BEN HARDING – DIRECTOR

STUFF

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BEFORE

nearly 3000 Mini DV tapes in racks

THE WORKINGS

I printed out new spines for each tape

MANY WEEKS LATER

MANY WEEKS LATER

BUILDING A NEW TABLE

BUILDING A NEW TABLE

Made from scaffold poles.

TABLE TOP

Old scaffold boards

BURNING: BEFORE & AFTER

BURNING: BEFORE & AFTER

Burning the wood and wire brushing it gives a cool effect

CABLE MANAGEMENT

CABLE MANAGEMENT

hiding the cables

NEW TABLE

finished

ORIGINAL PHOTO

Of the lovely Nickster and I

MASTER PLAN

GRID MASTER

In Photoshop I turned it into 12 grids

BRICK BY BRICK

Just add 20,000 lego bricks

MANY DAYS LATER...

MANY DAYS LATER...

The finished result

BIG FLAG

Bought from Mr Allsorts

LETTERS

From a Burger King Drive-Thru

ROUGH SKETCH

ANOTHER ROUGH IDEA

ANOTHER ROUGH IDEA

TAKING SHAPE

Adding some theatrical gels to the letters

FINISHED THING

final touch - Road signs from Baghdad

RECYCLED

I built it using scaffold poles and planks

CORNER CUTTING

A WORK IN PROGRESS

A WORK IN PROGRESS

FINISHED THING

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TEST SHOT

Working on an army base in Baghdad, I decided to make a Christmas card

FAILED TEST SHOT

FAILED TEST SHOT

In the background is the ‘Victory over America Palace’

EVENTUALLY

in the midst of winter, the pants come off

FINISHED THING

“Stay hungry. Stay foolish,”

— Steve Jobs