Mark's work has a really "vintage graphic design" style, and it's probably because of the bright colours and outdated cutouts he uses. It's like something right out of Print magazine in the late eighties/early nineties. He earns his unique illustration style this way, and allows us to fondly reminisce about how graphic design used to be.
Name (Real or Screename): Mark Lazenby, boywithaski
URL (Blog, Website): www.marklazenby.co.uk, www.virb.com/marklazenby
Location (Where are you from?): London
Q: Describe your work in 10 words or less.
A: Layers of Paper and meaning born of necessity.
Q: What do you like to work with (magazines, photographs, vintage)? Be specific!
A: Anything from Rubbish picked up in the street, antique books/prints, postcards, discarded paper of any kind, The Sacred and Profane.
Q: How long have you been creating collages and what made you start?
A: I've been working in collage for 15 years, I found my voice in it and couldn't get away from it.
Q: Are you solely an artist, or do you work in another profession?
A: I'm also a Graphic Designer.
Q: Do you have any formal art training?
A: I trained at the Royal College of Art, Bath and the Kunst Buch Schule in Leipzig.
Q: Explain your favourite techniques.
A: I love building up the layers and hiding things within Collage and Montage.
Q: Describe your favourite piece ever created.
A: I become attached to everything I make, but certain pieces do resonate more. "To Find the Sacred Hearts" I think is one of my favourites.
Q: What other artists do you admire?
A: Kurt Schwitters, Joseph Cornell, Peter Blake, Peter Phillips, Joe Tilson, Cy Twombly, Hylton Nel..... and on, and on!
Thanks Mark!