Anxiety is something from which I suffer. Many people I know do, beyond the normal healthy anxiety we each carry to help us navigate safely through the uncharted world. I wanted to visualise anxiety. Not regarding any particular thing, more a general anxiety which could apply to anyone. Time and pressure came to mind. Quite abstract. The march of time.... show more
Sheffield based Edge of the Universe Printing Press (EUPP) are a group I work with, assisting the delivery of workshops on zine making and screenprinting. Check EUPP out here! https://www.facebook.com/edgeoftheuniverseprintingpress
Eimear, Jon and I delivered a day long zine making lecture + workshop to 1st year Graphic Design students at Sheffield Hallam University. EUPP had delivered a similar workshop last year,... show more
Austerity Art (Future of Creativity) is on display for a few weeks at the 20x20 2015 Exhibition at Access Space (AVEC Building, 3-7 Sidney St, Sheffield, S1 4RG).
The exhibition runs until 18th December 2015 and is open Wednesday to Friday, 11am to 5pm. Featuring works from around 40 artists, all in a 20 x 20 inch format.
Details here:... show more
Thinking forward to a time yet to occur is fascinating. We're always shaping the future past by our actions in the present.
The Built To Spill album title 'Ancient Melodies Of The Future' is a bit of a starting point for this line of enquiry. What would the equivalent of the Pyramids be in 1,000 years? I don't know. Tall... show more
As part of AA2A, I wanted to explore/research 'Design Fiction'. The relationship between word and image is a point of interest for me. When I see the phrase Design Fiction, I kind of break it into it's two parts, not only conceptually, but in creative output; the visuals have accompanying words. A narrative of sorts that contextualise the work.
This,... show more
What's Good For Us
I'm interested in the work of the philosopher Jacques Derrida, and his writings on deconstruction. I have previously produced a publication called 'Binary Oppositions' which sought to visually represent Derrida's concept of the same name as I grappled to understand it. I need to read a lot more before I can attempt to adequately explain the... show more
(Note: This is my first blog post. I'm going to document some interesting, and some not so exciting stuff here. I'll try to capture my practice and the thinking behind it. My experience suggests that we can't be certain what exactly is important to document without sufficient time to reflect upon it. Let's see how we go; hopefully these posts... show more
