Layouts

Abstracts Promises

Promises could conceivably be marked as my first inroads into digital layouts, as I needed to learn digital pretty quickly to change the colourways for this Andy Warhol inspired Pop-art layout.

The journaling reads -

A Promise from a daughter -

Dear Dad, no matter how big I get, I promise that I will always keep hold of a part of you.

A promise from a father -

Dear Daughter, no matter how big you get, I promise that I will always remember the little things.

Dated : Father’s Day, June 2004 (although I created it the month before, in advance)

Abstracts Family Shape

The Shape of a Family, uses very simple geometric shapes and that’s all.

This one is mentioned in the Book of Us, but was not published with the sister one of US.

Abstracts Love in B&W

A black and white abstract, featuring the well-known Love abstract composition of Robert Indianna, 1996.

All of this design was purely handcut from black and white cardstock.

Abstracts Play

Play incorporates letter stickers, and art by the artist, Keith Haring. I printed out one untitled version from the internet, and printed out another to use as a template for the handcut larger and central figure. I had to change the colours for this one, to fit the colours used in our clothing.

I love some of Keith Harings great abstract art pieces in particular.

Abstracts Remember Us

Remember Us was inspired by the primary colour work of artist Piet Mondrain, who was considered the first artist to move into the neoplaticism style. I chose him, because his primary colour work is what prompted me to start this series in total.

Abstracts Aroha

This particular layout was designed around a very early 20th century book capturing the Maori art of even earlier. The red and black emblems are symbolic of my own culture. I also added one red cross to the layout, to signafy the cross of St George, for my English hubbie.

Aroha-ini means In Love in Maori.

The layout was handcut.