Droppin Jawns

Here are some flyers I designed for nights I put on in Bournemouth. The Fresh Prince Party was a one-off fundraiser for an exhibition, and Droppin Jawns was a monthly hip hop and house night that was born from it. Both projects did really well. Check out Moored in Miami, and Joel Muggleton (aka Swirly the Nerd), who helped make Droppin Jawns what it was. There is room to do more Droppin Jawns parties in the future, but for the time being, the project is on hold.

Boy & Girl

I made this piece recently, which I ashamedly no longer have. The pair of images on the left was a digital mockup I made with pics I had taken of the sourced materials. Once I had built them for real, I took a rather rough image on my phone (see right).

Bedford House, Guildford

These are some pics I took of a block of flats, where I lived for much of my life. I was there from 1 until about 7 years old, then again from 18 until 24 when I moved to Charminster. Both times I lived at number 50.

Half the building has recently been turned into the home to EA Games, these were taken when it wasn't.

New Jersey

There are one or two places in the world that in some way, romance me; places I have not been to, but that give me a sense, from what little I hear, that I'd be happy there. Osaka is one, due to music mostly, the other is New Jersey. It seems to have a reputation similar to Essex, and from what I hear is 24hr-diner central.

A girl befriended me on Myspace from New Jersey; since I'd seen the Sopranos' New Jersey, and heard the Hip Hop of New Jersey, I asked her to send me some pics of her place to see if it was anything like I would imagine it to be.

Here they are:

Hardest Man

Some friends of mine from CRABWOLF have set up a little blog called World's Hardest Man where they have concocted a little picture-based challenge...

See my attempt below:

Chewing Gum

The first thing I noticed after moving to the Bournemouth area, was the almost absolute spread of chewing gum about the place.

I found this post on a message board somewhere or other, and took some pics to illustrate the quote.

Ishihara

This was the first time I had shown work properly, it was for Ishihara. I showed two unrelated pieces. The image (left) shows both bits of work in situ at the show.

The main image (see in full, right) was appropriated from Tinypic - an image upload site I used to use. All the work on my main website is also from Tinypic, as are the images I used for my books Gymnastics and Dogs.

The text piece was a letter to my then, soon-to-be girlfriend's diary.

Jim Davidson

During my Myspace phase (remnants here), I did a small thing where I asked my Myspace friends to (using a simple flash program) draw on Jim Davidson's face. I appreciate that digging at Jim Davidson is about as forward-thinking as mocking the Daily Mail, or in fact Jim's jokes themselves, but either way, it was a while ago, and it looks quite good I think.

I didn't have a massive response, but I did get a few by some reasonably interesting people; like GUT.

I showed these recently, and one submission was deemed 'awful' by its artist, and at the request of said artist I removed it. Instead of their image, I have included their plea.

Screen Grabs

I am a photographer by education, but haven't the passion for cameras nor 'photography'.

Here is a Facebook album I maintain; a series which I call Screen Grabs.

Ishihara at the Kube Gallery, Poole.

I was lucky enough to have some work shown at the recent Ishihara show at the Kube gallery. Frankly, the show was an absolute delight... But frankly, the gallery didn't put in the effort or consideration that makes the Ishihara movement such an inspiring one. The space is stunning, and has had some nice work on show in the past, but what essentially was a hugely important event for the area, was overlooked, and frankly I think we all felt like the Kube could have shown more enthusiasm for it.

Luckily the Ishihara team put in 110%, and the show was a blinder.

Anyway, here is my piece. I have included the images below the photo, so you can read the text. (My piece is the two wall-mounted frames).