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Just came back home from a two weeks staying at Le Dernier Cri in Marseille! It has been an immense pleasure and honour to work with the same people who influenced so deeply my art style, and I was not disappointed in finding in reality the same passion and sincere attitude that has informed their publications for such a long time… coupled of course with master skills in silkscreen printing process! As a result we produced a small but substantial collection of my past works, both comics and illustration, as a 32 pages limited edition silkscreen book simply called “SAFE SPACE” (or SAFE SPACE # 0 for long-term fan) which will be soon available for purchase both from me and Le Dernier Cri web shop. Stay tuned!
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I embroidered patches! These are the first things I’ve ever embroidered, except some awful teeth on a skirt I made also from this fabric and found a delight to work with.
The fabric is from a 50+ year old curtain, requisitioned from my friend’s friend’s dead friend Albert’s house last year. He was a fun man with a rich and varied life - he designed a city (which was in fact built), drove buses, kept journals, ran every day at the same running track in the 60s, was an LGBT rights activist in the 90s… all sorts. He had many and wonderful items in his house which I have rehomed and enjoy every day, and this curtain is one of these. It was absolutely massive, and had never ever been washed. Any time I have made things from it and washed it, hours and hours of hand washing have yielded bathtubs full of black water until I have run out of stamina. Albert, why! Just once, Albert! Just once!!!
Anyway, I made patches with the intention of putting them in my shop, but when I did my customary first-access release on Patreon, every single one was bought in under ten minutes. So I suppose I shall have to make more next time!
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I have just suffered a close family bereavement. I painted this a week ago. My Grandpa was a skilled and visionary watercolour user, and I started learning because of him. I think he would be proud of me for where I’m at with my skills. I love him so much. I miss him so much. I wish I could have seen him in hospital.
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Throwing heads at dead police - (World War IV series) - Ink on paper, 148x95mm, 2022.
Conjoined triple-mouth fucko-beast fighting itself for a piece thrown ham - Ink on paper, 148x100mm, 2022.
Man rips off clothes, ejects innards and turns into random cyclops on being told there are no Egg McMuffins left - Ink on paper, 148x100mm, 2022.
Figure running with burning head (World War IV series) - Ink on paper, 148x95mm, 2022.
Jeff Bezos rents Death and minor demons to tear unionising employees limb from limb for a laugh - Ink on paper, 148x100mm, 2022.
