Fifteen days to go..

#Gulp.

'Press&Pull 2'

Fellow Printmaker James Brown & myself have finally gotten round to our next installment of 'Press & Pull', just the five years later.. Please join us for first Thursdays on November 7th at Stour Space for our Preview night. Rsvp here.

Sections of Gold..

You can't beat a two day workshop in The Golden Section, (with a bit of colour theory thrown in) & a group of Year 6 kids to completely rejuvenate ones creative mind!  Thanks to more team work with Sophie Smallhorn we left to the sound of the 3:45pm bell, exhausted but inspired.  Cheers kids, : )

  

   

'Ghana Must Go',

I often admire Richard Bravery's creative direction over the many jackets he has worked on at Penguin. 'Ghana Must Go' by Taiye Selasi gave us an opportunity to work together.  Many ideas were employed diverting us down a variety of routes. Starting with Ghanese florals, then adding in female silhouettes, next snapshots of New York, butterflies, simple block patterns & finally the colours & structure of African fabrics.  The narrative crosses continents and generations with a powerful and emotive text to boot.  After all that it went in a different direction not involving my prints at all.  Pah!

Black Magic..

Came across this again today, was rather fond of it at the time.. pity they weren't!

'Franco & Treen'

I've been pretty obsessed with my lovely friend Donna's family albums since a visit to her Grandma Nelda's house in Crespano, Italy, back in nineteen ninety something.  Many pictures document the early romance of her folks Franco & Treen.. her Mum's penchant for a fabulous outfit accessorised to the hilt, teamed up with her Dads square shoulders & thick wavy locks make many of their photographs reminiscent of a vintage shoot from Vogue magazine.  They also provide me with a heap of creative fodder to get my mits on..