Calma Interview – Die Gestalten publishers
I was very pleased to contribute to a book about one of my favourite artists from Brazil. It’s a beautiful object with stunning design by Pedro Inoue Calma The Art of Stephan Doitschinoff Release: September 2008 Format: 24 x 28 cm Features: 160 pages, full colour, hardcover Stephan Doitschinoff’s street alias is Calma. This book…
Cans Festival
Mayday bank holiday saw the opening of Cans Festival. Behind the scenes this festival of Stencil Art had been in preparation since Feb 08. I was honoured to be given a curatorial role of behalf of POW to invite artists from around the world who I thought to be producing the best in Stencil…
Brazil meets Birmingham
A number of Brazilian artist friends of mine have been visiting the UK to take part in various gallery shows. To put their spare time to good use I suggested to Mission Print screen printers (who I often work with) that they commission these artists alongside local artists to paint a mural on their buildings…
Stephan Doitschinoff – Modart Magazine
Modart is one of my favourite magazines – I am biased though, as I regularly write articles for them. Issue 14 has the fantastic Adam Neate as the cover star and inside an article I wrote about the talented Brazilian artist – Stephan Doitschinoff. Issue 15 is due out soon – featuring an article I’ve written…
Santa’s Ghetto Bethlehem
It was a humbling experience to have been able to assist in Santa’s Ghetto’s 2007 in Bethlehem. Each December for six years running, East London screenprint publishers Pictures on Walls have hosted a “squat art concept store” known as Santa’s Ghetto. Usually the venue is an empty shop space, transformed into a wonderland of underground…
Street Sketchbook trailer
Many thanks to Matt (45rpm) for producing this trailer for me to promote the ‘Street Sketchbook’ book. Using footage taken out our launch at Rough Trade, Brick Lane, London. http://www.streetsketchbook.com/
Ericailcane
During my research for Street Sketchbook it was a pleasure to travel to Bologna last year to meet three artists whose work I love; Ericailcane, Blu and Dem. It was great to spend days there, to see the way they worked and interview them. Modart magazine asked me to write a few words about Erica…
Smudge Magazine
For a number of months I have been working with a team of students from Brislington Enterprise College, Bristol to produce a magazine called Smudge. Once a week I worked with the students, introducing them to design ideas and generally helped them realise their own ideas for the magazine. The broad theme of this issue…
Nuart
Nuart is a street art festival held in Stavanger, Norway which has built up a great reputation over the years. I was very pleased to be invited this year to take part in a couple of presentions – one of them alongside the artist Blek Le Rat. It was also a good opportunity to mix…
Street Sketchbook
I finally have a printed copy of my new book “Street Sketchbook” published by Thames and Hudson, ISBN 978 0500 513620. The book will not reach the shelves for another few weeks yet. I have to say that its looking fantastic – hard bound, rounded corners, spot varnished cover and 272 pages! After two years…