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Are you a videographer who believes art can be a force for good? Do you think a child’s mind is a creative treasure trove? And…
I’m a silkscreen artist working from my makeshift print studio in Paddington, London. I work commercially as an illustrator and am a silkscreen obsessive.
In its origin silkscreen is a print method of mass/repetitive production. The obvious plus side to this characteristic is one can make multiples of your work, with ease. But for me this sort of regimented, carbon copy technique holds less interest. By applying different pressures to your squeegee for example, you create a different impression for each print/layer applied. My passion for silkscreen lies in the very fact that your outcome can be varied every time you apply a colour, thus producing unique pieces of work. Often in the same vein but still individual. I really don’t want everything to look the same. My attitude to the silkscreen process is continually inquisitive, experimental. I have no set procedures and it’s often a case of ‘just try it, see what happens..’.
Usually it is my job to come up with, find, draw, collage all the imagery for a client to create them an illustration. Often under strict guidelines. To be given a folder of wonderful, energetic kids drawings which I find so inspiring is a luxury. I am doing the easy bit, colouring them up & moving them around. The kids have already done the hard, creative work ; )
I’ve been to one of the places that Face This sponsor: Lombok. I’d never travelled anywhere like this before then and it really changed my thoughts on the world. Opened my mind. How much more to life there is, it was a very rich experience. I feel it is important to give back in life and this was an opportunity to do just this.
I basically loved to colour in! Shapes, patterns, landscapes… Now you know why this project was so much fun for me!
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Are you a videographer who believes art can be a force for good? Do you think a child’s mind is a creative treasure trove? And…