Tools Used

Swann Morton No 3 handle with 10A blades, metal ruler, pencil, UHU glue, tweezers, cutting mat

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Which London landmark did you choose and why?

I chose Big Ben or more accurately the Elizabeth Tower. (Big Ben is the name of the great bell). I wanted to create a tall landmark that would be prominent within the installation.

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Talk us through the process of making the piece.

I began with lots of visual research. I examined lots of photographs to create rough sketches of the overall composition. Using my sketches I began to visualise my design digitally in Illustrator. Working digitally helped me to work out scale and select colours easily. 

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Each layer of the design was then printed on to very thin paper and lightly spray mounted on to the reverse of the colorplan stock. I opted for a vibrant colour palette of greens and pinks. Every element was cut by hand and carefully glued together. As the landmark has four faces each tiny piece had to be repeated.

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What was the most challenging part of the brief?

Sticking down all the tiny fiddly pieces, some pieces were so small that the glue had to applied using a pin head.

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What part of the brief did you enjoy the most?

Having complete freedom from the wonderful client G.F Smith, it is very rare that there are so few limitations in a brief so it was a pleasure to explore their fabulous Colorplan range.