A Little Nothing

Just a quick little edit I did, for part of my photography work shop, to go along with my trio of images created in different ways. This is my Digitally created image.

My 1st Wedding.

Here's a few shots I got from a dear friends wedding, which I was asked to be photographer. I got some truly beautiful images which I'm really happy with the outcome of , and I'm really pleased to say the happy couple were too.














Sunday Service.

Here's the picture I originally wanted to upload of the church I visited last week.

The church was destroyed in march this year, after being empty for 10 years, it had just recently been brought and the process of converting it into a community centre had just begun. Sadly the current owners did not have insurance for the Listed Church, so all the money invested in the project is lost.

Since the destruction of the church, it has been used by squatter to live in and is in such a poor state, with evidence that is it being used as a crack house, with needles, tin foil and other evidence that class A drugs are being used inside.While being shown around the church, a young girl and boy, turned up, to prove this evidence, luckily they left on the owners demand and didn't cause problems.

I personally felt that it was very peaceful in the main part of the church, as it was so quiet, with pray books on the floor I could image a Sunday service being taken.

Church.

Heres just a few snaps i wanted to share with you, unfortunatly i havent got time to write about them, but i will sure be comming back to tell you a little bit about them soon! promise..
Enjoy, x

well we've hit another hic up.. i can only upload one picture and its not letter me put the nicer one on. so you'll have to live with this one for now..

Damn college computers.

This little Birdy.

This little birdy didn't last too long.

Even after it was dead.

Willow ate it. 

Ew.

I should have really cropped these all to the same size. but oh well.. ha. 

I cant wait to see what the pictures I took on my Olympus will look like. better get myself in the dark room soon. 

The Skies The Limit

So this evening the sky has been so beautiful so I took the time to go out and take some pictures,

 the colours haven't been as nice as it has been the past couple of days 

but the cloud form was truly amazing.  

Here's the original image, I really love the light orange tones in contrast with the dark foreground. 

I edited this by turning the image black and white and adjusting the tones slightly. I really like this image as the middle cloud formation stands out.

what do you guys think ?.. 

Everything Noughties!

A new project!
   
     So over half term we're been set a project to research a given year, im sure you can guess i got the noughties! and im so excited ! The year of my Favourite band S club 7!, the best films Harry Potter, Uggs have come into fashion and my feet have never been so warm in the winter. Good Times.
     Although we shouldnt forget all the events that are less fortunate , such as the london bombings, the attack on the world trade buildings, plus the death of many iconic Celebrities.
     We have been asked to produce a sketchbook, built up of reseach and drawings based around the era given, so to prepare for this task i have come up with a list including, historical events, the music indusrty, fashion, media, and art movements.

Any way this must be prettty boring and i have no pictures to post on this so im gonna leave it here and post about something new soon!

Chilli Skeleton

So the story behind this picture I hear you ask ?.. 

Well ill start from the beginning, My Dad, has well to say the least a very large farm of chili plants that he grows, built up of many different varieties, Including , Paper Lanterns, Habanero, Bhut Jolokia, Scotch Bonnets and that's just naming a few! I'd be here all evening if I tried listing them all. 

So my Dads a moderator of a forum called Fire Foods, (which unfortunately you have to join to look on, but I will post the link in-case you fancy joining.) So anyway, being it almost Halloween, they set up a competition    for the members to design a Halloween inspired 3D model  like a jack'o'lantern, but you could present it in your own way. As soon as my Dad told me about it, this idea popped into my head and I had to do it!.. I think I got a little over excited about playing with chilli's, but I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. So anyway if you Fancy having a go and a chance to win some Sauces, then log on and see what you can do :) I'm sure they'd love to see what some of you can come up with :) If you've not got some chilli's to play around with why not try different vegetables ? everyday ones Carrots, Potatoes, Brussels sprouts.. the possibilities are endless and I'd sure love to see what you guys can come up with.

Happy Blogging!

Fire Foods - http://firefoods.phpbbhosts.co.uk/index.php

My T-shirt.

Firstly id like to apologise about the poor quality of the picture, I took it on my phone, but will defiantly be doing a photo shoot very soon!

Well after lots of hard work my t-shirt is finally done! YAYAYAY..

Yesterday I spent the afternoon in the print room, printing my T-shirts. I found it a fairly easy process, you have to print off your original image and scan it a few times- as you can only use the picture once..

you then place your chosen image onto the fabric upside down, and use screen wash to wipe across the image- this releases the ink from the picture, which makes the print. You then lay a piece of paper and plate(a think sheet of metal) over the print then cover with the over fabric on the press and roll over the images, once it have been completely flattened, you remove all the outer materials, so you will be left with your t-shirt and the images you wiped over, you then take the images off and you should be left with a print of the image, you then leave it to dry, And your t-shirt is done :D

I'm really pleased with the outcome of my t-shirt, I think the middle image really stands out on the white t-shirt between the black and white images. I also really like how the image quality isnt perfect as it gives a really nice worn effect.

Im hopeing to print off a few more copies of this T-shirt but with a different arangement of images on it, to see what looks good and just so I have some future refrenece to say that I experimented with different arrangements.

What do you think ?.

Lets chuck around paint.

So on glorious Wednesday, i spent the day with my beautiful friend Tyler, producing some well to say the least amazing pictures( I'm not being big headed honest).
It was a artistic masterpiece, I'm so happy with the outcome!, and cant wait to get using them for my t-shirt printing... SO EXCITED. i may have to start my own clothing line.. all my friends have put in demands to have a t-shirt printed.. so i better get started soon otherwise I'm gonna have some disappointed friends.

ahh look I'm going on about my t-shirt printing and haven't told you about thing about the design or what we did Wednesday.. so basically, i had a field trip chucking paint around.. in an artistic manner of course!..

So i made a makeshift back drop out of a white bed sheet in my friends back garden and created my little outside studio.. sadly i had to borrow her cannon as i had planned to do it at my house but missed the bus so did it in Ipswich instead.. i missed using my Nikon as i know how to use it better.. but anyway.. once all set up we got to the fun part...

i splatter my friend with paint over her clothes one colour at a time and took pictures as the colours layered to get an awesome effect.. i then cropped the images down to make them the size i wanted and well i think they look fab! here are two of the hundreds of images I've got to choose from...

what do you think ?..

happy blogging,

xx

My Watermark.

  As requested by my father, i was told to make a watermark for my images, so people cant just take them and claim as their own...

so this morning on arrival to college early i got onto the case, and made a simple one for now, as I'm no pro.. but I'm sure with a little persistance i can make a better one..

so you can faintly see my watermark on this image of my little sister- shes sucha cutie!



The tour of Britain

So today, the T.O.B came through Hadleigh, it was a very exciting morning with lots of people gathering in the streets to cheer along the cyclist, there is also many events going on in the town, a bouncy castle in the kings head, and a beer festival in the George with a hog roast and some fine ciders.. (I tried a few last night). so any way the 1st group of riders came through Hadleigh at about 11:10..

unfortunately due to me gibbering on to much i missed the 2nd group of rider :(  silly me.. but i did get a few picture of some of the tracking cars and police motorbikes that followed them.

Then 6 minutes and 30 seconds later the final group of riders followed, with the spare bikes and ambulances following.

All in all it was a nice morning spent , and i got a few good pictures, and another bonus the Hadleigh People asked me to email some of my shots over, so hopefully that will get me a bit better known.. & hopefully if they are good enough put on their website.. so fingers crossed!
Happy Days
xx

Adobe Illustrator.

if you hadnt guessed this is meant to be a crane..

i created it using adobe illustrator, with the line segment tool and the text tool.. i decided to use words based around constraction/building as i felt it was fitting for the picture. i created this image for something to do in the mornings as ive had some spare time on my hands..

im pretty pleased with the outcome and think that you can just about tell that its a crane, ill deffinatly be using this program in the future to create more images. Id definatly recomend investing in this prgram as it is great to use and easy to get around.

peace out!

Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons

EASYFUN-ETHEREAL

Auto

2001

I chose this image as I really like the cut and paste style of this piece although in fact it is oil painting, Koons has chosen an interesting arrangement of images to keep the viewers attention, by selecting bold colours, and object that stand out. I really like how realist the images looks. I personally feel the 'Bird' stands out, because the other objects painted are all related to humans, yet somehow feels fitting to the work.

Tracy emin

Tracy Emin

Uncle Colin

1993



I choose Tracey Emin, as I am influenced by the way she uses her work to portray emotions to engage the viewer.She also includes her personal life with her work to make a connection with the viewer.

I really like this piece as it is low key and subtle compared to the others but still engages the reader. This piece is about the tragic death of Emin's uncle Colin, who died in a car crash. The piece includes The newspaper article about the crash, Photographs of her uncle, the Cigarette packet he was clutching at the time of the crash and a letter from Emin to her uncle, all framed in simple wooden frames. A seagull features in one of the frames; returning to the idea of a spirit passing from this world to the next.

Clock tower

Bildeston clock tower.
i really like this picture. i took it this morning.. but i feel slightly disappointed, as i feel that it looks a bit unreal, due to the lack of clouds on the right hand side, i tired to clown them in on photoshop but that made it look even more unreal :/ so Ive just left it, i tried not to edit the image to much and just adjusted the colour of it.

Deutsche Zeitung

read all about it.

this is another one of our props for the photo shoot. its meant to be a (battered) newspaper spread

(if you hadn't guessed already)

its written in German.

we struggled a little with this as we couldn't read what it said on the image so, we've jumbled up some German words.. so if your trying to read it and it makes no sense sorry.

so since this it short i think ill just tell all you non-artists a little about the picture we where given..

The pillars of society

George Grosz 

1926.

The painting is a sarcastic portrait of the German elite classes who supported fascism. The dark nightmarish colours portray the gentlemen  who controlled the society. The figures are portrayed as selfish and uncaring individuals.  

Artist in the making.

creating our identitys.

Yesterday we spent the day creating costumes and backgrounds,

it was a relaxing day which involved lots of painting and quite a few cups of tea.

We tried to make the costumes as close to the orignal as possible..

this mask has been painted due to the shape as we felt it would look better than using

face paints like we will be for the other 'figures'.

unfortunatly my computers playing silly buggers, and wont let me upload another picture, so im gonna have to post another blog. so im gonna keep this short and move on the the next one :)

xx

The Tableau Project

The pillars of society

By George Grosz

1926

so we've been set a task as a group of 6 to recreate this image anyway we like, with just a few guidelines..

1. we cant buy anything.. no spending money at all ..

2. we have to be involoved in the picture.. see the man with the tea cup on his head.. thats me,, pretty fitting considering the amount of tea i drink...

3. it must be life size..

So the above picture is what my group got 'landed' with..

We decided to organise our group and go out hunting for materials etc..

We went in skips and bins, and wondered around town looking for cardboard and well to say the least we have more than plenty..

And as for the material.. we tried every charity shop and they had nothing to give us :(

we're meant to be doctumenting it, but unfortunatly i forgot so i need to take some pictures today and will upload them later...

Happy Blogging :)

xx

A new college year a new start.

So i promised my friend Daniel i'd posted more now im back to college as ive been a little bleak over the summer....

Yesterday was my 1st day back, and to say the least it was a LOOOOOONG day, firstly i arrived to college at about half 8 but lessons didnt start till half 10.. thank god for friends!!!

A boring yet very informal lecture and meeting people in our new groups.

OHH AND GUESS WHAT! we get to go to amsterdam its only £185.. please make all donations to Chelsey Mitchell :D haha 

so i've been hunting around charity shops for the book 'one day' David NichollS, I would buy it band new but i dont really see the point as ill only read it once or twice and then it'll get put on the bookshelf with all the others.

so if you see one laying about for a couple of quid think of me!!

so the computer crashed half way through this thank god for automatic saving!! :D

these computers make me so angry they are rubbish!

this is me ^^

i know it was short and sweet but i havent really done anything to blog about anything just yet,, but tomorrow im sure i will.

happy blogging :)

love chelsey xx

Baby Amy.

Baby Amy. 

The gorgeous Family.

Father daughter time.

A few pictures from a shoot I did for the Cole family, and their beautiful arrival Baby Amy. 

Im such a let down.

So at 1st this blogging lack was just my life and i posted about 4 times a day! and now im struggling to post once a month :( im soo sorry for all you readers, cause it must be boring waiting for a never coming update..
So i apologise now for being boring! haha

But anyway i have some GREAT news..
two wonderful friends of mine have asked me to be their wedding photographer in November! and im so excited i cant wait.. now this will be my 1st proper paid job and im slightly scared as i dont want to screw up .. but its a job task and i like to think im up for the job, so as of now i'll be praticing my portraits, and will be reading lots of wedding photography manuals! and more than likely sending messages to my dear friend Daniel to get him to ask his father some questions for me! so i apologise now Dan if im a pest :P
So if any of you lovely readers would like some pictures taken or have any handy hints or tips for me i would be very thankful!

well im hoping this is going to give me a little more to blog about!
so chat soon.
Happy Blogging,
:) xx

I Love London

Long time no see!
sorry i haven't posted in a while.. been a busy bee..

Victoria and Albert Museum.

Enjoying the sun...

There's a little bit of beauty hiding in every corner

Just a few snaps from London!

my artist book..

I find myself struggling to fill my artist book, as I haven't done something everyday, so there's quite a few blank pages in my book.


I keep trying to find something to do, but it just doesn't seem to happen, I put it down to living in a tiny village with nothing much to do .. and pretty much no transport to get anyway .. :( and + ive been working like constantly and there's only so much you can write/draw about the co-op! 


so here's just a few snaps of my work so far..

painted out in the fields. 

 I really like this image, the natural colours are so beautiful, and I really like the textures. Although im really pleased with the outcome, now I think I should have used natural materials, such as mud/dirt, grass, im totally considering going out and re-doing this image, what do you think ?.. I was also considering using the quote 
" A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache " but im not sure i like it.. does it kill the beauty of the image ?.. opinions please!

a new beginning 

So the day before I made this page id had a pretty bad day, and someone quoted this to me, and if im honest they are so right.. so when your having a bad day always remember tomorrows a new day, a new beginning. 
I made this page by ripping dates out of a diary and sticking them onto a page in my book. unfortunately id already wrote the quote on the page, before id come up with the idea, but im considering covering up the text and writing over the diary pages ? what do you think would look best?..


well that's all I have to show for today!


Happy Blogging, :)
xx 

T-Shirt Printing.

Model = Jodie Wright :)
Clothes = T-Shirt - printed by oneself,
               Skirt - hooch
So at college ive been T-shirt printing, its still work in progress but if im honest im so pleased with it so far, I just had to show it off. - For all that cant see the design its a beautiful butterfly print, made from etching into plastic and using inks to print onto the fabric. The next step for the t-shirt is to make a similar stencil to cover the back panel of the t-shirt.
Keep an eye out for the updated version.

Happy Blogging
xx

Artist books

So some may say that summer has come early in more than one way.. Firstly the beautiful weather we've been having! please don't let it go! and also to my advantage college have given us another 6 weeks off college for various reasons.. setting us a project with no rules. okay well one .. make a Artist Book.


"Artists' books are books or book-like objects over the final appearance of which an artist has had a high degree of control; where the book is intended as a work of art in itself." Stephen Bury


within this project we have no boundaries, we can do what we want, how we want. I think id go as far to say this is probably the best project we been set this year. 


Ive decided my theme is going to be : yesterday today tomorrow 
Ive taken alot of influence from Kurt Schwitter, I really like his style of work, as it is very cut and paste/ collage.
I took influence from this particular piece as Schwitter has taken stamps, letters and photographs, that all have links to one another and made it into one piece. 

so for Today's page in my book its going to be based around 'The royal wedding'
I intend on including, the Union Jack, today's date, a photograph of William And Catherine and other objects/slogans that have influence on today's occasion. 


well before I head off, im very sorry for not being about just recently, ive been very busy, but im back now and will hopefully keep things up to date.
Happy Blogging, 
xx

Foiling.

A weaving update!

so excited.

So on Friday, in weaving, we completed my previous piece of weaving ( the alpaca wool) and then decided I wanted to add foil to it, but instead of ruining my 1st piece I made a small sample of the same style of weaving to foil over. I'm so pleased with the outcome I love how you can still see all the textures of the wool in the foil.

im keeping this short as its my 3rd post of today!
so...
Happy Blogging
xx

A little Treat..

So for Christmas a couple of years ago my parents got me some pink and white polka dot cutlery set, and my little sister loves them, so I decided I wanted to get her a set, but I wanted to make them a little more special as they will be her 1st proper set. Exciting times! - she's growing up so fast..

So ive found this fab website, run by a girl called Kayleigh, she makes a wide variety of things made from clay, such as jewellery, buttons, cutlery and lots of other fun unique things. She's does things to personal taste, you can choose your own colours and designs, so I placed my order for some funky , colourful and girlie cutlery and she made them within a week! sent me pictures to make sure I liked them, which of course I do, I hope my little sister loves them as much as me, now waiting for the cheque to be sent and the money to be received and then they will be in the post, I cant wait for them to arrive.

just a sneak peak!

You can find all Kayleigh's stuff on her face-book page : Kayleighs Craftyness, I'm sure she'd love to hear from you as well, but please bare in mind she is a student, so her studies are important.
I hope you enjoy her stuff as much as I do :)
please take a visit to her page at :
 http://www.facebook.com/Kayleighs.Craftyness?sk=info

Happy Blogging,
:) xx

New Friends!

There's nothing worse than walking in a room full of people you don't really know, ive been doing this the past couple of weeks, as I choose different subjects to my girls, so the past couple of weeks ive had to make new friends, and I'm really pleased I put the effort in to try , as ive meet some lovely girls and guys, that ill hopefully chat to some more over the next couple of weeks :)

I'm seeing spots.. or should I say dots ?

So in surface pattern,
we have been set a project brief of SPOTS.DOTS.AND.CIRCLES.
                        we were told to be as imaginative as possible and come up with loads of unique ideas..
as much as I had to take this project brief serious, I had lots of fun, and I'm really pleased with some of my outcomes.

using spots.dots.and.circles. in textiles.

or on a phone cover..

the possibilities are endless.. 

Happy Blogging,

xx

Surface pattern..

OH POLO..

or not so yummy.

I wouldn't advise eating that polo, not only cause its stuck down with glue,

but its been dipped in pink ink, to produce this unique pattern..

LOVE LOVE LOVE.....so pleased with the outcome as its fun, unique and a good use of materials available.

I just hope the tutors love it as much as I do :)

happy blogging,

xx

Alpaca Wool!

I can guess what your thinking..

Another Textiles based post!.. yeah I know. But this blog is meant to be about college work and just recently, ive been  blogging about my personal life, so ive got to add a few post to keep the tutors sweet! haha. :)

So anyway.. today while I was in textiles with Angie my tutor, she introduced me to some fab new wool, it wasn't just any standard sheep or goats wool.. it was Alpaca Wool, SOOOOOO SOFT! it was really nice to use as it pulled apart easily and you could make each section as thick or thin as you liked. I decided to mix it up with some brown and cream wool, which gave of a fab effect. I didn't get much done as it was close to home time :( but ill defiantly be using it again.

I'm really pleased with how its turned out so far, and I cant wait to continue with it!

will keep you posted with the progress!

Happy blogging, 

xx

Weaving..

      So today, I was meant to be in print making, but due to the classroom being so small our class of 22 couldn't all fit in, so I had to go off and do something else.

      I decided to do some weaving, it was very therapeutic, me and my tutor sat and listened to classical music on radio three. I really enjoyed it as I was free to experiment with different techniques and materials.

    It was really nice to work on a one to one basis with my tutor today, as I was able to get as much help as i needed, plus lots of advise, and a good old natter about all things textiles! I honestly couldn't think of a better way to have spent my Tuesday!

just a sample, trying out different techniques. 

happy blogging,

xx

the new addition to my shoe collection,,

Just recently ive been crazing for a new pair of wellies, i was fed up of walking the dog in my Ugg boots and ruining them, so for my birthday my dad got me a new pair, they are so beautiful! now i can walk the dog and jump in as many puddles as i like!, there not very muddy just yet but give me a week or so and you wont be able to see that pattern on them!

So today while walking the dog, in the distance is saw some dears i was so gutted not to have my camera on me, i wont be making that mistake again i can promise that ..it was a very beautiful sight..

Well i hope this has inspired you to dig out your wellies and go for a walk! the weathers nice so why not!

Happy Blogging :)
xx

Happy Birthday to me!

So it was my 18th birthday on Saturday! and oh my was it fab!
my mum pulled out all the stocks, with giant 18 helium balloons, lots of banners. and some yummy food.

there where some fab looking costumes, of all different kinds, clowns, cowboys, Disney characters, animals, the list goes on!

i got loads of lovely presents including a chamilia bracelet with some beads to go on it!, lots of wine and champagne, and lots of money to go out and buy some new clothes!

so turns out I didn't buy myself a single drink,  like it should be on your birthday!

bloggings quite slow from me atm, but will try keep you updated
happy blogging
:) xx