Here’s the rest of the set.
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Digital Toolkit no. 2
Digital Toolkit no. 1
We moved house recently, so all our tools are (temporarily) in boxes in the dining room. Seeing them all together inspired me to draw them ...
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Change up ahead
Here’s a sneak peak of a watercolour project I’m working on. More details to follow in February 2022. New Year is just around the corner!
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Hands up
As hands are amongst my favourite things to draw, I worked them into my design for the Joiners and Ceilers show at the Guildhall Art Gallery a few months back. After getting client approval for the idea, I needed accurate reference photos. Luck was on my side as on the client team was master joiner Clive Turrell who was kind enough to pose for the photos. After a few pencil sketches, I scanned in my favourites and stylised them in Photoshop.
Initial sketch for client approval. (We didn’t use this particular pose in the exhibition).
Rough preparatory sketches
A few of the final illustrations used in the show
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Guildhall Art Gallery - Joiners and Ceilers exhibition
Here’s a few shots of the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers show at the Guildhall Art Gallery. Not only is the historical content really fascinating, the subject matter remains very contemporary: joinery and carving techniques have proved so robust and enduring, for centuries there’s been no need to change them. If you tune your eye in (as I have since working on this show) you start to see joinery everywhere – look around the room you’re sitting in and doubtless there it’ll be. Door frames, doors, windows, stairs … it’s like it’s coming out of the woodwork. (Boom, boom.)
A real bonus of this show is that the wall-mounted showcases, joinery samples, some frames and the leaflet dispenser were made by master joiners... this is art and craft in action! I do recommend it. And yes, that is bubble-wrap on the chairs - that particular shot was taken during install shortly after the 1754 Master’s Chair (on the left) was brought from the V&A. The chair on the right was made especially for the 450th anniversary which, in a touch of wit, has the dates 1571-2021 embedded in its very structure. The chair is 1571mm high and the lumbar rail is 20.21 inches wide. Clever stuff.
Show runs until 18 July 2021
p.s. If you’re wondering what a ‘ceiler’ is, it’s derived from Latin and relates to wood carving.
In other news, I completed an illustration project for the Horniman Museum several weeks back. Also recently designed a metal door bell panel for my studio building, plus I’ve started work on a brand new (and very exciting) Agatha Christie exhibition. It’s all go in the studio! More on all those projects soon.
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Happy 2021!
2020 was quite a year… let it drift away. Now it’s 2021. Happy New Year to all.
NHS Rainbow design
Inspired by all the wonderful rainbow drawings in local windows, we've created this NHS Rainbow T-shirt. All profits donated to frontline NHS staff and volunteers. Available for children & adults from www.thosewhowait.com
No. 3 Dino Bus
Our no. 3 Dino Bus design proved to be a big hit at Crystal Palace Artists’ Open House. T-shirts now available for children and adults at thosewhowait.com. Made from organic cotton, they’re designed in Crystal Palace, printed on the Isle of Wight using renewable energy throughout the supply chain. Prints also available, email me for size and colour options. Prices start from £15 for small framed giclée print. Email: mike@chutneychorus.com
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Glassist
I made this glass design for the open studio coming up - it’s a modified version of the beer mat design from a couple of posts ago.
Hope to see you at the open studio!
https://www.crystalpalaceart.co.uk
Sat 29 Feb & Sun 1 Mar
Sat 7 & Sun 8 Mar
11am – 6pm
Cooper's Yard Studios
Cooper's Yard
Crystal Palace
SE19 1TN
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Going out with a bang (and a fizz)
It’s the last day of 2019. I’m so pleased to have completed my creative year working on the design for Cooper’s Yard Beer. It’s one of those gratifying jobs where I got to use my whole caboodle: writing, illustration and design. My client is Gavin Rookledge of Rook’s Books (mentioned two posts ago). Yes, they are gold embossed leather labels … Gavin wanted to create limited edition bottles as gifts for his clients. The hops for the brew were grown in the yard of the studio and new Cooper’s Yard resident, Emma Lee Cheng of letterpress fame, printed the beermats. So satisfying on so many levels.
I’m really looking forward to 2020 and what it will bring. Wishing you a creative year ahead. Whatever you’re doing, do it!
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