Incidental Intricacy

I may post more soon...but who knows. Life is still happening. 

Craig Questions - Portrait for an rad upcoming zine by the little brother. Wake up, watch this space and go check out http://thestalezine.tumblr.com/ Forever supporting. 

Let’s Grow Old - Hopefully to be the first T-Shirt design available on my designbyhumans online store, when all is set up and running.

Antiques & Pine, Hayfield - little sketch in the new sketchbook, after a hike for over 4 hours from Bramhall to Hayfield.

Ode to the Fixed Gear - Detail from a double spread for the zine. Colouring to come. 

10th -- Bridle Road, Bramhall, SK7 1QH.

RIDE - Postcards. If I end up selling ‘Ode to the Fixed Gear’ Zine, a selection will get a free hand illustrated postcard. 

Treating postcards like I do riding. Can’t and won’t. 

‘Not only is riding fixed gear a meditation, it is also a therapy of sorts. There’s an element of letting go, of forgetting everything but what is in front of you, that is: bars, wheel, road, traffic. The following of the rotation, the observation of the self and of one’s environment, it all acts to clear the head, to free oneself of the stresses, strains and anxieties of this complex existence we call life. It’s an escape, a cathartic release of energy, whether that be good or bad in nature. And yes, this same release could be achieved with a free-wheel, but truly it is not the same. There is something in the constant, the simplicity and the awareness of the fixed wheel. There is not the luxury of gears or of even coasting; you work your way down hills as much as you worked up them, with no respite or rest from effort. And it demands effort in profusion, but with that you get ultimate control. You get out exactly what you put in, and more often than not, you have to put in an awful lot. In this way, there is also a degree of sacrifice and resilience essential to riding. The whole thing is a test, a personal trial, and a gruelling one at that, where you are constantly asked to prove yourself, to push your capabilities and physical boundaries of endurance.’

Hand-drawn, hand-cut, hand-folded, hand-printed, hand-bound, hand-made lino print book in progress. Should be on sale on the 10th June at MMU Foundation end of year show. Watch this space...

Monoprint over letterpress ink. 

Bridge, Ord - Probably the last one from Skye.

Starbucks Coffee, Piccadilly Gardens - A3 Monoprint. Really love monoprinting, the process, the anticipation, the results. Fairly happy with how this one turned out. 

Another one from the sketchbook. Amazing place, geographically fascinating and visually awe-inspiring.  

Tried to draw most days while away but with it raining most of the time didn’t quite get to sit out and draw the landscape as much as planned. Was loving the brush pen though. 

Timed brush pen sketches. Actually enjoyed doing these more than I thought I would. Now where to take them...

Product of yesterday. Cut from a small off-cut piece of Lino found lying around.