Fables and Reflections

Theatre Design - Peter Pan: The Musical

2012-01-13T13:28:00.000Z

Peter Pan: The Musical at the Hampton Hill Playhouse Teddington Theatre Club Saturday 3rd to Saturday 10th December Directed by Dawn Lacey There was a lot to do in this production - the orignal plan was to paint the whole of Neverland on the flats for some of the scenes, but we just weren't going to have enough time to do it, since there was only one person doing it (ie: me). So we decided to

Graphic Design - Forbidden Planet

2012-01-12T17:07:00.006Z

Among the many things I had to do for YAT's Return to the Forbidden Planet were a few scraps of graphics. Firstly I had to do a re-design of an original Forbidden Planet poster - the director wanted me to change it just enough to look different, but wanted it basically the same. So I changed the characters to look a bit like the actual actors, changed a few colours and added my own sky. The

Theatre Design - Return to the Forbidden Planet

2012-01-11T21:50:00.004Z

Return to the Forbidden Planet at the Hampton Hill PlayhouseYouth Action TheatreWednesday 9th - Saturday 12th NovemberDirected by Bill ComptonPhotography by Jon ConstantAriel enters the airlockReturn to the Forbidden Planet is a fun-filled rock musical with a live band right on stage! The basic story is The Tempest, but re-set in a 1950's/60's sci-fi movie, where a space-ship and its crew crash

All About Recycling

2011-11-03T09:37:00.004Z

Now, many of you who have previously lived with me or been to my house may have noticed I'm a bit of a recycling nut. My Mum has always recycled stuff ever since I was little - we even have a composter outside for organic stuff, and a rabbit next door for unwanted bits of veg! So I have pretty much taken it for granted that recycling is just a thing you do, and I do it without thinking about

The Armoury and Creature Shop

2011-05-30T20:42:00.007+01:00

..At Camp Silver Beach Summer 2010It works like this:1) Ross Barnes has a vision of the most amazing Evening Programme (basically evening game/activity for the kids) ever at Camp Silver Beach.2) We both work on the principle of if you're going to do a thing you might as well do it properly.3) Most of our evenings and weekends (in fact pretty much all) are spent in making costumes for one night.

My CV

2011-05-28T02:03:00.002+01:00

Catie Atkinson CV

A look back...

2011-03-25T10:27:00.009Z

Foundation ArtHere's just a quick look back at the work I did in my BTEC Diploma Foundation Art way back in 2006...These assemblage pieces marked a turning point in my work, where I went from being interested in art, painting pretty pictures and taking pretty photographs, to actually making something of substance. It's also where I started to use a lot of the techniques that I would eventually

Acting - What's in a Name?

2011-03-25T10:14:00.005Z

What's in a Name at the Terrace Gardens, Richmond11th July 2009Written by Ben Davies, Directed by Bill ComptonWhat's in a Name was an original comedy written by Ben Davies all about the history of Richmond Palace and the variety of people who lived there. It was performed three times on the same day in Richmond's Terrace Gardens, and before the commencement we would wonder around the park in

Theatre Work - Sense and Sensibility

2011-03-24T23:32:00.010Z

Sense and Sensibility at Claygate Village Hall7th - 9th October 2010 Written by Jane Austen; Adapted by Fiona DowdDirected by Sarah Dowd and Elizabeth LattimorePerformed by Claygate Dramatic Society This was with a different theatre group to usual - I had done two scenic paintings for Sarah and Lizzie before, so of course when they knew that they would be putting a gigantic painting at the back

Theatre Work - The Taming of the Shrew

2011-03-24T17:23:00.007Z

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Webdings} The Taming of the Shrew at the Hampton Hill PlayhouseBy Shakespeare; Directed by Elizabeth Lattimore and Sarah Dowd21st-24th April 2010 This version of Taming was set in the 1960's, and therefore the set design was a recreation of a colourful and hip London street in the '60's! I was asked to paint a huge backdrop of Carnaby

Pride and Prejudice: A Close Look

2011-03-24T15:01:00.003Z

Pride and Prejudice at the Hampton Hill Playhouse6th - 9th May 2009A closer look at the set painting that I did for this play.

Theatre Work - Relative Values

2011-03-24T13:18:00.013Z

Noel Coward's Relative ValuesTTC - Hampton Hill PlayhouseJuly 2009The set in this play consisted of a library in a large house and the design was naturalistic. I was asked to help create the bookcases by painting up ready-made vacuum formed shelves of books (just the bookends really!) to look like real books so that they could be put into a framework for the bookshelves which lined the room.As

Watch This Space...

2011-01-15T17:09:00.001Z

Ok ok... So I went to America over the summer that's fair enough... But what excuse do I have for not blogging since I came back? None whatsoever!I've been very lazy since I came back and have just been avoiding catching up on my blog in the vague hope that all the work I've been doing will just post itself! Back in the real world, that hasn't happened, so a new years resolution is to catch up

Heracles - A Close Look

2010-05-16T22:45:00.005+01:00

One of the Hydra heads - mouth openMouth ClosedA glowing eye:- LEDs behind tissue paperInside the Hydra head - you can see it's constructed from newspaper Papier Mache on chicken-wire - also visible are the wires and battery pack for the LED eyes.Cheron's hand - constructed on a latex glove using Halloween joke witches fingers, chicken-wire, tissue paper, glue, and painted to look like flaking

QVC

2010-05-10T22:41:00.005+01:00

QVC - Christmas SetsOctober 2009During October 2009 I worked for QVC (the Shopping Channel in case you don't know) making all of the Christmas decorations to go into the sets for the Christmas period. Julie Ash, the Production Designer basically showed me some mood boards and some examples of the kind of thing she wanted, and left me in a big room with a huge amount of raw materials to get

The Labours of Heracles

2010-04-28T15:03:00.009+01:00

Hampton Hill PlayhouseNovember 2009I was set the challenge of designing and making the Hydra for Ben Davies' The Labours of Heracles. It was around two weeks work. See below for the photos.I also designed some dog masks for Cerberus, and the costume for Cheron (the one that looks like Death).

Contact Me

2010-04-28T11:23:00.001+01:00

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Thank You!

2010-04-28T11:01:00.004+01:00

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My CV in one page...

2010-04-28T02:49:00.001+01:00

April 2010 1page CV

Ananas Comosus (2010)

2010-03-03T15:51:00.002Z

Ananas Comosus is a short mock-documentary about a guy who is afraid of Pineapples. Sara Harrak, Scott Wilkins and I made it for the Odeon Staff Short Film Competition. All of the films had to include two elements, which were released 2 weeks before the deadline to ensure that everybody had the same amount of time to make the film. These elements were; A Pineapple as a prop, and the line: "I'll

Fairy Tale Videos

2010-03-02T23:37:00.003Z

A few fairy tale videos from 2006/2007. The Big Bad Wolf was part of my final show in my foundation year - I'll post photos of the other works soon. The Poison Apple I did in my second year at uni when I was kinda experimenting with moving from my photography into film. I think it was a good move.The Big Bad Wolf (2006) from Catie Atkinson on Vimeo.The Poison Apple (2007) from Catie Atkinson

Creepy, Huh?

2010-03-02T01:54:00.005Z

My final two films that I made for my Degree Show. The Other or Doppleganger (2009) was shown on its own screen with a cool headphone/bench setup (see photo below), and A Doll's House (2009) was shown within the Faculty Degree Show Showreel, which I also organised and edited.The Other or Doppleganger (2009) from Catie Atkinson on Vimeo.A Doll's House from Catie Atkinson on Vimeo.

Nature/Art Films 2007-8

2010-03-02T01:17:00.005Z

A few films that I did as part of my Fine Art Coursework in my first and second year at Uni. I wanted to keep them very low-key, unedited - almost like just a "moving image" rather than a film. If displayed in exhibition they would be made to automatically repeat.Busy busy busy... (2007) from Catie Atkinson on Vimeo.Calm waters (2007) from Catie Atkinson on Vimeo.Regiment (2008) from Catie

The Number 25

2010-03-01T22:09:00.001Z

It was a bendy bus.Those that stood on the bendslowly rotated as we turnedthe corner.Dulce et decorum est, pro patrium mori.It is a sentence I remember frommy schooldays. I wonder vaguely ifI remember it correctly.I look around.So many facesof so many colours;dark brown, lighter chestnut,or lighter still with olive tones.I was the palest.The only one with red hair too.Yet we are all the same,

"Don't Ever Stop Believing"

2010-02-28T16:29:00.002Z

About 25 minutes of watching a couple of videos, and I feel proud to be British, proud to have been born into a time when so many changes were made for the better, proud to vote (or about to vote) Labour, and my faith is restored. Yes I'm a sucker for propaganda, but everything said on these two videos is absolutely right and true. You may look like a pug, Gordon, but you know what you stand

Nominated for First Light in Association with BAFTAs Competition!

2010-02-22T19:47:00.002Z

AWOL from First Light on Vimeo."AWOL (Absent Without Leave)" by Megan Salter, Sara Harrak, and edited/mentored by myself. We are one of the three nominees for the Best Film Award which is awesome - but we win by votes, so cast your vote now! Click here and vote for AWOL! Hint: you can vote as many times as you like on different computers! Also: TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!Visit the Facebook page.

William Spold

2010-02-14T22:28:00.001Z

An old short of mine, written about 3 years ago on one of my many coach journeys to London from North Yorkshire. I may have plans for this character sometime in the future, so don't get too depressed!William SpoldThe soggy cylinder rotated and rolled between the expert fingers of a terminal nicotine addict. The hunched figure looked up into a sky full of falling rain. On nights like this,

RIP Alexander McQueen

2010-02-12T11:23:00.000Z

I'm usually the first to say I don't know much about fashion, but from the point of view of an artist obsessed with fairy-tale, fantasy, nature, and the animal, McQueen's catwalk creations filtered down even to me. I loved the fantasy world that he created with his fashion. He was a true original, and will be sadly missed by all of the art world, not just fashion. Here's a few of my favourites:

Elizabeth I at Hampton Hill

2010-02-09T22:12:00.000Z

Elizabeth I by Paul FosterDirected by Ben Davies, Co-directed by Clare WilliamsVenue: Hampton Hill Playhouse 5-8 November 2008Youth Action TheatreThis was probably the first play that I helped a lot on backstage as well as acting onstage - I was in the Playhouse for 15 hours on the get-in prior to the show opening. It all started with some coconuts (one coconut in fact, which I had to saw in

The beautiful sunset outside my window just now...

2010-02-09T16:52:00.001Z

Photography

2010-02-09T15:45:00.000Z

Most of these are pretty old, but are still my favourite photographs that I've taken. Here they are in chronological order (oldest at bottom, newest at top):"Ferris Wheel Darlington"(2009) - 5mp digital camera on Nokia Mobile Phone"Dog"(2009) - Digital (some editing in Photoshop)"Pathway"(2009) - Digital"Doorway"(2009) - Digital"Ready to Store"(2008) - Digital"Ferris Wheel"(2008) - Medium-Format

Sisters of the Deep

2010-02-09T15:37:00.000Z

An old poem and picture I found that I wrote/painted ages ago:Sisters Of The DeepCold as ice we are,But you can warm our hearts.Listen to our song,Whilst Eros draws his darts.Bathe in our green waters,Kiss our ruby lips,Worry not about the ghosts,That haunt forgotten ships.And when the night is over,The sun will make his dawn.Go down to join the sleeping ones,Once more to be reborn.

Video Art

2010-02-09T14:08:00.000Z

Two 30-second arty shorts made for the Kingston University Making and Showing Exhibition, February 2009.Untitled 1 from Catie Atkinson on Vimeo.Untitled 2 from Catie Atkinson on Vimeo.

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

2010-02-09T12:12:00.001Z

The Royal Hunt of the Sun was my first YAT play - and a blog post on it is waaay overdue. However, I am fixing that now, as I'm currently updating my blog with everything remotely interesting that I've been doing over the past couple of years.The Royal Hunt of the Sun by Peter ShafferDirected by Bill ComptonVenue: Hampton Hill Playhouse28th April-3rd May 2008Flyer/Poster The Inca King;

Resume

2010-02-09T03:27:00.001Z

Catie Atkinson CV

Documentary Posters

2010-02-09T02:54:00.000Z

Film poster designs."You Will See Life" by Sara Harrak and Megan Salter - final design."You Will See Life" by Sara Harrak and Megan Salter - first design."Ananas Comosus" - poster design for the Odeon Film Competition - Runner Up.

Digital Painting

2010-02-09T01:48:00.000Z

Since I got my first Graphics Tablet about a year and a half ago, I've done a lot more digital paintings than 'real' ones - I don't feel guilty though as it's lots of fun, they look great, and they have the advantage of being able to be lazy and leave them fore ages without all the colours you've mixed going dry! Here are a few examples of what I've been up to:"Susan Sto Helit" - a character

My Dad's new novel!

2010-02-07T23:55:00.000Z

Cover art, editing and publishing by me :) Writing by my Dad. The Sword and ... Fiona Chronicles By Ian Atkinson Book Preview

Is YOUR cat plotting to kill you?

2010-02-02T14:42:00.000Z

This is what the ticket-boy/girl is thinking behind that smile:

2010-01-09T00:29:00.000Z

Questions I'd like answered/things I'd like to say:1. Just because I'm behind the counter at the cinema, that doesn't mean I'm stupider than you/ you're better than me.2. Even if I was stupider than you, that still doesn't make you better than me.3. At what point did Humanity decide that it's necessary to stuff one's face with low-grade overpriced food like Old English Saddlebacks in a crowded

Great Expectations

2009-09-07T23:11:00.000+01:00

Illness for the past few days induced me to finish reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - and if you'll excuse the pun, it wasn't entirely what I was expecting. One way in which it did agree with my expectations was in Dickens' marvellous way of painting grotesque portraits of characters with words - the bad, the mundane, the evil, the misguided, and the murderous characters are always

Pride and Prejudice at the Hampton Hill Playhouse

2009-05-04T10:33:00.000+01:00

I'm currently updating my blog with everything I've been up to in the past 2 years - a sort of not-well-organised portfolio until I get my website up and running!Pride and Prejudice at Hampton Hill Playhouse 6th-9th May 2009By Jane Austin; Script Adaptation by Brian J BurtonDirectors: Elizabeth Lattimore & Sarah DowdPublicity photography NOT taken by me - I am in the process of finding out the

Something Closer To Home - Article

2009-03-05T00:50:00.001Z

Thought I might as well post this here too...