About me (and my chin)

To introduce myself to the lovely members of White Space I was asked to do a short presentation. I decided to create a song/video combo and play it to them...
About Me_WhiteSpace from Jennifer Bows on Vimeo.

A Musical Engagement...

I (badly) put together this collection of clips from our belated engagement/pre-leaving Yorkshire party, which we celebrated with all our friends and family. I wanted everybody to feel free to perform, and am very lucky to have had so many talented volunteers...  

Hen Will I See You Again?...

Recognize this design? I have made full use of the wedding stationary imagery, and have created a set of chicken themed thank you cards...(The metallic purple paint is from the Pound Shop - who'd have thought!)

Save the Date!

My recent big project has been designing and producing all the 'papery' things for my biggest sister's up and coming wedding. Here are here 'save the date cards'....

I then began designing the main invitations, having been sent an example of what she would like. I decided to test out some potato printing to add a personal touch to the invites...

...but then remembered I wasn't completely mental (this would have taken a few million months to achieve 60 invites...) (I exaggerate). 

So I then settled on creating a design, printing it out via man-made printing equipment and adding just a baby finger of personal touches...

60 invites, inserts and RSVP cards down. 60 evening invites, 60 more RSVP cards, 60 order of services, 100 place cards, 10 menus and a seating plan to go. 

What are baby sisters for! 

I shall post the full collection when it is complete :)

Oh How February Flies...

WHAT! Almost 4 months since I last posted? Not that this means I haven't been creative.. or busy. A move to the South has given me another half of the country to explore (never really travelled below the belly, so enjoying living on the smooth thigh of Suffolk), where I have been serving food, freelancing, and eating lots of cheesy puffs....

..Also gave a home to this little critter (named "Boo", short for 'Bouken' which is Japanese for 'Adventurous') (She also loves cheesy puffs apparently).

I've also started a placement at a wonderful design studio called White Space, where I am very much enjoying the opportunities to be creative and thoughtful. Currently working on a little animation for a photography company, which I can hopefully post at some point!

My entry for Playstation's 'Access' magazine cover competition. The theme is "Gaming takes over the world." 

(The tedious method of public voting is the system they are using, so I have no chance of winning but it was a fun one-day brief...)

Alex Kidd..

A birthday card from my boyfriend, as I seem to talk about the game Alex Kidd a lot..
What impresses me most about this card is the fact that he produced it in Paintshop Pro.. 

Wingardium Leviosa

Yesterday I stumbled across a photography/Photoshop trick where you can make it look like you're floating... I tried this, for no other reason than I thought it looked proper cool!! These are the first photos I tried, so they are not perfect at all.. But it's got me thinking of other creative ways I could use this technique...

SpongeBob credits theme...

A little song Jonny and I performed on New Years eve.. I had never heard the song before, but apparently it's incredible...

(the headgear was chosen to compliment the piece...)

Christmas Citrus...

This Christmas I decided to create my own Christmas pattern, but wanted to make it a little different from the usual. I thought about a part of my Christmas which has been there every year but doesn't get much attention- the orange! To this day I still receive a clementine/satsuma in the bottom of my stocking, and the smell of them always reminds me of the festive season :)

I drew the pattern out, transferred the image to a silkscreen and printed a multitude of items with it...

Christmas cards..

Wrapping paper..

Tea towels..

...as well as the tags, labels and cupcake boxes in the post below. 

You can never have too many oranges!!

Christmas Crafts

Last week some members of our course held a mini craft stall at university, and these are some of the things I made and sold...

Screen-printed Christmas cards

Christmas cake cupcakes

Tree decorations

Red Bull Canimation

My entry for the Red Bull Canimation competition.  The top 10 voted videos go through to the judges, so please please vote, like & comment on mine! (Each counts as a vote).
Click this link: canimation.redbull.co.uk/gallery/video/31838772



The Beat of the Bull from Jennifer Bows on Vimeo.

A River Tale

A song I wrote and performed for a 3 minute presentation about an event in my life. I chose to tell my story of finding a conspicuous item whilst taking photographs along the river in Carlisle, and the fear I felt during it. Afterwards, I did laugh at my naive actions...

The photographs do not necessarily match the lyrics but are the photographs I took at the time of said event, for my traditional photography module.

Upside-down Face...

A short video I made whilst holidaying in Centerparcs..
My boyfriend was feeling weak, so allowed me to draw on his face with eyeliner.. Inspiration from this task came from reading Vic Reeve's autobiography and the mischief he got up to as a child (a hilarious read).