Pen and Ink
Work filed under Pen and Ink:
The Apples present ‘Kings’
Art direction & design for the Apples’ long-playing double EP; two sessions recorded with two of their musical heroes, Fred Wesley and Shlomo Bar, representing the opposite ends of the band’s musical spectrum.
The Apples’ Myspace
Released on Freestyle Records
Strong Arm Steady / Madlib // ‘In Search of Stoney Jackson’
Art direction, illustration and layout for this 2xLP/CD package released on Stones Throw.
CD includes illustrated 4-panel poster fold-out (click ‘View More of This’ to the left for a preview).
Upcoming in this series is a 12″ single of opening track ‘Best of Times’ and an instrumental version of the album.
Available now from the Stones Throw [...]
Nick Davis – Guitar Recordings v.1
Nick Davis is a Nottingham-based musician and producer (also having performed under the live electronica moniker Stone 3). This is his latest project – a short collection of instrumental acoustic guitar compositions that wander undisturbed between bottleneck blues, contemplative, Nick Drake-esque melancholy, baroque sketches and moments reminiscent of Spanish Roma music. It’s beautiful stuff.
This [...]
First Love Logo
Logo for Nottingham recording studio First Love – I’ve not had the pleasure of visiting, but from what I’ve seen and heard it’s a space that’s conducive to producing excellence. Some absolutely brilliant recordings have come out of this place – though I didn’t realise it til Pete from the studio got in touch… The [...]
Winter Solstice
Not sure what this is about, but I gave it as a card at Christmas.
Mrs Treverton at the Exhibition
A valiant attempt to appreciate contemporary modern art.
Hairy Moment #64
Or ‘The Oval Window’.
That moment of realisation that your comfort zone may, very shortly, be rudely challenged.
Portrait of Maggie
Don’t ask who she is, because I can’t remember.
