Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! Here is a picture of my dog as an angel:

Also I will take the opportunity to show off the gift that I made for my Jess this Christmas:

It is a ~35cmx35cm tile portrait.
I went down to the local tile shop, picked up 9 white tiles. Then, I decoupage glued tissue paper with a photo-shopped image printed onto it to each tile. I then mounted it onto a board that I had just painted black. and voila! Tile portrait. The red of Jess's glasses didn't turn out as vibrant as I would have liked, but I'm pretty pleased with it nonetheless.

Some Stencil Portraits

I love creating portraits of people (or animals) using stencils.

I take a photograph that I like and use Photo Shop to design a stencil based on it.

I then print it off, cut it out, and apply paint, creating these (in my opinion) lovely art works.

All art is more lovely when you've made it yourself. And the beauty about these is that you don't need to be great at drawing, all you need are a few photo shop skills.

 Iggy Pop

 My Dog

 My Girlfriend, Jess

 Jess and me (before I applied my mouth)

Bird Box

For my girlfriends mums birthday I built a bird box, and although I painted it black, I forgot to take a picture of it before giving it away. I do have one picture though.
Also, instructions on how to build a bird box can be found at www.rspb.org.uk.

I highly encourage this, it is so rewarding to see a bird living in a nest that you built for it, also they make great gifts and are great for local bird populations. Just make sure you follow the guidelines outlined by the RSPB as you could potentially be putting birds in danger by trying to help them (for example, if you place it where a cat or fox might reach it or you use paint or varnish on the inside of the box).

EDIT 02/02/2012

I have taken a picture of the final bird box:

Technics SL1210 MK2 and Stanton SK-2F limited edition scratch mixer

My technics turntables are now for sale online on gumtree.com.
I'm selling them with the Stanton SK-2F limited edition mixer.
A beauty of a mixer it has the focus fader that is so smooth that it moves when you tip the mixer.
They're a great set of turntables.
All in original boxes.

go to: http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/pair-of-technics-sl1210-mkii-mk2-turntables-and-stanton-sk-2f-mixer-and-ortofon-cartridges/90897189