My Very Own Olympic Event
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to my 100th blog post. Two years ago, almost to the day, this blog was conceived and I hope you continue to enjoy my missives. How fitting that this post...
View ArticleJulian Calverley at Gallery 1066
I’ve written many words on these pages and elsewhere about the work of Julian Calverley — it’s a true pleasure to now be introducing you to his imminent show at Gallery 1066. We first worked together...
View ArticlePaul Kenny | O Hanami
After a bit of a blip, there’s a summery feel to the year once more, neatly coinciding with the opening of Paul Kenny’s new show O Hanami at Chris Beetles Fine Photographs. Paul has been building this...
View ArticleJulian Germain | The Future is Ours
In this, our Olympic year, the world has witnessed an extraordinary multi-cultural spectacle in the London Games. For most, I’m sure, it has been joyous, exciting and fascinating to see so many people...
View ArticleTariq Dajani’s Falconry
Three years ago, I wrote a short post on printing a series of Arabian Horses for Tariq Dajani. I mentioned at the time how special that felt, not least because many of the prints I made for Tariq over...
View ArticleThe Marvelous Clash at Unit 44
Fresh from his flight across The Pond, I had the pleasure of meeting the street artist Yis “NoseGo” Goodwin in my studio yesterday. As recently described in the Huffington Post, Goodwin creates...
View ArticleRun Colour Run
This year, the Bupa Great North Run was a two-pronged affair for me… Firstly, I ran it (see my blog post Great North Humanity). Secondly, I made a series of one metre high prints for designer and...
View ArticleGiclée: Your time is up!
There are so many puns I could have used for the title of this blog post but I’ve been a good boy and refrained. What you are about to read has been a long time coming. During my digital printing...
View Article‘The Mountains Project: Cols, Climbs and Passos’ by Michael Blann
Col Du Peyresourde, L’Alpe D’Huez, Sa Calobra, Stelvio can only mean one thing to some: Le Tour de France — the famed cycle race established in 1903. Michael Blann (a keen cyclist himself) has a...
View ArticlePrinting Luxury Seaworks for Paul Kenny
It’s been a true pleasure to be a part of Paul Kenny‘s working life over the last six years or so. To date, the cherry on the cake was being asked to make the edition prints for his upcoming book,...
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