Illustration	Black Jack Davy  character for animation  Black Jack Davy is from the Child Ballads, reinterpreted  musically by 1970s folk rock band Steeleye Span, and  more recently by The White Stripes.  Black Jack Davy follows on from the dolls made as part  of Magne Furuholmen's "Scrabble" Exhibition, he is  made in the same way as Manga Magne. Information.  He is shown holding "The Lady", which is a painting  from The Squire's collection.  In keeping with Steeleye Span's All Around My Hat  album cover design, Black Jack's face has the same  anamorphic projection as the faces of the band, meaning  that his face can only be viewed normally from an  orthagonal angle.    Black Jack Davy  dimensions variable  fabric, wire, cotton wadding, wool, thread, polymer clay
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Black Jack Davy Late last night when the squire came home, enquiring for his lady, Some denied and some replied "she's gone with the Black Jack Davy" "Go saddle for me the bonny brown steed, the grey was never so speedy I'll ride all day and I'll ride all night Till I catch that Black Jack Davy." He rode up hills and he rode down dales, over many a wild high mountain, and they did say that saw him go Black Jack Davy he is hunting He rode east and he rode west All in the morning early until he spied his lady there cold and wet and weary "Why did you leave your house and land? Why did you leave your babies? To go with the Black Jack Davy?" He rode up hills and he rode down dales, over many a wild high mountain, and they did say that saw him go Black Jack Davy he is hunting "What care I for goosefeather bed? Your sheets turned down so bravely? When I may sleep on the cold, hard ground Along with the Black Jack Davy?" Then I'll kick off my high heeled shoes Made of the Spanish leather And I'll put on my lowland brogues And skip it o'er the heather He rode up hills and he rode down dales, over many a wild high mountain, and they did say that saw him go Black Jack Davy he is hunting	The Squire  character for animation  The Squire is a character from Black Jack Davy. He is a  wealthy landowner who possesses a large art collection,  including a painting of his Lady, and this rather Holbein  style diamond encrusted skull....  The Squire  dimensions variable  fabric, polymer clay, thread, wadding    Skull  cotton, wadding, fabric, sequins and stitch                The Lady  character for  animation    The Lady is possessed by the Squire, she is a kept woman, a  commodity, and a painting in his collection. She is "stolen" by  Black Jack Davy and hung in the Tate Modern instead, where  overnight, like in Bagpuss, she comes back to life, and she  and Black Jack Davy go on the run to escape the Squire. The  Lady's hair is fully articulated for animation.  The Lady  dimensions variable  fabric, thread, polymer clay, wool, wadding, wire, acrylic,      Illustrations were exhibited at New Designers 9th - 13th July 2008 at The Business Design Centre, Islington, London. For more information, click on Exhibitions. To view work in context, and additional editorial, advertising and publishing illustration, go to Portfolios and Sketchbook in the links above.
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