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Terracotta portrait bust, modelled by hand
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room 06 · studio

the hand behind the cad.

drawing, modelling, sleeves

the work that does not start in cad. drawing, modelling, building at full size, and the sleeve work that pays for its own materials. it all feeds the objects on the other pages.

hand
terracotta · watercolour · gouache · collage
space
bamboo · organza · paper · full scale
sleeves
covers and identities for producers and djs
Watercolour and gouache portrait studies
01 · the handportrait studies. watercolour and gouache, worked from life
Mixed-media collage in textile, mesh and marbled paper
collage. textile, mesh, marbled paper

02 · spacea tensile pavilion, built at full size

Folded white paper study of the pavilion form
paper first: the folded planes that set the geometry
White model of the structure with bamboo spars, on the workbench
then spars, and the surface pulled taut between them
The structure under studio lights at night, part built
built at night in the studio
Detail of bamboo spars meeting the stretched organza
where the spar meets the skin
The finished structure in copper organza, close
organza, doubled, catching the light
The finished pavilion, copper organza over bamboo, shot against white
finished. bamboo and organza, standing on its own
A second structure in window light
a second structure, same daylight

03 · sleevescovers and identities for producers and djs

Album cover, liquid gradient with hand-drawn line
Album cover, planets and spores on violet
Album cover, figure under a Broadway sign
Album cover, car trailing a rainbow wave
Album cover, a diner floating in space
SIRENS album sleeve, 10 by 10 inches
Album cover, character with a guitar
Album cover, hand-lettered warning
Album cover, many-eyed figure on black
Album cover, hand-lettered character piece

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