sleeve purchased

I queued up at Somerset House to buy a Secret 7" sleeve. Out of the four I wanted, only this one was left which was actually my favourite. So even more happy to discover that this sleeve was the work of the excellent Nick White - result!

revealed

It's the final day of the Secret 7" show when the sleeve designs are made available for sale at £50 each. All the money raised goes to charity, this year the charity is Nordoff Robbins, who are dedicated to transforming livees of vulnerable children and adults through music therapy. It also means that I can reveal my winning entry for Digital Witness by St. Vincent

top sleeves

Here is a selection of my favourite sleeves from the Secret 7" show currently on show at Somerset House

private view

Set up with just minutes to spare. Nothing like adrenalin to get a job done.
As always an unbelievably lively night rammed to the rafters. 

puppet

Bertie Bassett hand puppet finished for our Punch & Judy stand at Pick Me Up. Not sure why him, but he will make a good character for the show. 

Great Brits

Things are hotting up at the WET PAINT Studio in preparation for the forthcoming Pick Me Up graphic art festival where Hero of Switzerland will be presenting the Great British Emporium.

Limited edition Great Brits tea-towel now available - £10

We got in!

The Heroes will be returning to PICK ME UP 2014 bigger and better than before.

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The Great British expo

The Hero of Switzerland 'Great British expo' proposal for Pick Me Up 2014 submitted today. 

PICK ME UP preview night

show building

The pub experience is not complete without a savoury snack. A bag of Doggy Itchings FREE with every purchase at the show.

PICK ME UP online

PICK ME UP online goes live today.
Go straight to the Hero's page to pick up your very own Graff original or print before they get snapped up - haha!

beer labels - part 2

So this is what I came up with. Not quite what I had in my head, but hey-ho!
Now I need to get them printed up, put on to beer bottles and photographed.
Count down to PICK ME UP Contemporary Graphic Art Fair.

beer labels

Now for the beer labels. Random beer name generator, the answer to my prayers - thank Barbie Jesus for the power of research and the internet.

I had a few goes:
Gnarly Chicken Oud Bruin
Craptacular swill Haevy Schwartzbier
The Ant Farm formally known as Count Chocula's curious Pilsner
Frickin Bubba Hefeneizen
Madonna's Tipsy Smelly Cat Koelsch
Smutty Brown Flying Squirrel Stout
Beaizelbub's Moronic Pufferfish Bavarian Dunkelweizen
Nuclear Barley Wine
Transgendered Butt Biege Rauchbier
El Dente Kermit Biere de Garde
General Tso's Ferrel Brown Jellyfish Old Ale

I can definitely do something with that!

pub quiz

exclusive preview of my spread for the brochure accompanying the Hero of Switzerland group show at PICK ME UP 2013. 

PICK ME UP 2013

Heroes of switzerland does PICK ME UP (2013) - first meeting. Pub theme - feeling very inspired - watch this space.



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Winner!

photos: Robert Chadwick courtesy of the AOI.

The AOI (Association of Illustrators) Images 'best of British illustration' exhibition Private-view at Somerset House tonight.

I just scooped the bronze award in the Children's book section for 'Toy Hospital' a spread from my (incredibly original and still to be published) Children's book "And here is the News..." So chuffed.

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Images 36 at Somerset House

The Association of illustrators Images 36, 'The Best of British Illustration' is taking place at the prestigious Somerset House, The Strand, London this October.  As previewed in Design Week's, What's On.