Supermundane

Excited to be talking about ordinary and extraordinary things at , at in Milton Keynes, UK on May 22-24 with an great lineup of international speakers, creative thinkers, artists & innovators.

features a wonderful line-up of speakers including (me) , Cat How of , , and many more. Alongside a wider programme of screenings, workshops and a special afterparty.

Make sure you’re there, register your tickets now - https://allflows.live

Since 2019 I’ve been working on a whole children’s ward at West Mid Hospital with The ward was originally painted lilac and white and felt very tired. It is the biggest project I have worked on to date with over 30 bed bays to decorate as well as all the corridors - I even designed the patient and nurse boards. I worked with children and staff to make patterns to use on the design which can be seen in the ‘starlight’ mural. All doors were painted in contrasting colours and oversized graphics were used to give a sense of height to the corridors. I designed a huge sticker pack (with some stickers 1 meter in diameter) to give us the greatest flexibility when putting up the graphics. It was hugely challenging installing in a very busy working ward but I’m really happy with the results and the feedback has been wonderful.

‘The Darkness Only Makes The Light Brighter’ New A3 print in my online shop.

Light Beam - hand drawn and stamped on printed postcard. Each one differs slightly. Edition of 25, signed and numbered. £12 inc postage (UK only) in my online shop now - link in my linktree.

Here is the finished mural. When talking to Emma (who asked me if I’d be up for painting a community mural) she suggested the word Smile. It’s a great word but it can be sometimes used in a passive aggressive way (especially towards women) so I wanted to make it a little hard to spot. Some people see it straight away but when you are up close or cycling past, it isn’t so obvious. I like having layers to my work so that when you do see the word it’s like a little puzzle being solved. When we we’re painting it so many people smiled before they knew the word was hidden in there. I’ve also written a poem about smiling that will go on the small wall next to the mural soon. I’m thrilled how well it came out and how many hands of children and adults were involved in the painting, making it even more of a community mural.

A rusty old ‘I Think You Are Wonderful’ badge found at my mum & dad’s. I originally wanted to use phrase back when I was designing Good For Nothing magazine in the early 2000s. I suggested using the words on the cover of the summer issue and had this image of people reading the magazine (which was a London freebie) on the tube and buses and other passengers reading it giving them a little boost of being called wonderful. The editor and publisher didn’t go for it. So a few years later I made this badge and gave them away for free. People could send me stamped and addressed envelopes and I would post them out to whoever they wanted to call wonderful. I chose the word wonderful purposefully as it is something you could say to anyone. Years later the print I made using the phrase is still one of my most popular. It’s nice to be called wonderful.

New T-shirt design Circle/Square. Various colours available. Printed on demand in the UK on organic cotton. Link in my linktree.

I have a T-shirt shop now with who produce the tees on demand and in a sustainable way. It’s free postage this weekend from 9am Friday until midnight Sunday - there’s a choice of lots of designs kids sizes + other bits n bobs. Link linktree in bio.

Launching on Friday a new print on demand website for T-shirts and more. All orders are fulfilled by who work with companies such as Greenpeace and RSPB. The T-shirts are made from organic cotton, printed in the UK with low waste printing technology. When the product is worn out it can be sent back for recycling - there is a QR code label in each garment to get a postage label, you even get money off your next purchase.

Havelock Walk Winter Open Studios! 3rd & 4th December 11am - 5pm. Come along and say hello!

Window (Pink) New 50cm x 70cm archival inkjet print. Edition of 12 (9 left). Designed to work horizontally or vertically. Slightly different colour palette for me. £150 including postage (UK only)