I'm looking forward to teaching my Designing Printed Textiles workshop at home tomorrow. I enjoy sharing the skills I have learnt at European design studios in London, Copenhagen and Amsterdam in the last 20 years.

In Conversation With....Heinz Sight Having performed at The Marrs Bar, a few months back as part of the regular Uncover showcase and a debut solo album due in the summer, following on from a collection of clutch of successful EP's I thought it was high time we caught up with Bromsgrove based singer-songwriter, Simon Thomas Heinrik Lacks aka Heinz-Sight for a poignant chat about mental health, his forthcoming date at The Third Space (Arts Workshop) and the forthcoming album.

So you may be something of a new name on the local music scene (particularly under the Heinz-Sight monicker), can you tell us a bit about yourself, what inspired you to first become involved in making music? A traumatic lonely childhood transitioning into adulthood, I found my escape through music and writing down lyrics from favourite artists, from this I begun a passion for writing poetry, which led to writing   2nd Mum for my gran, a piece that I'm proud to say still that hangs, pride of place on her wall to this day. As i got older and had to deal with anger and mental health issues, l found it hard to express myself, until hearing NWA's aptly named Express Yourself, which was far cry from anything I'd heard before. Inspired, I created a small home studio which led to me to begin recording as MC Simple, former band, Jellybean Rebellion (recording for MAS Records) and now Heinz-Sight (MAS Records and Out The Blue Records). I can just about remember catching your former band Jellybean Rebellion, what are the main differences between the band and your new Heinz-Sight project? did you always plan to go solo or was it more a case of just wanting to get your music heard? Really glad you managed to see Jellybean Rebellion. Team Heinz-Sight is more a collective of individuals equally committed to work hard as and when needed in a bid to be heard by as many people as possible. As an artist Heinz-Sight is a more personal project. there was no plan to go solo, just a natural progression although I've always wanted a band and still do!, but for now smaller gigs its me and the invisible band, so people can still enjoy the full sound of one guy, a guitar and a million thoughts. On the evidence of your former singles and the Indie-Vidual EP you seem to mix and match genres, from indie to hip-hop, pop to rock, was it always your intention to straddle styles and does your sound represent the music you listen to? Hahaha. never the intention to. MC Simple wanted to be next Eminem! As time and life evolved so did I, Don't like to be boxed..call the box police and yes I guess it does represent my eclectic taste in of music.

“Thank you for the art”

unique screen-printed paisley cat fabric by designer Patrick Moriarty. He prints it by hand.

My screen-printed fabrics are still very popular even though I now produce many of my fabrics digitally. Today a new customer in Glasgow, Scotland ordered a paisley cats cushions. I printed each piece of fabric individually at a local arts workshop in my town, Southend, Essex, UK. The arts centre is called The Old Waterworks because it is the town’s former waterworks building. They now host art…

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