Creative Box

These are exciting times for me as just last week I was chosen to participate in the Art event ‘City City Bang Bang’ at Open Arts Café in London on the 24th May 2012. 

During the show, I will be exhibiting some of my artworks along with artist Begoña Fernández. There will be some music from Afrobilly Jones and Flux; spoken word from Sh’maya; poetrics by Ruth Davis; short films from Julie Angel and Team Cerf and musical shenanigans and singalongs from venue host Maya Levy.

Hope to see you all there!

Open Arts Café was established in 2008 by Maya Levy and Tyne Rafaeli to give artists a chance to present their work in developmental and/or performance stage in a non-pressurised, dynamic and constructive atmosphere.

The venue, WLS, is based in Marble Arch and has vast state-of-the-art facilities including studio spaces, a screening room, and a large versatile performance space. Investing and nurturing a collective of young professional artists who convene under one roof to create and develop ideas without censorship or discrimination is a continuing and growing tradition at WLS.

‘City City Bang Bang’
Thursday, May 24th
Doors open 7:15
Show starts 8PM 
34 Upper Berkeley Street
Nearest tube Marble Arch

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Laura Salesa © All rights reserved.

(See English Translation below)

Alla va! Estoy ahora mismo terminando mi primera novela, un viaje que comence en 2009. Recientemente, entre aburridas y largas correcciones de lo escrito, he estado confeccionando la portada para el libro, escrito integramente en castellano.

Es todo lo que os puedo contar por ahora, pero si quereis seguir al tanto, apuntaros a mi pagina de Facebook para esta y otras noticias sobre mis proyectos y los de otros artistas a quienes sigo: https://www.facebook.com/TheCreativePost

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There you go! I am in the process of publishing my first fiction book, a journey I started back in 2009. These days, in between long tedious sessions of grammar and spelling self corrections, I have been working on the cover for the book. 

I am afraid the book is in Spanish -for now-, so for those who don’t speak my language, the book is titled “NEW ERA, the Chronicles of The Revealer”. And on the top right corner…”In a world devastated by the solar storms in 2012, the destiny of Mankind is in the hands of just one person”.

That’s all I will share with you for now. More info coming soon here and at my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TheCreativePost

Thanks for reading

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Laura Salesa ©

I couldn’t totally capture her beautiful cheeky smile  or that spark from her eyes when she is looking at something new and exciting but there it comes, my first daughter’s portrait now ready for our personal photo album. My biggest inspiration these days, love you.

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So you see I am not always in front of the screen with a mouse and a keyboard to “create” something, I would like to share with you my ongoing project: a scarf for my daughter. It’s been years, probably a decade since I do any knitting and it took me a bit to remember again, but it is as relaxing and addictive as I remember it to be!

How long since you did any crafty work! Come on! There is so much you can do with so little investment. Show us!

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My name on a character of Phobos (the Mayan Trilogy by Steve Alten)

The English version of the third book of the Mayan Trilogy books by Steve Alten ‘Phobos’ (US version) or ‘The Mayan Destiny’ (European version) will be released on Amazon shortly. I got the Spanish version few months ago and couldn’t be more excited, because for me this book has something really special apart from the amazing story written by Alten: one of the characters has my name. Even Mr. Alten kindly asked me how I would imagine this character to look like and to be like, and has incorporated some of those ideas into the book. I couldn’t be more proud of the result.

Mayan Trilogy book 3 (Spanish edition)

How did I get to that? It all started with a flight back from Spain where I bought Domain (or El Testamento Maya in the Spanish edition), a really page turner fiction novel that mixes history and fantasy around the Mayan predictions and the mystery of the last date of their calendar: 21 December 2012. A fantastic book with a great historical background, an amazing adventure and an exciting love story. What else can you ask for in a book?! I was so amazed on the history of the Mayans and by the brilliance of Domain that I decided to contact the author to thank him and let him know about my admiration for his work. And surprisely, he replied. Steve Alten is a best-selling author with an unusual attention to his fans,which makes him even more unique.

I can only recommed you to get the 3 books and enjoy the read! You won’t be able to put them down. And even then you will keep thinking about the story and the historical background behind it.

Thanks Steve for a dream come true!

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Perry is a trademark by Laura Salesa.

I keep repeating myself, I know, but now that we live in times of recession, it is TIME to use our brains to save some money and recycle, reuse and create with little investment. I wanted to put a clock on my daughter’s bedroom, but I wanted something special, unique. On an occasion like this one, many of us living in Britain would have gone to one of those trendy second-hand/vintage/retro/all-the-things-your-granma-kept-in-that-top-cupboard-and-thought-they-were-worth-nothing-and-now-are-so overpriced markets like, let’s say, Portobello Market.

I decided to go to a charity shop instead and found an old Ikea clock with a funny bee on the second hand and that cost me £1. Then, on the same charity shop (Gosh I love that place) and found a handmade round frame that still had the label at the back with 79.00 quiet clearly written (though without a currency symbol, but I take it was pounds?) that cost me £2. I got home, and designed the clock background using my Perry character, printed it on photo pager and there you go! Your very special clock for less than £5.

Let’s be creative! (a little) Time is money…saved!

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You can now watch the music video I have directed and edited for the debut single ‘Who’s gonna wait’ by BRIKED, a new band formed by Italian guitar player and singer/songwriter Ed Marvis and Spanish keyboard player and singer/songwriter Iker Lezcano (aka the dRaugHty jaBBeR). The duo met in London few years ago through common friends. Sharing same musical taste and curiousity, they decided to try and collaborate together on their own compositions, and after a few sessions they had written five songs together without much effort. Together they are BRIKED and the music video for first of those songs they wrote together, ‘Who’s gonna wait’, was released on January 2nd 2012.

The video shoot took place in London last August 2011 and had the collaboration of Photographer Boberika (www.boberika.com) as the Lead Camera.

All comments and feedback appreciated! Thanks!

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Vote for Perry's next urban tribe and win!

The New Year is round the corner and Perry needs a new look. So I am coming back with the usual competition to vote for Perry’s next urban tribe! So far, she’s been a heavy-rocker, a goth and a computer geeky. What would you like her to be next? I will be giving away a choice of either a CANVAS PRINT or a T-SHIRT of Perry dressed as in the winner tribe to one of you, you just need to vote to win!. All participants have the same chances to win as I will put the names in a hat and my baby daughter will chose one! The only condition to participate is being a member of my Facebook page, so if you haven’t joined yet, please do so by ‘liking’ me. here: 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Creative-Post-by-LS/151863131509669

So the options for Perry’s new tribe are:

Perry was my late dog. She was an energetic happy companion that gave me so much love and affect during he 15 years of life. I still miss her crazyness everytime I went back to my parents and she received me by the front door asking to be played with; or those times when I had her sleeping next to me while on the sofa, feeling her warmth and her calm breathing while I was watching telly.  She was truly like another member of the family and she deserves to stay in my memory for the years to come.

I just thought a good way to honour her and keep her alive in my memory was by using her image to create my own super-heroin of the urban tribes and have her personalised with clothes and accesories. This way I also could share a bit of her with you all.  

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I am currently in the process of editing the music video for the debut single ‘Who’s gonna wait’ by BRIKED, a new band formed by Italian guitar player and singer/songwriter Ed Marvis and Spanish keyboard player and singer/songwriter Iker Lezcano (aka the dRaugHty jaBBeR). The duo met in London few years ago through common friends. Sharing same musical taste and curiousity, they decided to try and collaborate together on their own compositions, and after a few sessions they had written five songs together without much effort. Together they are BRIKED and the music video for first of those songs they wrote together, ‘Who’s gonna wait’, will be released on January 2nd 2012.

The video shoot took place in London last August 2011 and had the collaboration of Photographer Boberika (www.boberika.com) as the Lead Camera.

Please check a little teaser below and comment!

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IET poster designed by www.laurasalesa.com ©

Just few days ago I had the opportunity to design a poster for the seminar organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) that will take place on 14th December in London and will have the participation of the Chief Executive of  Williams F1, Alex Burns. The poster has a quiet catching title, I think, ‘An Obsession with Speed’ and to represent the concept I chose the picture you can see of the two Williams cars, and applied some filters to give them a motion effect and a more artistical finish.

Well, if you are an F1 fan, just to inform you that the admission is free! You just need to register at www.theiet.org/london

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