White Lace / Doily Bunting

For my mum's big birthday I had my family around to my apartment and we had a little party. The night before they arrived I quickly made some bunting out of white paper doilies, which looked like incredibly tasteful white lace trim bunting! It was unbelievably quick to run out with my sewing machine. I could have made a few more lengths – I got a pack of 60 for just £1!

Rob Ryan on my bed side

I finally got around to mounting my Rob Ryan ceramic tile. I painted a tile frame black, varnished it, stuck the tile in, and stuck felt corners over the staples in the bottom so they don't scratch the surface. I love how this fits so well into my bedroom. I also framed my screen printed 2013 Valentines Card. I love it.
PS – my mum made my the knitted bunny.

Space collection

I'm gradually building up a collection of Astro-themed art pieces, which has even spread onto my laptop background…

Baby Boy Bunting

I made a name bunting for a new baby boy. I hope he likes it! 

Tunnelblick

I have the pleasure of sharing with you another master piece of Digital Art…

Following the incredible success of our music video MASS, animator Henning Lederer has teamed up with musician Rob Clouth for another monochromatic spectacular. This time they present you with a hypnotic, constricted, circular tunnel of vision: TUNNELBLICK: 

Tunnelblick from Henning M. Lederer on Vimeo.
 

***IMPORTANT NOTE***

Enjoy fullscreen in a dark room with a decent sound system turned up loud!

Travels and work over 5 months

Whilst tidying up an old hard drive, I came across a graph I made in 2010 which I'd neglected to publish. 

The graph starts just after my graduation from MA Digital Arts in Norwich. During the 5 months the graph covers, I visited Stuttgart for the first time and took on a freelance project there for two months. I tracked how far I was from home and how the work routine affected my exercise patterns. 

Balloon over Norwich Cathedral

I caught a balloon above Norwich Cathedral this evening…

Sunrise by Roy Lichtenstein

In March I visited the  Roy Lichtenstein retrospective at the Tate Modern. As Henning missed the exhibition I sent him a post card. A few weeks later, he had animated the scene…

Sunrise by Roy Lichtenstein from hm-lab on Vimeo.

Cut out card for a travelling couple

Some friends ventured from Germany over to the other side of the world for a whole year. I wanted to wish them well on their adventure…

Winning entry of the Tatty Devine Hot House Animation competition!

In June, Henning and I worked on a short animation to enter the Tatty Devine Hot House competition. 

We had the idea of working with a travelling mandala. This was a perfect theme for the piece, as the mandala is associated with the far east – hot countries – something the Spring Summer 2013 collection is taking inspiration from.

I started by drawing all the pieces of the Hot House collection in Illustrator… 

I also drew some extra patterns, taking inspiration from henna tattoos. This was a natural connection, inspired from the Tatty Devine Holi party back in March! This is my beautiful faux sister, Auria, with a fresh glitter henna tattoo at the TD Holi party in London, March 13.

I also worked on the title and credit screen, animated background sun rays and sound design.

As the Hot House collection features jungle leaves and animals, it was really important to me that the film had a warm, humid atmosphere and tropical background sound. With the mandala's connection to the far east, it seemed fitting to adorn the scene with the sound of a sitar. This instantly gives the piece a relaxed ambience, which also connects to the mandala's association with meditation. 

The overall effect is a fascinating array of curiosities circling before you…  

The Hot House Mandala from Charlotte Vogel on Vimeo.

It took the majority of the weekend to get it done, but it was well worth the effort. Firstly, we enjoy working collaboratively – sometimes things get hairy, but we always find a way to make things work. Secondly, WE WON! 

Ours was one of three animations chosen to receive a prize and be screened at the London Short Film Festival in January 2014. 

We got a really lovely comment from Harriet Vine: 

“This is one of my favourite entries! I love the soundtrack and the way Charlotte incorporated elements of the collection in the pattern.”

See the other winners here.

A very big thank you to Henning for making making it all come to life! You can see more of his amazing animations here.