A closer look at the shower set up and how it was made. My mother was a great help when putting this together. That’s her in the second picture.

Hi everyone, I haven’t posted in a while because I was super busy with creating and installing my thesis project. I created a life size cardboard bathroom that people could walk into and a zine people could take with them. It was part of the CSUN 2014 Thesis Exhibition. Here are some pictures showing the final outcome. 

This was a huge project for me considering it was my first time doing an installation or anything this large. I also hadn’t used cardboard in this way before, its a great material to work with. There was a lot to learn but it was a great experience and I look forward to making more cardboard creations.

I will also be posting wip photos to show how this all came together.

People in my cardboard bathroom. #csun #thesis #cardboard #bathroom #installation #art

Working on the bottom layer of my cardboard floor. #thesis #cardboard #wip #art #csun #installation

Painting my yellow bathroom for thesis. #installation #painting #soyellow

Cardboard toothbrushes. #thesis #bathroom #cardboard #art #toothbrushes

Cardboard bathroom. #cardboard #thesis #bathroom #art

Post it wall from the csun illustration show. Managed to get get 5 of mine in one shot.

More post-its. #pie #post-its #illustration #plant

A few of the post-its I made for the csun illustration show. #csun #illustration #post-its

Pictures from when I was setting up my “Sweaters Only A Mother Could Love” show. It took longer then I expected but my sister was a great help and stuck it out with me.

I’ve been painting a series of large sweaters lately so here are a few process shots. You might remember this sweater from when I posted the original digital illustration.

Cardboard pieces for my bathroom installation. A trashcan, scale, toilet paper role, clock and a piece of wood that will be turned into a towel rack. Now that I’m getting the hang of making things its time to just start cranking them out, I don't have that much time to finish everything up. 

Another chair with some WIP included.

I’m trying different ways to create large images. Four sheets of 9x12 bristol paper tiled together. I was having some fun mix matching the different pieces.

Furniture and Houseplants. 

*****Do you want an illustration done of your bathroom? I’m working on bathroom zines, illustrations and a large installation similar to the work above and I am looking for people to send me pictures of their own and/or someone elses bathroom. I want pictures of the bathroom from a few angles and maybe the items, shelves, ect. whatever your comfortable with. NO people in the pictures please though animals are always fun. No staging, I’m not looking for beautifully designed bathrooms or anything over the top just keep it real.

If your interested just send the photos, the name of the persons bathroom and if you have anything you want to say about the bathroom to my email, katrinacastillo@live.com, or even to me here on tumblr. Thank you! *****   

#chairs #furniture #inkandbrush

More work from the image a day assignment I did. The words are pinkalicious, wreath and mustache.

The wreath one morphed into a sort of seaweed maiden/monster. Can you see the face? 

Happy Valentines Day!!