Paper Penguins

A new year and a new season of events from Arctic Circle and this gives me a chance to try a new look for the penguin. Last year I experimented with a mixture of 3-D paper sculptures with 2-D characters. I really enjoyed this as it totally took me away from my computer and left me alone with a sheet of paper, a scalpel and an idea. This year I have reduced it even more restricting my self to a single A4 sheet and a single cut.

Here are a few snaps I took of the process:

Attack of the 50ft Killer Penguins

The next penguin related brief to come from Arctic Circle was to create an image for a series of 'electro' nights, one to be held on 6 September at the ICA featuring John Metcalfe Band, The Shortwave Set, Pedro, Inchtime and Mr Hopkins Computer. 
The second night was on the 10 September and back to the Notting Hill Arts Club for an evening of and had Errollyn Wallen, Lol Hammond, Anil and HL.
The image above was the one used for the actual event but with a bit of digging a few other 'also rans came up which I have shown below, I have a sneaky suspicion that there were others so if I come across them I post them too.

The year of the penguin

This year sees a certain penguin coming of age. Arctic Circle will be celebrating five years of putting on unique events in a variety of venues from The Barbican to Tate Britain and taking in spots in Manchester, Bristol and London, with a variety of artists from The Notwist, Efterklang, North Sea Radio Orchestra and countless other fantastic artists. I have been involved with Arctic Circle since it's first night at the Hayward Gallery and to help celebrate this landmark I'll be posting a few of the images that have been created to promote it's events over the past 5 years.