Journal

OCTOBER 2024

PRESS ON

The printing bike is Nick Hands custom made bicycle that has been built to carry him, his luggage and an adana printing press. Press on is his third adventure (the first two seeing him travel around the coastline of the UK visiting makers), which sees him set off again around Britain but this time visiting libraries and printing bookmarks in collaboration with a variety of artists. The bookmark on the left is my design for the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh and takes inspiration from Ellen Rentons poem ‘passing’. The poem is rooted in the notion that the earth is not ours to destroy and we’re merely passing through, which shares the same fleeting passage of Nicks cycle. The map has been created from the words by translating each letter into its numerical ASCII code to create the twist of the river, the curves of the contours and the bends in the road.

SEPTEMBER 2024

ASH RISE

20 makers and designers were selected as part of the Ash Rise project back in March 2024. The project aimed to celebrate the ash tree in light of many trees having to be felled due to Ash Die Back. This exhibition seeks to educate about the disease as well as showcasing the potential of this material and the objects that can be crafted from a single tree. There is also an interview on the Scotland Outdoors Podcast with me and some of the other makers as we collected our wood at the beginning of the project.

AUGUST 2024

WORK AND PLAY

In collaboration with photographer Raymond Davies, this photo formed part of a project focusing on work and play and how sports are interconnected with professions. This image highlights the intersection with surfing and art on a very cold day Winters day dressed in my printing clothes and holding my surfboard in lieu of a squeegee.

AUGUST 2024

HOPE IS A THING WITH FEATHERS

Exhibition at the Scottish Ornithologists Club in Aberlady as part of the Visual Arts Scotland Programme. My submissions is called a feather of birds and uses data from the BTO Breeding bird survey to compare the 100 most recorded birds across 40 years. The result is a feather made of from the data of thousands of rows of information collected from over 3,000 volunteers.

APRIL 2024

PLOTERRE X TRAKKE

Limited edition organic t-shirt created in collaboration with Trakke describing the seasonal trends of waves on the west coast of Scotland. The original birthplace of Trakke.

APRIL 2024

HIDDEN SCOTLAND

Four page interview about my work, process and taking inspiration from Scotland in one of my favourite magazines. Hidden Scotland Issue 08.

APRIL 2024

COLLAGING WITH DATA

This exhibition was the culmination of a year long project walking the Water of Leith collecting images and information alongside Jim Marsden. The final pieces were shown in Sierra Metro and told the story of this ribbon of green running through the city through the lens of data.

MARCH 2024

EDINBURGH SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Showcase of selection of my work at the National Museum of Scotland as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival.

SEPTEMBER 2023

V&A DUNDEE COLLABORATION

This limited edition woodblock print was created in collaboration with V&A Dundee in celebration of their fifth birthday. The print takes inspiration from the building and the surrounding landscape of the Tay by recreating the iconic structure using the same 2,429 unique bricks, scaled relative to every hill lining the Tay.

JULY 2023

TRASH FREE TRAILS YR WYDDFA

Working with Trash Free Trails Data and Sidetracked magazine to represent the amount of trash collected since their inception, by recreating the iconic Yr Wyddfa where every dot represents a piece of trash that has been removed from our landscape.

SEPTEMBER 2022

BAWN TARTAN

A very special tartan to celebrate the ethical fabric shops first birthday made from sustainable transport routes (walking and cycling) leading from all the streets to the shop every week over their first year.

NOVEMBER 2021

HAMEWARES NEW PERSPECTIVES

Selected as one of two makers to create an exclusive product for the Barn Arts in Banchory. This lambswool blanket highlights all the conservation habitats in Scotland by literally weaving with data. The choice of item was important to the story to reflect the notion of nesting within the places we call home.

JUNE 2021

TRASH FREE TRAILS ROUTE MAP

For the inaugural Trash Free Trails survey, a route map was created to showcase the amount of trash removed from our trails to date. Not only does the route map signify the direction the organisation intends to lead but it is also a familiar tool to all their users from runners, riders and roamers.