The Summer Reading Challenge – Ready, Set, Read! – kicked off again across London Libraries this Summer, and I was asked back by Newham Council to deliver workshops based on the success of last year’s delivery with t-shirts, only this time I suggested designing baseball caps with the families to link up with the sports & games theme this year…
My own art hustle started off by painting blank New Era baseball caps back in the early 2000s when I couldn’t get a job in Fashion, so thought I’d share that story to inspire the young people to create their own blank caps.…
Met Dame Zandra Rhodes last week briefly outside her Fashion Textile Museum as she was colour-matching Pantones – always loved this building – also, was quite fitting as i’ve been getting this crazy (st)itch to get back into fashion / textiles more recently…
Love racquet sports. Dad used to play squash back in the day. I was more into tennis & remember hitting up the concrete court at Wandle Park, Croydon back in school days, before a skate park replaced it there now. We lived close by so I’d whizz over with a mate or two, sometimes by myself & play whoever was about.…
Client:The Douglas Fir, part of Gipsy Hill Brewery, 144 Anerley Road, London
Brief: To curate an exhibition of artworks in bar space between May 4th – June 7th 2023
Process: Site-specific vibe response through artistic elements
Elements: Mural design / Fine art / Interactive
I’m more of an inker than a drinker, so when I was approached to deliver this brief, I was at first open, then abit reluctant as I just didn’t connect with the idea or motivation to go ahead, mainly as a non-drinker and my initial view of drinking culture as a whole in London, the messy side of it, plus ‘yet another Hipster spot, same ol, same ol’…I kept putting it off, but then something kept bringing me back & saying just do it, make it work…
When I walk into any space, I try and feel it out, capture the vibe of it.…
