lydiakasumishirreff

Snowballs in Shoreditch:

2012-02-07T17:43:00.000Z

Little things to distract from the cold.

Ugly bug ball:

2012-02-01T18:04:00.000Z

First painting completed in my new house! YES

Bat-ry and Spider-zan:

2011-12-21T21:54:00.001Z

So this year I sent Christmas E-MAILS (due in no small part to laziness and poverty) but I think this is the first Christmas I can remember that I've managed to send anything to anyone so you'll have to forgive me while I feel smug. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

ADVENTure:

2011-12-18T17:13:00.003Z

Today is my day on the JustUs advent calender ---> click here for it and more cool stuffs. I'm off to make gingerbread..

Fit birds:

2011-11-23T14:19:00.001Z

A commission for Zarvis London - fantastic luxury herbalists in Portobello. All hand made, hand painted, apart from the elm branch I took from home. Soon to have a Christmas revamp!

Frightmare:

2011-11-09T12:43:00.002Z

My mum came back from Japan with some cute pieces of handmade paper which were perfect for collaging on - I knew there was a reason why I've hoarded all these scraps of coloured paper. Just winding down from a fun but intense commission in Cheltenham - I will reveal all in the New Yeaaaarrrrr...

The roof is on fire:

2011-10-11T12:20:00.000+01:00

APOLOGIES for lack of posts - I have been pretty busy settling into London life.

SOOO if you're in Shoreditch in the coming weeks, come to Red Gallery for the EAST POP RED show and see Frinton Press exhibit the Me+You wrapping paper prints alongside other Eastenders. If you're in the area tonight, come along to the private view, I will be there trying to talk to people and looking awkward.

I have also been spending some time helping the lovely and very talented Hattie Newman with an upcoming project. More on this soon....

2011-09-24T16:40:00.001+01:00

I've been slowly and painfully updating my website - check it out at:

lydiakasumi.com!!!!!

Something in the way:

2011-09-24T14:51:00.001+01:00

Yo Yo Eskimo:

2011-09-22T23:26:00.003+01:00

I was very kindly asked to make Yo Yo Eskimo's new E.P. cover - visit their website here.

Happy Birthday Snufkin:

2011-08-24T00:07:00.000+01:00

Gotham:

2011-08-18T20:49:00.001+01:00

Today I'm going to try my best not to make plans because they never go right. So if anyone needs me I'll be waiting for life to get easier, making shapes and NOT thinking about the future.

Choices:

2011-08-15T16:44:00.001+01:00

Where's my owl?:

2011-08-15T15:33:00.001+01:00

Some old things I did for my Animal Mineral Vegetable exhibition earlier this year, partly to make up for the fact I haven't done much of anything lately apart from travel to and fro and be angry. Chlorophyll, diamond and haemoglobin molecules, get it?!

Giffy McGiffin:

2011-08-03T00:04:00.000+01:00

Wingardium Leviosa:

2011-08-01T12:06:00.001+01:00

The Adam & Eve Projects:

2011-07-18T16:15:00.001+01:00

I am thrilled to have been invited to contribute to the Adam and Eve stream to post about what I'm working on, inspirations etc... Follow this link to view my profile and follow what I'm doing with myself - although if you follow this blog you'll be seeing the same old stuff probably... I am next to Andrew Rae *gasp*

It was the bee's fault really:

2011-07-18T15:49:00.000+01:00

There's a time and a place for face painting - rainy days are not it.

Old enough to know better:

2011-07-06T08:54:00.000+01:00

Today I varnished my table:

Bunting bunting:

2011-07-04T18:42:00.003+01:00

I have just got back from a week in Newcastle working on a new project with Castro Smith - we learned several valuable lessons this week

1// never tangle your bunting

2// maybe doesn't always mean no

3//windy beaches aren't good for the brain or neck

4// eight hour megabus journeys are bearable if you have a window seat

5// time not important - only life important.

Along came a jellyfish:

2011-07-04T14:47:00.002+01:00

The start of something new....

Oh Susannah:

2011-06-22T00:58:00.001+01:00

Some photos of the birthday tea party we held for Susie back in May - wishing every day could be bunting + cake day.

Frinton Press:

2011-06-21T23:44:00.002+01:00

Do you remember a while ago I showed you my submission for Frinton Press? Well, unbelievably, they liked my stuff and I'm now part of their Me+You collaboration project! Visit their blog here for info, and to see the other winners, and their other projects, and my (slightly cringey) explanation of my work...

This project was kindly funded by IdeasTap.

2011-06-12T18:56:00.002+01:00

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Lovepigs:

2011-05-31T20:27:00.001+01:00

Thanks to Illustration Rally for featuring my pattern on their blog, I don't fancy my chances of winning much (especially against this, I had a lot of fun looking over her website here) but I still get a kick when I see my name in new places.

Also, for some reason I feel sheepish adding this, but click on the tiny picture of Lynda Bellingham and you can see a T-shirt with my drawing on it for a campaign to promote awareness of childhood incontinence.....!

He killed 300 rabbits:

2011-05-27T00:00:00.000+01:00

It's so cold outside with just strawberries for company! My mural went up the day before yesterday, I'll post pictures soon......!

TNMOC:

2011-05-23T20:11:00.004+01:00

Yesterday I went to The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park for my Dad to donate a computer he invented in the 80's. He did a quick interview and we got free passes to explore the museum and pretend like we were in a sci-fi novel - sifting through computer innards and getting hypnotised by the hum of a thousand processors. I recommend a trip, if only to boggle at the amazing size and complexity of it all, and to become inspired by the spirit of invention.

This is not a game:

2011-05-18T20:09:00.001+01:00

Third time lucky:

2011-05-17T20:42:00.000+01:00

Piggly piggly peanuts:

2011-05-10T18:19:00.001+01:00

I've been working on a commission for the local Pick Your Own - here is most of it. In the end it will cover 2 x 7 metres of wall space! It's been a real beast to do, I'm hoping once it's done I won't be quite so sick of the sight of it....!

Sketchenbooken:

2011-04-26T21:19:00.001+01:00

Because scanners hate pencils and because when fairies have short dresses they just look like tarts.

Slaves of Castro:

2011-04-24T20:08:00.002+01:00

That petite Mexican dictator so beloved of impressionable hipsters held us captive in his sweat factory - we painted shields and masks to aid his plans for world domination. To see more of his plans click here. To see the work of a fellow captive, click here.

And a heron:

2011-04-23T17:56:00.002+01:00

Sun-kissed highlights:

2011-04-23T16:37:00.000+01:00

Lately, people have been commissioning me to paint animals:

Website:

2011-04-14T16:59:00.003+01:00

http://cargocollective.com/lydiashirreff

Larousse, I love you but you're bringing me down:

2011-04-14T11:26:00.000+01:00

My submission for Frinton Press:

2011-04-07T16:25:00.002+01:00

Today I found out that if you search for 'makeshift switchblade' in Google, my blog is the first hit that comes up. Is this appropriate?

PANPHOBIA zine:

2011-04-01T11:52:00.000+01:00

I will be selling these little books at the EGAKU event at Jaguar Shoes, Shoreditch on Sunday. There will also be any more things worth BUYING - so come help poor Japan.

www.egaku.org.uk

Shithotlols:

2011-04-01T00:42:00.000+01:00

Some small things on the subject of PANPHOBIA - the FEAR of EVERYTHING...

I know that you want the candy:

2011-03-28T19:43:00.002+01:00

These used to belong to my late Grandfather (all apart from the Arthur C. Clark) who probably knew them back to front. As he's no longer with us I'm going to have to knuckle down and learn me some astronomy on my own.

Grand twix:

2011-03-22T14:10:00.001Z

A visit from Mr Burgess:

2011-03-17T23:49:00.002Z

2011-03-16T12:49:00.001Z

www.zefrank.com/scribbler/scribblertoo/
Awesome!

Godzilla vs. King Kong:

2011-03-10T10:31:00.000Z

A hare, a nuthatch and a red snapper:

2011-02-27T15:45:00.001Z

Some small paintings I am hoping to sell:

Sweet cakes:

2011-02-24T18:55:00.000Z

Happy Birthday MAMA SHIRREFF!

2011-02-22T16:44:00.001Z

TALKING MONKEY WITH AN EYE PATCH // MAN GLOWING YELLOW WITH HAND INSIDE A BOY // CLOUD GIANT // BUG-EYES // PETRIFIED FOREST // BIOMETRICS // WOLF // WEREWOLF ROBOT // CRYSTAL HEADED DINOSAUR // MASSIVE FIST // CROOKED SWORD // FALLS FROM SKY // RUNS THROUGH FOREST // ROOTS + MOUNTAINS // A CRACK IN THE GROUND SWALLOWS THEM UP // DOUBLE HANDED SWORD // SHIFTY EYES // ELECTRIC GLOVES // RED SKY

In November I had fun watching cartoons with two great kids - this was some of the imagery I picked up from Ben 10 - Ultimate Alien. Pretty intense stuff.

Walnuss Rapport:

2011-02-21T22:32:00.001Z

Check, check, czech:

2011-02-21T22:31:00.002Z

Reykjanes

2011-02-21T18:52:00.000Z

From darkness:

2011-02-19T14:10:00.000Z

Finally! I'm not sure I have the patience to do another like this for a long time...

Only the brave:

2011-02-08T23:16:00.001Z

I started off wanting to draw some kind of diorama and it turned into this monster...

Make shift:

2011-02-06T21:48:00.000Z

SHAPE / SHIFT

MAKE / OUT

EAT / OUT

CUT 'n' RUN

RUN / OUT

FACE / LIFT

LONG / WIND

OUT / SIDE

PASS / OUT

BLOW / UP

MADE / UP

TWIST / SHOUT

SWITCH / BLADE

CARVE / UP

LOOK / UP

LOOK / OUT

Thanks to everyone who made it to my show - it's on for another week if you haven't yet. I've been passing time, spending all my money on driving lessons and not drawing enough, so have some sketchbook pages to compensate:

ANIMAL // VEGETABLE // MINERAL:

2011-01-23T16:00:00.003Z

Here are a few pictures of my show - it's open til February 12th so get to Bristol!

p.s. apologies for the bad quality, I'll have better ones soon x

All I need is a hot bath:

2011-01-16T11:59:00.000Z

Apologies for the lack of stuff this month. I have been working hard to make sure my exhibition isn't sad and empty. So if you happen to be in Bristol on the 20th Jan, or you REALLY love me, come along to my opening night at Here Gallery (7-9pm). Failing that, it's on for 3 weeks... I'll try not to disappoint :)

Oh, and if you're wondering what could possibly have taken so long, here's a sneak preview:

Curry supreme:

2011-01-06T17:00:00.000Z

Some new 3D stuff for the next exhibition. I've totally missed my glue gun. Back on form.

Dubious sea creatures:

2010-12-30T22:43:00.001Z

And they look so happy - unaware that somewhere in Cheltenham, in a classy regency flat, a giant squid waits to trap them in its tentacles.

And so it goes:

2010-12-27T12:24:00.000Z

Rust:

2010-12-16T15:24:00.002Z

Josefplatz:

2010-12-16T15:21:00.003Z

Mitosis:

2010-12-16T15:19:00.001Z

Cheers guys:

2010-12-15T22:27:00.001Z

Download yours here Christmas dudes.

For your eyephown:

2010-12-04T19:22:00.000Z

Just us asked me to make an iphone background with a wintery theme....

Dragons:

2010-12-04T19:00:00.002Z

There is still so much to do:

2010-11-28T19:58:00.002Z

Forgive me for being a little bit excited - because this will be MY FIRST SOLO SHOW!!!! So come come! If you fancy unique artefacts and paintings largely inspired by my love affair with natural history museums THEN YOU'RE IN FOR A BLOODY TREAT........

ZOMG:

2010-11-27T16:17:00.002Z

So I've been slacking a bit - travelling around and daydreaming - but I've suddenly got a whole heap to do so expect some good stuff shortly. In the meantime, here are some snaps from the London Natural History Museum (a hundred thanks to that wonderful guy Bryn for letting me drag him around the rocks and minerals room for far too long) ...

2010-11-13T13:47:00.005Z

www.zymoglyphic.org

You know how sometimes you just stumble on something so cool it hurts?
While you're in a link following mood, go here also...
bonsaisite.com/penjing
and here! (scroll down to slideshow)
Professor CJ Lim

Meet me up there:

2010-11-07T19:51:00.002Z

I've been making my way very slowly through this book -- MIND-BLOWING stuff. And it's been slowly influencing my drawings....

Oh wow:

2010-10-27T19:39:00.002+01:00

Anyone seen Tron lately?

2010-10-27T15:38:00.002+01:00

2010-10-26T11:47:00.001+01:00

First from Lydia Shirreff on Vimeo.

Mole feet:

2010-10-25T18:15:00.001+01:00

Went on a trip to the Oxford natural history museum the other day - here's some photos that don't really do it justice, if you're ever in Oxford go go! It's pretty bleedy awesome.

From B to B:

2010-10-22T00:32:00.002+01:00

Some photos of 'From Bloomsbury to Bennington' (that's me drawing on the window) - for rather better ones by a rather better photographer, visit this Flickr page. Many thanks to Rach and Hannah for making the whole thing possible.

Collages with Cameron:

2010-10-21T19:48:00.000+01:00

I did some collages a while back in collaboration with Cam - a tasty mag and photo letraset mix-up. For the real deal go here.

Eye // tooth:

2010-10-21T18:56:00.001+01:00

This is quite an awkward one - best to click on it and take a closer look.

Animal, vegetable or mineral?:

2010-10-07T19:52:00.002+01:00

Exhibition:

2010-10-07T19:40:00.000+01:00

Some of my new work will be on display in Cheltenham again! The exhibition's called 'From Bloomsbury to Bennington' a small hint at our much missed Uni life. Find it in an interesting old print shop on Bennington Street which is just off Cheltenham High Street by little Tesco. I'll be showing some illustrations alongside some very clever graphic designers, private view's on the 15th and you're invited.

Space creep:

2010-09-13T18:42:00.000+01:00

Parrot with a monkey face:

2010-09-12T20:33:00.000+01:00

Art fags go home:

2010-09-12T15:47:00.004+01:00

Lately I've been learning to love paint again - drawing inspiration from collages and ways of gathering images together, you know - surface, pattern, shape, line and all that...

Don't be so silly:

2010-08-31T20:06:00.004+01:00

Said Hamlet to Ophelia,

I'll draw a sketch of thee,

What kind of pencil shall I use?

2B or not 2B?

by Spike Milligan

Crab Apples:

2010-08-31T19:40:00.004+01:00

Moose:

2010-08-27T18:22:00.002+01:00

Previously:

2010-08-19T00:25:00.003+01:00

These are pretty old but I'm quite fond of them. I inherited these funky frames from a travelling Mexican many moons ago.

With eight plates and numerous diagrams:

2010-08-17T22:03:00.004+01:00

"... the chief reason for studying regular polyhedra is still the same as in the time of the Pythagoreans, namely, that their symmetrical shape appeals to one's artistic sense."

Mars:

2010-08-17T16:44:00.001+01:00

'Verse:

2010-08-16T20:55:00.002+01:00

Dear friend, have you ever felt full satisfaction after using viagra?

2010-08-03T17:45:00.003+01:00

Just Us asked me to produce something on the theme of spam...

Mix/mix/relate:

2010-07-12T18:10:00.008+01:00

Fun with shapes - loosely based on the Chinese tangram idea, although I have 11 not 7 shapes of cleverness.

What TV?

2010-07-06T21:07:00.001+01:00

Watercolouring:

2010-07-01T17:18:00.006+01:00

One of the most relaxing series of drawings I've done in a long time.

Awesome polyhedrals:

2010-06-30T11:33:00.009+01:00

I went to the Science Museum the other day - look what I found tucked away in the maths department....

More degree show:

2010-06-03T20:54:00.004+01:00

COPYBLOG:

2010-06-02T23:22:00.004+01:00

I've started a mini-project called COPYBLOG - the basic idea being to highlight lost blogs that are still floating around on the internet and are still there for everyone to see. So I'm copying entries from these blogs by hand and posting then back onto the internet to reach a wider audience.

Take a look here.

Yeah we did!!!!

2010-05-31T18:58:00.003+01:00

Our degree show opened on Friday and lots of people tripped over my installation, luckily no one was broken :)

2010-05-31T18:49:00.001+01:00

PITTVILLE FINE ART DEGREE SHOW 2010:

2010-05-09T14:39:00.004+01:00

B.A. Fine Art Painting & Drawing end of year show at Uni. of Gloucestershire Pittville Campus.
The opening night is on 28th May and the exhibition runs til 3rd June.
It's set to be a great show and I will be exhibiting drawings, paintings and sculpture.

So come along!

Installation beginning:

2010-05-09T14:20:00.004+01:00

After much messing about with amateur carpentry (failed. miserably) my end of year installation is looking much more plastic than I imagined. Once I'm finished though you won't be able to notice....

FA:

2010-04-28T00:07:00.006+01:00

A few more interesting bits from my uni sketchbook ....

High wide and handsome:

2010-04-20T22:32:00.003+01:00