DOUGLAS THOMPSON

Creative Projects Workbook

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Northartcraft Art Market 11th & 12th September 2021

This is a one hour walkthrough of the Northartcraft art market. I worked with a group of artists to create this opportunity for artists to show and sell their work. As well as creating themed concept exhibitions and participating with my peers on group shows I have created a selling opportunity. I think it’s important to show your work in different ways and with different focus. This focus was about artists selling work and networking with others.

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Karl Mountford x INPRNT.

The truly sensational illustration work of artist Karl Mountford is all available as fine art prints in his INPRNT Shop.

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Be sure to follow INPRNT on Tumblr, too!

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Papercut practice and play with scrofula man by @hopps19_ https://www.instagram.com/p/CK2IJEdHJ4q/?igshid=2iqp7d9pk92r

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Paper Birch Bark Cut. #papercutting #papercutartist #birch @philbradleybasketmaker https://www.instagram.com/p/CK1RgR_nH8z/?igshid=jizf8zsgbtk5

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Comedy and Tragedy. This original has been cut in paper by hand. I'd like to cut this in acrylic on a laser cutter. Each colour would be a separate cut and then I'd mix and match like a big inlay jigsaw. I'd end up with several versions. #papercutting #papercutart #papercutartist #lasercutting #theatre #tragedy #comedy #harrogatetheatre (at Harrogate Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKyeu2-Ht2Z/?igshid=7stq11oezljv

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Work on a Yorkshire Rose element for a larger paper-cut. I started by hand and then used digital mirroring to create a five fold symmetry #papercutting #papercutart #yorkshirerose https://www.instagram.com/p/CKxEGWDndro/?igshid=spwb0t2rws5k

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That motley drama oh be sure it shall not be forgot. #tragedy #papercutart #theatre (at Harrogate Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJBaPf2ngZP/?igshid=2kwk3dasiwl8

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Really excited to have my work exhibiting and for sale in Harrogate in our new pop up gallery in the Victoria Shopping Centre. (at Victoria Shopping Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIvJ6pvHbjF/?igshid=3j6m7tgve2ck

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A few resources to help, learn, and promote:

TO HELP AND DONATE:

Black Lives Matter carrd with info, petitions, donation sites they recommend, and readings they suggest

President Obama’s List of orgs to help, things to read, and ways to get engaged

Black-led LGBTQ+ Organizations posted by Alexis Michelle

TO LEARN AND UNLEARN:

5 Ways to Take Action for all non-black people by The Conscious Kid

10-Steps to Non-Optical Allyship by Mireille Cassandra Harper 

How to Be Actively Anti-Racist by Good Good Good Co

Victoria Alexander’s recommendations on Anti-Racist Literature

TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE:

Abelle Hayford’s #drawingwhileblack Directory of Black Creatives to hire

Author Oge Mora’s List of Children’s Books by Black Authors - also check out Oge Mora’s beautiful books!

A Twitter Thread from Melissa See on Black YA novels

Karina Yan Glasser’s 100 Must-Read Children’s Books by African-American Authors

10 Black-Owned Online Bookstores to buy all these lovely books from!

Bookshop.org’s List of Independent Black-Owned Bookstores 

[douglasartist]

The art and craft of cutting paper into artistic, symbolic, and useful items is an international phenomenon with a history as old as paper itself. Papercutting has been done by school children and Chinese peasants, by skilled artists and accomplished amateurs. The resulting work can be as simple and direct as a portrait silhouette, or incredibly intricate and laden with religious symbolism. Papercuts can be found in many cultures around the world and are being made today with an eye towards both past techniques and current innovations. Kreisel presents an illustrated and annotated bibliography of books and articles on papercutting in many of its variations and natural origins, with a catalog of selected collections of papercuts that can be found in museums, historical societies, and libraries in the U.S.

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Bathtime in Clerkenwell (2002)

3 min. 15 sec, 2002. Made in Macromedia Director. This animation is based on Stephen Coates composition under the same title. This film is about The Great Revolution of the British Cuckoos, who bravely took over London, forcing all the people to move inside the cuckoo clocks. Quicktime of this film can be purchased here: filmannex.com/budovsky

Jury Award for the Best Animation at Sundance Online Film Festival 2004, Prize "for the perfection of music and fantastic Imaginary" at Ottawa animated film festival 2004, Grand Jury Award for the best animated short at Florida Film Festival 2003, The Best of Show Award from ASIFA-East 2003, Grand Prize from ASIFA--West, Prize for the best film in "applied animation" category at KROK --2003 (Russia-Ukraine), Diploma from IX Russian Festival of Animated Films, Best Animation at Boston Underground Film Festival, Third Prize at Film Fest New Heaven.

Official selection at Annecy 2003 (France) , Newport International Film Festival 2003, Resfest 2003, Sacramento film and music festival, Woodstock film festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, Northhampton Independent Film festival, New York Expo, Wiesbaden Film Festival (Germany), Cartoombria (Italy) , Black Nights international Film Festival (Estonia, Tallin), Tel-Aviv Festival for comics and animation, Anima Mundy (Brazil), Aspen Shortfest, Zagreb Animafest

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My beautiful little nightjar lantern DIY project is free for anyone to make and you can download it here: https://landlinesproject.wordpress.com/nightjar-nights/ #nightjarnights #nightjar #nightjars #nightjarillustration #paperart #papercutting #northartcraft #papercutartist #papercrafts #papercutout #craft #art (at Harrogate, North Yorkshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8ECEmniX6/?igshid=1e0tkompm9g2l

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Blimey I hadn't realised that so much time had passed since creating this. 6 Months in the blink of an eye.

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06/05/20

I'm preparing to mix my own chemicals for a cyanotyping project. 'Oak on Oak'. I'm going to cyanotype a photograph of an oak leaf onto a small sheet of oak.