'Nottle' typeface.
I played around with the original Avant Garde typeface developed by Hebert Lubalin by applying ink and leaving each letter out in the rain for a natural splatter effect. The result was based on neglect, but it turned out beautiful, thanks to nature.


This logo was created for a friend with the initials C.O, and completed with his trademark ginger fringe. The logo was very simple to do, but combining all his various interests and hobbies was a challenge. Sometimes less is more though, and I thought I managed to capture the character in the logo.


This painting was based on the Welsh mythology 'Cantre'r Gwaelod'. It's the biggest painting I've done so far, and I wanted to include influences from the Surrealist artists such as Tanguy, Max Ernst and Salvador Dali.


This is a model of a wellington boot transformed into a plant pot. I think it shows how I like to inplant humour into my work when possible.


Here is a scan of my Printmaking sketchbook. Combining both the wave print with newspaper background had a nice effect thanks to similarities in theme.


Here's a research page for our typography project. Before setting off on a brainstorm I wanted to learn all the basics and made sure I learned all the terms.


Here is a photograph of the experiment that eventually created the 'Nottle' design. I created a giant Avant Garde sheet and tried to carefully paint the letters with ink, but to my annoyance it was ruined by splatter marks and excess ink...or so I though. To experiment I decided to leave the sheet out in the rain for 30 minutes, and it came out with a beautiful running water effect that was highly effective.


Here are the ceramic models of swans that I made. This main "papa" swan was influenced by the colours from the 'Black Swan' film. I wanted to do something different from the ordinary ceramic work, so I decided to do something that relates to my personality; I like things that are slightly left-field and quirky, so I decided to create Swan ornaments that could be used for a number of things.


Here is a development sketchbook scan for the typography project. I initially wanted to base my type on my handwriting, but decided against it when consistency was a problem (my handwriting is very random!) Here I try to experiment with ink and aerosol for that splatter effect.


This is the Typeography poster. "The typeface where neglect has never been more beautiful" was very fitting since it was neglect that sparked the design. I made it in negative so that I could show how versatile the type can be.






Here are three lifedrawing images that I drew. The last was with acrylic paints over a background of graphic paper, which gives it a nice tonal difference to it. The first two are charcoal and pastel sketches.

This painting was influenced by Georga O'Keefe; she's one of my favourite artists because of her colourful and vivid paintings. I tried to re-create that effect whilst making the colours as vibrant as I could with oil paint.