Photography

For the photography module of the project I wanted to continue the idea of classified ads and looked at the notice boards that you find in local shops.  These have long been a fascination of mine, having the same strange and comical mixture of ads that are found in the local newspaper classifieds, together with idiosyncratic typography and sometimes peculiar illustrations.

Here are my top eight:-

Chi-wa-wa

The first print project was based on newspapers, news and text.  I adore the classifieds and saw an ad for chihuahua pups amongst other things and that set me off along these lines:-

This was the first etching I made.

Some extremely overworked lithographs to follow in the next post.

What I Did Last Summer II

A little bit of collage ...