Louise Holden

The Sketchbook Project

2010-07-06T15:08:00.000-07:00

I've just participated in the sketchbook project and waiting for my own sketchbook to be delivered from America. Make sure you order yours before October to be part of the sketchbook tour in 2011..

Thousands of sketchbooks will be exhibited at galleries and museums as they make their way on tour across the country.
After the tour, all sketchbooks will enter into the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Art Library, where they will be barcoded and available for the public to view.
Anyone - from anywhere in the world - can be a part of the project. To participate and have us send you a sketchbook that will go on tour, start by choosing a theme to the right.

Each artist is sent the same blank Moleskine sketchbook. We've only got two rules: first, the book must be used in some way - no sending us back an empty book or a completely different book! Second, the sketchbook must stay within its original dimensions (because we don't want to have to provide an extra suitcase just for your book while we're touring the country).
Each book will be given a barcode so we can easily catalog it into The Brooklyn Art Library system. Once we catalog it, artists will be able to track where on the tour their book is viewed and how many times someone pulled it from the shelf - we want to make sure you can stay connected with your sketchbook!
The availability of sketchbooks vary each day, so sign up quickly to reserve the one you want! You have the option to choose the kind of Moleskine and the color of the cover when you add the project to your cart.

http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject

Arts Thread

2010-07-06T14:35:00.000-07:00

My work is now being shown on ArtsThread's website so feel free to check it out and learn more about my projects... http://www.artsthread.com/viewer/graduate_portfolio.aspx?p=1115

Degree Show

2010-07-06T13:08:00.000-07:00

Havn't posted anything on here for a while so thought I would get it back up to date again...
So after completing my collection for my final major project we had our degree show opening night which was a great night and everyones work looked fab displayed in the church art gallery, it was a lovely way to end our three years on the course...Below are a few pieces of my work that I had photographed for my section in the degree show catalogue and the pieces I chose to display at the exhibition...

Work work work...

2010-04-06T10:39:00.000-07:00

Just a few more images from my final major project...

Drawings...

2010-02-15T03:53:00.000-08:00

For my drawings i wanted to make my sheets very experimental with mark making to re-create some of the images that had inspired me from space and also my attempts at marbling onto paper too..

SPACE The Final Frontier

2010-02-15T03:35:00.000-08:00

The concept for my final major project is based around space and technology. I didn't want to focus on typical space themes such as astronauts and the planets but on something more visually interesting such as space dust and all the fab colours and patterns you can find with-in them. Heres a few examples of my research...

Minor Project

2009-12-29T07:28:00.000-08:00

So i know i haven't posted anything on here for a while but been busy with the holidays and so on, so while i was free doing nothing i thought i would upload some images from pieces of my final collection and my work bay for my minor project... Below is a small photograph of the research up in my work bay...

And again below are a couple of images from my final collection of work displayed in my bay...

London and Matthew Williamson Night

2009-10-08T12:22:00.000-07:00

Last night I was in London after winning VIP tickets to an exclusive fashion show and evening with Matthew Williamson and Cosmopolitan magazine. I loved every second of it, there was an amazing performance from the cast of Chicago, style workshops with GMTV's stylist Mark Heyes and I also got to have a chat with Matthew Williamson himself. He has been such an inspiration for my work this year as part of my minor project and last night I got to talk about his collections with him, it was a great oppurtunity.

Fred Butler

2009-09-29T15:19:00.000-07:00

I just thought I would add some fab images from a collection by Fred Butler, after reading an interview with her for WUW magazine her work has also inspired me to try new things with my minor project...

Military Glam

2009-09-29T14:43:00.000-07:00

For my minor project I will be taking inspiration from the military after I got some great photographs of my grandad in his army days. Also with this I want to add a more glam-ROCK feel to my imagery to give it another twist.

So on Sunday I went to Eden Camp to get more research for my project, I wasn't really expecting too much from it to be honest but once we got there I was surprised to see that there were lots of things I could photograph to incorporate into my project. So here's a few images that I managed to get while I was there...

First Blog

2009-09-28T11:13:00.000-07:00

Well i thought i'd write my first blog!

I am going to use this blog as part of my course in textiles and surface design to document my progress and work in my third and final year at CCAD. At the moment it's nothing special (as you can see) but i will be uploading photos of my work as-well as things that i find inspirational very soon :)