49 Objects Found Lurking in the Kitchen Drawer – Giclée print
49 Objects Found Lurking in the Kitchen Drawer, limited edition Giclée print
To the horror of my mother, this illustration was the result of rummaging through the household ‘junk’ draw.
The Stuff Music is Made From – Giclée Print
The Stuff Music is Made From, limited edition Giclée print
A couple of years ago I created The Stuff Music is Made From to bring to light the forgotten influences of great music. Some believe it’s sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll that makes a great album, but I beg to differ, they’ve obviously never heard a great kazoo solo.
An Occurrence on Godiva Road
An Occurrence on Godiva Road, limited edition silkscreen print, and my submission for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2010
I’ve attempted to submit a print to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition for over 10 years now, but each and every March I’ve experienced the same regretful pang as I realise I’ve missed the deadline. As I’m sure you’ve experienced, something always seems to get in the way.
Now You See It, Now You Don’t
Pavement slabs and Jesus, an unexpected combination
Another golden-oldie from the archive, these pavement slabs were my first project during my final year of college. I remember thinking at the time that it seemed a week didn’t go by without someone seeing Jesus in a baked potato, and so I wanted to explore this phenomenon of subjective perception further.
Decisions, Decisions
The obligatory hands-holding-print shot
One of my favourite projects from the archive, Decisions, Decisions is an oldie that even spawned its own limited edition print.
University of the Arts London – Students’ Union Logo
It's all in the apostrophe...
Many years ago the Students’ Union for the University of the Arts needed a fresh look, so they asked me to design a new logo that somehow managed to steer clear of anything representing five colleges.
A Modular, Recyclable Light
Turn it, twist it, recycle it
Long ago I had an excess of cardboard floating about and had been reading about Buckminster Fuller, subsequently one thing lead to another and soon I was creating randomly sized, modular tubes that I eventually wove together to create this ‘buckyball’ light.
Urban Growth
Just one of the plastic branches
Inspired by the number of cable-ties left strapped to lampposts I set out to take an active role in urban regeneration, to bring back a literal sense of renewal to areas hit by the deadening effects of uniform construction. After many expeditions to the local B&Q I managed to find a weather-proof material strong enough to support my idea of a cable-tie/branch hybrid – brick insulation.
Danté’s Tea Break – Giclée print
Danté's Tea Break, limited edition Giclée print
This print charted Danté’s descent into hell (as featured in the epic poem Danté’s Inferno) through the representational power of biscuits.
Carol
Carol, a flamingo with an identity crisis
Another illustration from the archive, Carol was a picture of a plucky flamingo with an identity crisis. Nothing too serious though, it’s nothing a bottle of dye won’t solve…
49 Objects Found Lurking in the Kitchen Drawer
49 Objects Found Lurking in the Kitchen Drawer
To the horror of my mother, this illustration was the result of rummaging through the household ‘junk’ draw.
Decisions, Decisions – Giclée Print
Decisions, Decisions, limited edition Giclée print
Taken from the Decisions, Decisions project, this Giclée print tamed the infamously complex flow-diagram to fit an A1 sheet.
American Gothic I
American Gothic I
Another illustration from the archive, American Gothic was a homage to the work of Edward Hopper and Grant Wood.
The Alter Egos of Aisle 46
The Alter Egos of Aisle 46
From the archive, this was an illustration of just a handful of Londoners as seen through the eyes of a very bored shopper. The title refers to a game I used to play where on picking a stranger at random, say in a restaurant or at the supermarket, I would assign a movie role to them. A first-impression alter ego so to speak.
Postcards with an Edge
A page turner
These postcards were a little mental exercise I worked on a couple of years ago, where the challenge was to advertise a shop or service using only two colours, screen-printed onto an A6 postcard.
(Don’t) Play With Your Food
A blank canvas for a thousand mash potato beards
Although (Don’t) Play With Your Food is certainly one of my favourite projects from the archive, over the years it’s attained the heavy air of a project that could have been so much more.
Potato Printing – First Attempt
The raw material
I’ll freely admit I’m not the cleanest person in the world, but during an odd spell of spring-cleaning I stumbled across a couple of green potatoes that my girlfriend assured me would lead to a world of trouble if I attempted to cook it. Not a big fan of wasting food, I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to have a go at potato printing, an activity I’ve been hankering to do for a while now.
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