A bit of illustrated type. One of my old favourites - Perpetua.

I want to build up some sets of hand done lettering that I can use for works. 

Creative Mapping Workshop

I delivered a creative mapping workshop in Possilpark for The Concrete Garden as part of my work with The Clipperton Project.

Some nice things marked on the map include: frogs, houses, gardens, i lost my phone here, dogs, trees, buses, splodgy squares and the canal.

We also used some polystyrene which I rescued from the street and an out of date road map of the UK to do some printmaking and poster making.

Here's a short film I made while I was on expedition with The Clipperton Project in Peru. Put together very quickly. Next time: a better camera, nicer sound track, more editing time.

I'm loving small moments, splodgy writing, earth from above, quietness, moody trees shaking about, humans playing, spying on people.

We were in some remote villages along the Maranon and the Ukuyali rivers, the two rivers that join to become The Amazon.

This was shot on a small hand held camera from work. I don't know the model unfortunately.

Hello blog.

Here are three pieces of work.

Some other updates (short and snappy):

Still in Glasgow
I have more twitter followers than I ever had blog followers though still not very many @mousey4983
I have been working with the wonderful Clipperton Project with many adventures by boat to far off places
I've been doing some workshops with a lovely organisation called Depot Arts who organise workshops, gigs, events and all sorts in North Glasgow
I'll be posting here more often.

Some recent photos. Samosa. Squirrel climbing around my boxes. Hannah's many keys. Flowers turning pink in the Griffin. Wrapped cables. Scratching paint off pretty fireplace tiles. A good collection of plants.

Life in the islands is better.

Listening to Dog Is Dead and London Grammar today. In Glasgow it's pretty wet outside. People wearing wellies and inside out umbrellas and what-not. I got my yellow raincoat out and found a card in there from four years ago.

Two days ago I saw a man rescue a balloon from the air in the middle of the road and give it back to it's owner. Her parents then instructed her to say thank you to the man. "Thank you man."

Funny warm up drawing. Warming up for me is less for the action of drawing and more about having a play before you get to work. 

I have a new desk space set up. It feels so fresh and full of potential. So far it has mostly been used to watch Orange is the New Black with chinese food. And to look at pictures of David Gilmour of Pink Floyd for research purposes. 

I love when people stick up the end of their foot in a weird direction when they are concentrating.

The second photo is me helping out at an Open Jar Collective event at the Glad Cafe. Applying my plate carrying skills to the arts.