BEDSIDE TABLE: MONTH 21

Hello lovlies, 

I hope you are all well and good at the moment, and loving life wherever you may be!  This month's theme comes in from Mr Cam Ewart who is currently having a lovely holiday in New Zealand.....perhaps all the travelling and sleeping in different spots has inspired him to come up with this month's theme?

'Bedside Table' is the theme.  Hmmmm, a little bit of a thinker....but I think it's a winner.

If you are a reader of Frankie magazine, you may have seen the lovely feature article from this month's edition called 'My Bedside Table'.  A small collection of artists have illustrated their own bedside tables - quite lovely and all quite different.  One of those illustrators, Sandra Eterovic posted about her process on her blog here.  Another one is from Melbourne based Able & Game, which you can see here.

Hope it inspires you to make something and have fun along the way!  Due date is 1st November.

Gilli x

PULP FICTION FOOD BY LAURA GROGRAN

The very talented and creative Laura Grogan has made some tasty looking Art Club photographs this month, inspired by Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.  

Frome Laura, "Blueberry Pancakes, The Royale with Cheese, The $5 Shake, That Hawaiian Burger Joint, Not digging on swine are some of my favourite moments from Pulp Fiction. Quentin Tarantino's use of food as social commentary are a film technical all is own. Special thanks to Macdonalds & Huxtaburger for providing the burgers, all else concocted from my kitchen."

JOHN JARRATT BY JIM SAMMON

Hi everyone, 

Here is another wonderful submission for the Quentin Tarantino themed month, from Jim Sammon.

"It is an A3 collograph print, made of layers of card and shellac, printed with intaglio ink. John Jarratt has a cameo role in Django Unchained as an Aussie miner working as an indentured servant to the mining company.  We have a teachers Exhibition opening this Friday and I'll put this print in the show"

Thanks Jim!

WIGGLE YOUR BIG TOE BY GILLIAN NIX

Hi everyone, 

For this month's theme I wanted to make something that addressed Quinten Tarantino's foot fetish.  Have you ever noticed how many shots of feet there are in his films?  No?  Well there are!  I quite like drawing feet too, so I did some ink drawings of a few different feet to start this project.  I feel he has a particular affinity for Uma Thurman's feet, which I decided to feature in my print, from the film Kill Bill.

This artwork was a little experiment in moving away from the size number 1 lino cutting tool - and venturing out into cutting tool number 5 - a slightly bigger and chunkier tool.  I tried it and I'm not sure I really like it....but at least I tried it! (I know this sounds incredibly pedantic!)

Hope you like, Gillian 

The original ink drawing, which I transferred onto the lino surface using eucalyptus oil and the print press...

Uma Thurman's wonderful feet from the scene in the film...

Carving the lino block...

The cutting tools...

The scene from the film.  I love this little bit of the film...

PULP FICTION BY MATTHEW PHAM

Thank you to the very talented, Matthew Pham for his super cool 'Pulp Fiction' artwork submission.....

RESERVOIR DOGS BY ROBERT DONNELLY

Hello, me again. Here is my latest submission, titled 'Resevoir Dogs'. Getting both dogs in the water was a feat in itself as the older one did not like getting wet. I played around with filters on the camera to jake the image more exciting, enjoy. B x

QUENTIN TARANTINO - MONTH 20

Hello lovlies, 

Month 20's theme has been decided as 'Quentin Tarantino'.  Why?  Well, just because really!  I recently re-watched Django and Jackie Brown, and loved watching the films again.  It made me think that this man would be a fabulous theme for Art Club, et voila!

As always, anything creative is welcomed and encouraged......drawing/painting/sculpture/film/cooking/drinking/playing/dancing/singing.....  Please email photos/links/etc to Chris or myself.  Submissions due by the 16th of August.

Happy creating....but no guns please!