tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71250422160725134832011-09-19T20:16:57.604+01:00Lizzie Everard shares news on her latest design and photography projects, with behind-the-scenes insight into how it all gets done. Subscribe to this page for updates.lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11869946215666289616noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125042216072513483.post-15204309221477644272010-07-30T15:16:00.003+01:002010-07-30T15:44:38.608+01:00

We have a new direction for the Old Post Office window display (Hotwell Road, Bristol) where I periodically exhibit new photographic work. I've chosen a different vibe from other displays for this set of images, which are helping us catch that beachy wave and ride through summer in style. Previously in the Post Office, I have shown some of the portraits that appear on my website, and prints in

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Bristol's Colston Hall will this Wednesday host Elektrostatik: Simple Songs For a Modern Life - a programme of "boundary-defying contemporary classical" performance, which will include works from DJ and composer Gabriel Prokofiev, and internationally renowned vocal trio, Juice.The evening has been curated by, amongst others, Richard Barnard, who's 'Six Moments Alone IV' will also be performed on

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Saturday 13th February I joined Billy Quain (above) on 93.2 Bristol Community FM for an hour's slot on his radio show, where we chatted about what life is like as an artist living and working in Bristol. It was a great experience, smoothly navigating themes such as our inspirations, artistic conception, tenacity and grit, and taking a mature approach to things not going as planned. We also had

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Eight years ago, I sat at home after reading some incredibly moving stories about the street children in South Africa, and realised I couldn't know this stuff and not respond. The journey to craft that response has been long and challenging, but I'm delighted to announce that I have completed layouts for a book, 'I Am, Because You Are', which comprises black and white photographs, illustration

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So, here are finished Angels in all their glory. At night is my favourite time to see them, especially at this time of year because when you drive back in to Bristol you can see them as you come off the end of the motorway, and the floodlights make them really stand out from the buildings all around them. As they've been up for a while, the office space in between them is now also complete –

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8am, a very grim and dark Tuesday morning, with intimidating clouds and a bitter wind whipping around the north-facing wall where tiling of the Angels was to begin. I had agreed to go down with Richard (video-diarist) to record this moment, so we watched and chatted with Andy as he mixed up the tile adhesive and selected the first mosaic panels to apply. As he touched the wall with a swathe of

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This is a great day. The Angel tiles have arrived, and this afternoon I went along to see them. Only one Angel is out of its box so far, pictured above, using no less than 73 pre-prepared sections of mosaic tiling. I walked into the room where it was laid out and stopped in my tracks – it is huge.Andy, pictured, will be installing the tiles and has been busy laying out the sections and marking up

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The tiles are ready! America is flying them in this weekend so the long-awaited Angels finally land on Monday - so the Construction Manager announced on the phone as I was quietly strolling into Cabot Circus – Bristol's new, expensive shopping centre – as it flung open its doors to the public at noon today.The images, as previously explained, are photographs translated into mosaic tiling and then

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Friday, I sat in my car at a little-known beach north of Bude, working out how long I had before a vicious line squall came in across the sea (such is our summer weather). I managed about an hour's drawing on this beach before the wetness rained/reigned and I broke my flip flops running back to the car, easel under arm with a fistful of chalks. This was enough, however, to establish some key

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After the last post about my Angels project, I searched through the Lightbox archives and came across a post from last August. It recounts a visit I made to the rubble-strewn building site as visited with Richard recently. Last summer when the project was developing, I went on site to work through ideas and make some decisions about what should go where, as sign-off was required on all the

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I find myself on camera instead of behind it. My friend, Richard, is documenting 'the making of' my big public art commission (as referred to in previous posts both here and on the lightbox).The project involves creation of five large, mosaic wall panels, to be installed on a building which sits near the end of the M32 in the midst of Bristol's current regeneration programme. This is exciting

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There are many ways to report on the evening we had in Weston, vaguely tasteless at the best of times, with countless reasons why to avoid hanging around with photographers. The nice thing about a trip with other photographers is that they give you all the time in the world to experiment as you stroll – it's possible to lose hours when something catches your eye – whilst jointly appreciating an

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So, I've just had a call from my friend Steve who's into shooting rock stars and Doctor Who. (That's snapping, not sniping.) He and his wife Lorna are heading to Weston Supermare tomorrow to shoot dramatic, seaside, sunset backplates for a new portrait idea Steve's got. His reference is The Lost Boys - eighties vampire flick starring Keiffer Sutherland - and while I don't do great vampire

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