‘Playing with Nature’, is an on-going project, aimed at raising awareness, and funds for marine wildlife conservation.
Originally, ten sets of playing cards were hand illustrated with sea creatures, including a reef shark, a whale, an octopus, hawksbill turtles, tuna, and a hammerhead shark. The cards were autioned on e-bay to raise funds for a marine wildlife conservation organisation. The auction was a huge success, with all proceeds dontated directly to the charity.
The success of the auction lead me to illustrate more creatures, and raise more funds through a variety of auctions, including an exhibition/auction at The Cube in London, as a part of Emerge 2010 at the London Design Festival.
So far proceeds from the project have been donated to The Marine Consetvation Society, The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Project AWARE.
I hope to auction more sets in the future – if you are interested in commissioning a set, please get in touch. I will donate 100% of the profits to a marine conservation charity of your choice.
I’m currently working on merchandise design for a Sheffield based experimental hip-hop band, The Legend of the 7 Black Tentacles. The band is made up of 9 musicians including V3xation and The Baron.
Expect to see tees, totes and posters at their live performances.
Curated by jeweller Wendy Ramshaw, this exhibition features useful and decorative objects by 28 artists on the theme of the bee, its crucial role in pollination and food supplies, and the current crisis of diminishing bee populations.
Bee populations have plummeted worldwide, and there are several eye opening documentaries on the subject, revealing the truth behind industrial bee-keeping, pollution and disease. Our bees are vulnerable and we need to start protecting them as we depend on them for the production of every day necessities such as fruit and vegetables.
The exhibition is on at Contemporary Applied Arts, 2 Percy St, London, W1T 1DD
Poster design for up and coming Sheffield retro rockers the Skeletons and Empty pockets. This gig was for their Christmas shindig at The Harley, Sheffield, a popular venue for cutting edge live music.