This post will go into my thoughts and approach in printing my ‘Descending Blencathra’ silkscreen print, layer by layer. If you’re new to screen printing or have been printing a while but perhaps feel intimidated by more complex prints hopefully this will contain some useful tips. Materials and Colour Mixing…
The Nine Standards are a row of large stone cairns that sit prominently atop Hartley Fell, on the edge of Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales. Visiting on a hazy winter’s morning provided me with quite an eerie experience. Very still and with no-one else around, the Nine Stone Men seemed…
I am delighted to be involved in an exhibition of work by three artists inspired by adventuring in the mountains and hills. The exhibition will be at UpCo in Otley, Yorkshire with a launch evening 7pm on Friday 10th March. I will have a selection of old and new landscape…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…