Tying The Knot

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When Clare and I decided to tie the marital knot, we wanted our invitation to reflect the playful nature of our relationship.  We decided everything should be made by hand, from scratch - and also teach us something new.

So we set about learning to tie knots.

We set about discovering the wonderful world of knot tying by studying Knots, Ties & Splices: A Handbook for Seafarers, Travellers and All Who Use Cordage, by J. T. Burgess. Youtube taught us the rest.  Armed with our new found knowledge, we set about hiring a studio to record our new found skills.

We created an online RSVP site that streamed 15 knot tying ambient background videos.  The invite cards were hand cut, screen-printed and sewing machine bound.

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About

James Théophane

Portrait credit: Nadav Kander

James Theophane, or Theo, is a dilettante residing in Sydney. When he's not dabbling, he's a Creative Director at Clemenger BBDO.

He has worked with R/GA, Lost Boys, Grey, Modem, Framfab, Wheel, DNA and GT.

He has put a pop-up restaurant atop a neo-classical building in Paris, created a gigantic interactive chandelier that played Christmas carols. Hacked an oil painting and launched a fully interactive round the world yacht.

He has created work for Nokia, Toshiba, Rankin, D&AD, Chelsea FC, Electrolux, Sony, Ericsson, PlayStation, Sega, Channel 4, Oxfam, Canon, Brahma, Marks & Spencer, Wired Magazine and Audi. View all work

He has won a few awards such as One Show, D&AD, Webby, LIA, Campaign, BIMA and Epica.

Sometimes he gets called up for a little bit of jury service too. He's paid his dues with D&AD, IAB Creative Showcase and London International.

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