Visiting Lecturer - Andy Singleton

Notes:

- Umbrella Term - Artist
- Fine art and commercial work
- Two sides to his work

Part 1 - Personal work:- Artist/illustrator
- Paper Artist
- Started with 2D
- The past 4-5 yrs he's been working in 3D
- Installations
- Did foundation at Leeds College of Art - thats when he started experimenting with paper cut stencils - he was 19 at the time.

- The went on to do Illustration Animation at Manchester met - where he started moving on from 2D to 3D by layering up his paper cuts

Post graduation:

- work got featured in a show - celebration of talents
- 2008 - went travelling
- 2010 - Got a studio (Westgate studios - run by neon artist Richard Wheater)

- Liam Hopkins - Internship
- Began working with Richard Sweeny - also works with paper and large scale installation.

- got frustrated working at small - then started working at large scale trying to capture movement and energy

- all hand cut.

- small sculptures

- got commissioned by manchester gallery to produce 3D work. Experimented with putting different bits of paper cut pieces together and manipulating them - 50 Individual papers!

- Self initiated and curated exhibition titled 'Nude Not Naked' in Brooklyn New York - used kickstarter to raise money - £6/7000. - if you want to do something, there's ways to do it!!

Part 2 - Commercial Work:

- Began getting more confident working with paper to work.
- Got first job - christmas themed shop window installation
- 2011 - liberty installation - got attention for his paper birds and was commissioned to make more birds.

-Process - start with a rough model in white paper - pick out bits that work well and replicate with better stock.
- Said that photographing work is important!

- He gets most of his jobs from the internet 

- He's recently got an agent in London and started doing more illustration/commercial work.

- Harrords commercial work - window shop installation - animal themed
- Playstation - london landscape
- Burberry shop window installation.

- You often don't get much time to design and put together the work - short deadlines!

I went to the talk after only seeing his personal installation work. In fact I saw his work at an exhibition in Nottingham a few years ago. Although I liked his work and thought it was crazy impressive, it's actually now his commercial work that I love more. I think that's natural with me doing illustration not fine art. I absolutely love his paper birds!! I love drawing birds, so this is just my cup of tea. I want a paper bird for myself!!!