How did you start out in the world of design?
When I was 6 years old, every Saturday afternoon at my Nan’s house I was sitting down drawing these wonderful intricate creations with a biro, then for Christmas and birthday presents I was brought art materials so it sort of built up from there right up until when I to university to study illustration.
Have you ever worked on anything on the same scale as this?
No.
What was the inspiration behind your design?
While I was researching I saw this image of a 1950’s pin-up girl undressing, and she was framed by a keyhole. It was the idea of staring though keyholes to see what was going on in a room appealed to me as it was sort of how I see the act of shopping; you see what people are buying for nights out, for bedroom wear etc. That to me was almost looking through a keyhole in to these peoples lives.
How did you tie in the keywords that we gave you as a guideline for your design?
Each keyword was an element of the design. I know that’s a vague answer, but am not even sure how I tied them in, a magician never reveals his secrets, I’ll go with that.
How long did it take you to come up with the design on paper?
On paper was a day. Then we (my friend Bob the photographer and I) spent a couple of days getting models together and getting the photo shoot done. Then the rest of my time was spent doing the images on the computer so all in all about 2 weeks, I worked right up until the deadline.
How did the implementation of the design go? Did it take longer than expected?
Various parts took longer then expected, like the cutting out of the stencils and hanging them, the painting was over in next to no time, most of my time was spent running up and downstairs.
This was possibly one of the biggest canvas that you’ll ever work on...was this a daunting task?
It was to begin with, when I was staring the walls thinking “howamigoingtogetthisalldone”, but once the paint hit the walls I thought “This is not too bad”
Last but certainly not least…what will you be spending your £200 voucher on?
Well once I thank everyone who helped me, I am hoping get myself a pair of converse or a hat.
And as for the design? Check out the video below...
