A DollHouse preview

So,  for the last 2 months I have been building dollhouses and drawing dollhouses, as a part of a sculpture/print piece I'm working during my first semester in grad school.

Here are some photos of a couple of houses I've finished and some of the prints that might go with the piece. More exciting dollhouse photos to come!

What We've Been Up To...

Sorry for the long delay in updates onto the blog...


Zoe has been diligently working on her dollhouse project in San Francisco - we'll have photo's of it up soon.


The "Business Birds" print was made available on our Etsy site, and it sold QUICKLY (only being available for one day.)  It was in an edition of 10, so we'll have another available in the near future.  


Blake was a part of a small show at the GSA called "No White After Labour Day."  It consisted of work made over the summer by fellow Second Year MFA's at the Glasgow School of Art.


For the show, Blake included two portions from his "Truck Driver Series" - "Scene 10: Birdman of Athens, OH" and "Scene 11: Another One"


Also - Blake has been working on his "Saint Lucy" image some more.  He finally got the main image printed, and has added to some of the lines.  Next up is some flocking, and adding of some reflective surfaces.




At the bottom of this post are two more works-in-progress.  Carrying on from the original "Lost Sheep in Glasgow" project, Blake will be printing out one of the photographs Zoe took of him, but the areas of the 'sheep fluff' will be screen printed & flocked (the fluff area was made a bit grey to convey where the added texture is going to be).

"Scene 10: Birdman of Athens, OH" & "Scene 11: Another One" (2011) by Blake Peterson

Snapshot of portion of "No White After Labour Day" show, works by various artists

"Saint Lucy" - work in progress at Blake's studio in Glasgow

"Lost Sheep in Glasgow (Part Two)" - work in Progress (cotton area will be flocked)

"Lost Sheep in Glasgow (Part Two - Alternate Version)" work in progress

RGB (San Francisco) and GPS (Glasgow)

Blake + Zoe have some good news:


The RGB Gallery in San Francisco is now selling our silk scarves


RGB is located at 3024 Fillmore Street, San Francisco - so if you're in the area, drop in!




ALSO


The Glasgow Print Studio just accepted six prints of Blake's (including a collaboration image with Zoe, "Glitter Polar Bear in Space") and are available for purchase.

Still from Blake + Zoe's short stop-motion film

News from San Francisco

Zoe writing:

So, I'm in San Francisco now, officially settled in. I'm in the MFA printmaking program at SFAI, and classes started a couple of weeks ago. I'm finally starting to move into my studio and begin work on a dollhouse project I've been planning for a while. 

The graduate studios at SFAI are amazing, and include a full digital lab, woodshop and a gallery. As well as classrooms, lounge and a lecture hall. The studio is in a giant building filled with other design studios and manufacturers, including a wonderful smelling chocolatier!             

Here's some photos from my studio:

SFAI studio hallways, orange doors for each studio block

One dollhouse down, 7 to go!

The lovely view from my studio window, you can see the bay peaking out in between the industrial stuff.

In other exciting news, our scarves can now be purchased at RGB on Fillmore street in the Marina! RGB is a women's clothing store and gallery. They have a steady rotation of really interesting shows. 

Business Birds... yea - birds into 'business'...

Blake finally finished coloring / editing the collaborative image with Zoe: "Business Birds"
(although he might still make some further 'tweaks' on the birds, before the piece is printed)


The image is actually quite large, and will be available to purchase via our Etsy Site
...most likely before the end of next week.

"Business Birds" (2011) by Zoe Phillips + Blake Peterson

New Projects

Apologies for the lack of updates on the blog... Blake and Zoe have been quite busy over the past few weeks, just for a quick rundown:


• Blake is still re-editing, doing color alterations, and soundtracking the stop-motion animation that we posted a preview image from earlier

• Zoe is starting on a new project in San Francisco, using Doll Houses and some 'unique' materials (more on that later)


• Blake finally set up a SoundCloud Account, to host his mixes... he just posted something from a few days ago, click here

• Blake is finally putting the finishing touches on a collaborative image that he was working on with Zoe earlier (preview below), called "Business Birds."  He just needs to 'amp up' the colors a bit more - basically, he's going to make the bird colors 'more like candy' and a bit fluorescent - instead of the more muted ones seen below: 


• Blake is also working on a project relating to memory, beginning specifically with his experience with a statue of Saint Lucy, a preview image of the first part of the image is below the "Business Birds".  It will be print that combines digital & serigraph techniques with added sculptural portions. 

"Business Birds" (2011) drawn by Zoe Phillips, colored / revised by Blake Peterson

"Saint Lucy" [first draft] (2011) by Blake Peterson

San Francisco

Zoe writing:

Well, I've settled into San Francisco and am getting ready for grad school in September. In the mean time, I'm busy hemming new scarves and exploring the city. Here are a few shots taken in the Mission and Golden Gate park. Look out for some photos of the new scarves in the next couple of days!

Unicorn found at Paxton Gate on Valencia in the Mission. Amazing store filled with all sorts of wonders

My brother Dov, delving into a draw of wacky eyeballs at Curiosities, also in the Mission

Outside the flower conservatory in Golden Gate Park

Sea worthy wonders found at McSweeny's Pirate shop/writing center on Valencia.