Liminal

Liminal This event named Liminal which means the space between a transitional phase. Is the exhibition held by MA Fine Artists to be exhibited at Furnival gallery sheffield. The basic idea is taken from the meaning of liminal – being boundaries and borders- a transitional phase – the space between. etc. The design encompasses the [...]

Nusantara

Nusantara Nusantara was an exhibition held at the newly built Sheffield Institute of Art and Design’s Furnival building Gallery. It was an exhibition detailing a MA Fine Artist work named Zahuri. His work involved pieces of native cloth hand woven and then screen-printed on-top. The idea for the design was to replicate his style in [...]

Designer’s Direction

Designer’s Direction “Through the Designer’s Direction…Technical craft becomes an art.” Martin Solomon This is another quote project, this time the experimental printmaking technique is letterpress. Using the laser cutting machine i was able to cut out the individual letters and affix them to a 44″ x 1.5″ x 1″ stick to make a type rule. [...]

iSoul

iSoul The introductoruy project for the 3rd and final year of my design degree at Sheffield Hallam University was an open sky brief to which we were given: If God exists what would you ask him/her/it? I chose to ask him how to get into heaven and given that is it possible to buy yourself [...]

Happiness

Happiness This is another printing experiment derived from my research into traditional printing methods. This one uses wax moulded into a tablet to print from. The quote was then carved into the wax an printed with relief ink. The end result was hand press to ensure longevity of the tablet.

Choc.

Choc. Market Research and design strategy Through my research into the Thornton’s brand as it stands at present an opportunity arose for the future of the brand from one of its current problems. The underlying problem that came out of audience research was that the brand was not desirable to a young audience for simple [...]

Sensible

Sensible. This project uses the technique of Acrylic Plates. Through my research at university I have come across several words of wisdom from designers, typographers and printers and one such is Derek Birdsall. These quotes will form a series of postcards and may even end in a manifesto. “I’m rather boringly sensible” – Derek Birdsall

Acrylic Plates

Acrylic Plates During my print making experiments at university I have devised a technique where I etch into acrylic to create plates for printmaking. This works just as relief prints and is able to go through rollpress and create a unique mix between high quality design and hand printed aesthetic. This technique has been used [...]

10 Illustration Commandments Poster

10 Illustration Commandments This poster was designed for an upcoming lecture event at Sheffield Hallam University. The Lecture was entitled ’10 Illustration Commandments’ by illustrator Andrew Foster. The Brief was given one day before print. The general idea was to keep it typographic within my discipline at University. Using Monoprint I managed to create a [...]

Human

Human. These posters were for a recent talk held at Psalter Lane, Sheffield Hallam University. The studio Human is relativly new and focuses on communication. The design idea is to add interaction to the poster by inviting the viewer directly, as if asked in conversation. The ‘conversation’ detailing the event time and specifics is printed [...]