One of my latests prints; I look forward to sharing more about this in the new year

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My Official Season's Greeting Card For This Year - Thank You To Everyone I Have Seen, Worked and Collaborated With. Past, Present and Future, I Hope These Reached You All Safely

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Quick Visit To The Geffrye Museum of the Home As It Closes Its Doors For A Two Year Renovation

London Illustration Fair

Exciting trip around this years London Illustration Fair. Lots to look at and get the creative juices flowing. These events are great to see artists and illustrators talking about their work and to bump into people you know.

Studio Studio Studio

I am currently working on a couple of projects including a small one I hope to share next week.
I also completed a couple of commissioned projects due out next year that I look forward to sharing with you in the new year!

Jasper Johns: 'Something Resembling Truth' at the RA

Today I called into the Royal Academy to see the Jasper Johns exhibition. I was keen having seen the Rauschenberg exhibition at the Tate Modern earlier in the year and to see how their works might have influenced one another. I didn't feel too moved by a lot of the work until the room which had a focus on John's fixation with numbers and particularly the piece charcoal  '0 through 9', 1960. My own studio walls are smothered with drawings of items I obsess over, illustrated through a fascination and a constant curiosity and intrigue. I find it inspiring and comforting to see this in others work and to see how it can help push an artists work on. 

These are just some of the rambling thoughts I put in my notebook from my trip to the RA.

Jasper Johns
'0 through 9'
1960
https://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/postcard-0-through-9-1960-by-jasper-johns.html

On a side note I often find it tricky to concentrate on the work on the walls when the floor grates are so beautiful. Ornate cast iron of the everyday - too good to walk over.

Holding Things Together

More to come from this project soon

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Today I Have Been Hand Printing and Experimenting With Letters and Ink

Late Nights In The Studio

Tate Exchange - The Factory The Seen And The Unseen, Clare Twomey

I called in to Tate Modern to have a look at artist Clare Twomey's mock production line; a set up for visitors to partake in making and exchanging ceramics. The artist statement explained the hope to draw people into a conversation about 'how we connect to our everyday ideas of labour, value and exchange'. 

For me personally this is an interesting conversation point as much of my own work aims to capture an appreciation of the tools, craftsmanship and labour that goes into items and tasks of the everyday. 

The rows of drying racks were stunning. These are some snaps of the final items to be exchanged.

New Work On It's Way ... In The Meantime Here's An Animation I made

Boom For Real, Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Barbican

One of the best shows I've been to in a long time. When looking at his work I could feel his energy; fixed in the rhythm to his paint strokes and the colours in his palettes. His book collection forms part of the exhibition and I wish some of them featured in my own packed studio shelves. Maybe because I'm a similar age to Basquiat when he left this world I don't know, but I found this show moving and it really made me think about how I work and my studio practice as much as the work on display.

I definitely will visit this show again.

I also spotted this Banksy on the way that seems to have appeared during the opening week.

Sketches From A Weekend In The Countryside

Simple Plant Drawings Cleaned Up from Sketch Sheets For Something Special in 2018!

Sketchbooking

Crossing Paths With One of London's Traditional Cabinet Makers ....

A lifetime's experience of working with tools and craftsmanship and a collection of tools and machinery ranging from over one hundred years. 

I was lucky to be shown around the workshop that was round the corner and see some of the beautiful and equipment old and new.

These are some of the photographs. I also made some sketches that I hope to share.

Some New Work Now On My Website

Set Of Three Animations Created For London's Garden Museum

These are the final set of three animations that were commissioned to be part of the brand new renovation of London's Garden Museum. They form part of the interactive displays, with the aim of assisting visitors to understand the uses of a selection of the historic tools on display. You can see them in place surrounded by some obscure and fascinating tools all year round in the upper space 'Making Gardens' section.










 

Some of the Historic Tools I was Asked To Illustrate For London's Garden Museum

New Illustration and Animation Commission for London's Garden Museum

This fantastic museum sits on the edge of The River Thames opposite Westminster; Home to a selection of fascinating tools, gardening equipment, design and gardening merchandise from throughout history. I am proud to say I was recently commissioned to create a set of illustrations and animations to be part of the permanent exhibition within the newly redeveloped museum. 

For this commission I was asked to create three illustrated, short animations to demonstrate step-by-step, how some of the unusual tools work and their uses.

After a year of being closed for major redevelopment, I took a sneak peak during opening week to see the animations in place and how well the building was looking after its major works! These are some snaps I took.

- I will be posting some of the illustrations and animations shortly 

         

Sketchbooking

Work In The Making

A couple of exciting projects on the way

One I'm particularly excited to share is due to be out May 30th - until then here's one of my favourite drawings from part of a wider project I'm currently working on