The Weekend With Jasmine Dowling
Artist Jasmine Dowling’s work is a true antidote to the rise of AI in creative spaces. Her thoughtful paper folds and clever collages have created immersive worlds for beauty and fashion brands alike, all with a dedication to the handmade and hand-cut (no matter how time consuming the animation process is!). Whilst her clever motion campaigns have left us in awe, we were keen to find out more about how she’s developed such a keen eye for light, colour, form and other mixed media tricks.
The creative gives us a glimpse behind the curtain on some of her creative inputs – where she gets all her inspiration her collaborations with product and lifestyle brands and in-camera tricks – from the pages of Tools Magazine’s to Jim Henson’s puppets. Oh, and if you’re Brisbane-based there’s a great food spot coming right up!
You’ll find me at...
“I’m most likely heading to Queensland Art Gallery, they have an exhibition on the world building and characters by The Jim Henson Company at the moment but otherwise I’d wander around the permanent collections, head to the gallery store after to check out any new art books or magazines.”
I’ll be reading…
“I just got the latest issue of Tools Magazine delivered, (Issue 6: To Blow) exploring the act of blowing so I am just waiting to clock off so I can get stuck into that. I love reading and being inspired by craft processes and this is my go-to for that.”
I’ll be eating...
“The Green – It is always our go-to for a long lunch, lots of different small plates of the best Mediterranean food, tucked out of the way on James St.”
I’ll be watching...
“Going to the movies is my favourite weekend activity so hopefully Primetime has some sessions available and I can go watch that with a bucket of popcorn.”
Something I’ve got my eye on…
“I’ve been eyeing off a couple of rugs from the Olive Cooke collection with Double Studio so I just need to photoshop them in the space under my dining table to see which is the best fit (and yes I will be doing it the old fashioned way on photoshop not AI!)”
This is on repeat in my headphones…
“I Wrote You a Letter by M83 has been on repeat lately, it is such a good one to have on in the background while creating.”
A memento from your weekend with me...
This is the space where creatives leave us with something to look at from the weekend we’ve spent with them. It could be anything really – a drawing, a picture or just something cool they think you should have a little look at.
“I’ve been documenting patterns on petals, leaves and flowers for over a year so I had taken this Instax of some fallen orchid petals. It felt only fitting with my latest release of phone case designs with The Dairy that launched last week.”
