New Mailing List!
New AoC Mailing List — click here to sign up! A slightly different channel for people who would like to support me more directly. Sort of like a Patreon but without having to pay. There will be new AoC merch: t-shirts, mugs, etc. and I will be selling a whole…
Porridge Radio double-sided gig poster
Screenprinted poster designed and printed for the band Porridge Radio‘s performance at Sea Change in Totnes, 2022. The artwork is taken from a paper collage I made of pieces of a vintage photograph of water slides. In a unique twist, the poster is DOUBLE SIDED with ‘light’ and ‘dark’ versions…
Blencathra – descending east – part 2
After producing the initial flat artwork to use as a starting point (see Part 1 here) I have now created the coloured layers that will enable me to screen print the final piece. This process involves pulling out the main shapes from the starting image, sharpening areas of texture that…
Screen Printing Posters Workshop
I’m teaching a weekend screen printing workshop in a couple of weeks! It’s taking place at the studio where I print, West Yorkshire Print Workshop in Mirfield, West Yorkshire. I’ve been a bit rubbish about spreading the word so I am making up for that by using the colour green.…
The Earworm
I recently had a bit of an earworm adventure that I thought I’d share. While working during the day, I found myself humming a little bass riff. I did not know what it was but it had this satisfying little pause just before the 4th beat. I found myself nodding…
Blencathra – looking east – part 1
With my previous landscape print, the artwork was revealed gradually as I printed it. In an effort to show more of my ‘pre-print’ process this time, here is mostly completed Stage 1 of my next big print project. This is a view looking east descending from the top of Blencathra.…
Lightbeams
A friend and longtime supporter of my work emailed me this the other day. He lives in Sweden and returned home just as the sunlight was bouncing from the windows of the building opposite, through his own windows, and illuminating some framed prints of mine. I really appreciate when people…
Last Postal Dates 2021
Thanks to everyone who has supported me and my work this year, whether you’ve actively bought my work or just lurked in the background sending good juju, it’s all sincerely appreciated. I really mean that! It’s not been an easy year for me but nowhere near as bad as last…