feedback give me some perspective... hummm... it does, really.
PS: these might not be the best of 'the lot' as i'm a bit tipsy now... after all it's saturday night right?! and i can finally get a proper sleep in tomorrow :D

today's lAugH

this is one of my favorite scenes of my favorite EVER british incredibly surreal comedy lot: THE MIGHTY BOOSH! watch the scene HERE... they really inspire my work... see where i get my colours from?!

anyway, off to bed now, off to work tomorrow morning. have a good laugh!

shApe | colOur | paTTern

this is part of my research into the relationship between geometric forms/pattern/colour. i was going to make a collage with the shapes but decided to keep them movable as it is a lot more fun to play and get a new little surprise every time! will post some stuff of my 'pattern a day book' soon :)

today's jOy

my hands drawn by Esti on her Hand Project:


i couldn't help making this an entry on TinyRed! i feel so lucky to have been picked on this project as Esti is an amazingly talented artist and her Paint my Day space has for some time now become a great daily source of joy and inspiration for me. THANK YOU so much Esti! the details of the drawing say a lot about me and i shall treasure it :) 

see full post here and happy morning everyone!