Catch 22

Last Thursday evening I was helping Asi Panditharatna to celebrate the first birthday of Catch 22's department of Apprenticeship and Employability. Catch 22 is a social business and already a lead provider of apprenticeships and other employability services.

Read more about their inspiring work here: 

http://www.catch-22.org.uk/

Free floating

A new 3 colour screen print exploring the wonderful world of vegetables. I love butternut squash but this year mine turned out a bit wee. 

You'd never guess though from the size they are in this image..hey ho, at least they inspired a print !

Busy week

This week I worked for Merton C.I.L. a charity enabling disabled people to have more autonomy in their lives, drawings for a multinational consumer goods company (I know, mysterious!) and for Catch 22, a fabulous social business promoting apprenticeships. More work for them coming up next month.

Consumer goods company first - this was a super-fast brain-storming exercise to create a metaphor that could be communicated through the layers of staff within the company:

And work for Merton Centre for Independent Living here - this was a consultation day for disabled people in Merton to voice their concerns, these were then addressed to local councillors who arrived for questions later in the afternoon:

Visual Minutes in Surrey

Last week I was helping to capture a morning listening to young people's thoughts and needs, addressing different issues from drugs to online safety. They were a bit shy to start with, but loved having their portraits on the wall !

New Prints

I've started printing at the Thames Barrier Print Studio again, in the wilds of Woolwich. Here are two new ones.

Wine-tinted Glasses

The Sprout

Visual Minutes in Birmingham

I was working for More Then Minutes for a charity called UnLtd. This is a charity that supports Social Entrepreneurs with funding and advice - they are very inspiring people, and they help other inspiring people who want to help their local community grow. 

The minutes were done over the course of the day (this is one of two images produced). We responded to the dialogue, workshops and speakers. I worked alongside Marcel O'Leary. We filled about 4 metres of wall space - it was a tiring but worthwhile day !

How to Sound Really Clever - Book launch!

Last night I was in the hallowed corridors of Bloomsbury publishing with Hubert van den Bergh the author, to celebrate the publication of his book that I've illustrated.

It's in the shops now - the perfect Christmas present for anyone who wants to augment their vocabulary or just learn more about the English language.

 Here is the cover, and below are 3 images illustrating different words within the book:

Wiseacre

Pleonastic

Doggerel