#anna garforth

DB: please can you tell us about your background and how you came to do the type of work you do today? AG: ironically, working with living materials was inspired by a trip to abney park cemetery – a woodland memorial and local nature reserve. I was fascinated by the beautiful script and moss that covers the grave stones, one stone had moss growing inside the carved out letters and it looked amazing. I collected moss from the surrounding gravestones and started to experiment, moss typography was born! from that trip the seed was planted, and the moss gave way to experimenting with many other materials and concepts that I am working on today.

DB: how do you see your work evolving, and what has been the evolution so far? AG: the moss art so far has evolved into non typographic installations such as kings cross and the big bang. I have put moss typography on the back burner as there are new ideas to be had. from the moss came a love for working with raw materials, and I started to explore with different mediums such as cookie dough, paper, card, bioluminescent bacteria, wood etc. I want to continue to experiment with other materials, and I have a few projects in mind which will be stuff I haven’t ventured into before. my work aims to reflect the textured world we live in where many different species, plants, and manmade elements coexist.

Super leuk om te doen! 

De Engelse kunstenares Anna Garforth bedacht het; zo doe je het zelf:

Was een handje mos goed uit.

Doe het met 1/2 liter yoghurt of karnemelk en een 1/2 theelepel suiker in een blender.

Mix tot een groene substantie.

Verf hiermee de tekst op de muur.

Good Thursday morning -Today's Story is about how to make Eco- friendly Graffiti

How To Make Eco-friendly Graffiti

now a days people are encouraging Eco-friendly things, people  become more  environmentally aware. Graffiti artist are encouraging Eco – graffiti,green graffiti, and   moss graffiti .

Eco-friendly Graffiti

Making  Graffiti art using  moss and natural products .it is  replaces the spray and chemical paining

Things needed for Eco-friendly Graffiti

One or two…

After a stunning debut commission for Eye Candy 2013 (the beautiful Geo Fox in Southside) Anna Garforth was top of our list to ask back to Eye Candy for 2014.

This year Anna collaborated with Furniture/Concept designer Dale Stephens on Tutti Frutti - a colourfully juicy new addition to the front of Boxxed in Digbeth.