Right in the midst of the annual protfolio / website update and time for an update! Here are some pieces from a very large job i did for Samsung / Cheil Worldwide Group. These were developed in to giant wall graphics.







Its been a while coming 'cos 2011 was sucha busy year for the Egg Cup crew. But we are officially back in business, and have LOTS of exciting things planned for 2012.
First up, two brand new Egg Cup Soldier screenprints, beautiful hand printed wonders. 50 x 70cm on Heritage 315gsm. Available to buy from www.printclublondon.com/shop

yum, metallic gold!

ooh! glow-in-the-dark
A FEW PHOTOS FROM THE LAUNCH NIGHT OF REINVENTING SCREENPRINTING
Was a great night and so busy... R.A.M.M.E.D! One in one out most of the night. Thanks to all who made it.






Here are some shots courtesy of Rose Stallard at Print Club London, who also did the illustration for the limited edition book jacket for my book Reinventing Screenprinting. This jacket is limited to only 100 copies and available exclusively through Print Club London Gallery, 214 Brick Lane.


Myself and Print ClubLondon director Kate Newbold-Higginson mapping out the templates for the limited edition book jackets


The sleeves! 2 colour screenprint on black Plike paper from GF Smith, plus a luxury silver foil block from the Henningham Family Press!. Illustration by Print Club Creative Director Rose Stallard. Myself and Rose just signed all 100 of 'em.


Signed and ready for editioning


My name in silver foil block on the spine, nice!





Been busy conjuring up some 80's/90's Varsity nostalgia for the new logos and idents for UK hip-hop outfit TOO MANY T's. Check out the results...





THE BOOK LAUNCH HAS LANDED!
BOOK LAUNCH, THIS THURSDAY, 1st DECEMBER @ PRINT CLUB GALLERY, 214 BRICK LANE, LONDON!





THE BOOK HAS LANDED
Almost exactly a year to the day since I was contacted by the good people at RotoVision about writing a book, I received my advance copies in the post!!

On the left is the North American, Australian and New Zealand edition 'Little Book Of Screenprinting'. On the right the European and Worldwide edition 'Reinventing Screenprinting' OUT IN 6 WEEKS!!


"The author at work"...it actual says that....






Continuing my relationship with the good people at ATC Management, I have been commissioned to do the full album campaign for the upcoming 3rd album by The Rifles, titled 'Freedom Run'. Here is the front cover, more pictures and updates to follow on this one. I believe the album is out Sept 19th.



SINGLE ART COVER FOR 'TANGLED UP IN LOVE'




Here are some new prints i've been working on, the 'CM?K' series. The idea behind this is to use the printing process of CMYK, but altering one of the colour channels to produce some great colour variations. I've also halftone bitmapped each colour channel, with halftone lines, not dots. Big thanks to Tom Price of Project Eagle Claw and Ryan Munns for the lovely pics, shot on 35mm. Check out their blogs and great personal work as well.

A selection of these will be available as limited edition screenprints and Giclee prints in the not too distant future so keep the eye peeler handy.









REGAL NEW PRINTS FOR THE RIFLES!

Toby at ATC Management asked me to produce these 3 colour prints for the band The Rifles. A touch of Royal Wedding excitement may have crept in to Scott Mumford's design, it was a pleasure to print. They will be for sale exclusively on their UK acoustic tour, with a show at The Coronet in London on May 6th kicking it all off.



REINVENTING SCREENPRINTING - MY FIRST PUBLICATION!

Those of you who know me will be aware I have just spent the last 6 months of my life writing a book... probably lots of you who DO know me might not even know!! Anyway, I am extremely proud of the result, the book is entitled Reinventing Screeenprinting and features 100 of the best practitioners out there in the world of screenprinting. Everyone from The Small Stakes, Sonnenzimmer and Shepard Fairey, to UK favourites Rob Ryan, James Joyce and Tom Rowe.

I huge shout out to Dan and all at Vahalla Studios for their efforts, and Dan's brilliant foreword.

It isn't released until November, and will be published by A&C Black Publishing. However it is available for pre-order NOW! From Amazon, Waterstones and WH Smiths. Shazam!



I was recently commissioned by the British Council to submit some designs for their new campaign to recruit teachers abroad. Here is what I came up with.






I have just completed some large-scale office graphics for Cheil Worldwide / Samsung Group's UK head office in Kings Cross. Photos coming soon, but here is a typographical tiling piece I designed for them I am particularly happy with. Each font is bespoke...and took a while!





Finally re-designed my logo and printed business cards! HAND PRINTED business cards on 315gsm Heritage stock...off cuts, thanks John Purcell!




Somerset House today announced an exciting line-up of artists, collectives and galleries for Pick Me Up, the UK’s first contemporary graphic art fair which will return to the Embankment Galleries for its second year running, from 17 - 27 March 2011. AND I AM ONE OF THEM! I will be exhibiting my new 'Eight Pawns' chess poster below as part of Print Club London's in-house exhibition, and they will be extremely limited edition!



They will be selling these for £150 a pop, they are 3 colour will a gloss varnish, huge A1 size on 250gsm Fedrogini paper, yum!

Get you tickets by clicking on the pick me up logo!



Egg Cup Soldier, my quite superb collaboration with the genii over at Mustard Up, have finally set up an Etsy shop (Ebay for art!!) You can now expect all manor of loveliness to start to pop up on the shop, and lots of exclusives!! Starting with the very final few of our 'Cat, Sank, Cease' poster!




Created this glow in the dark beauty for Print Club London's Blisters Blackout show at MC Motors just before Xmas. Showing amongst Eine, Pure Evil, Si Scott, James Joyce, Jamie Reed amongst others. Sadly (but not for me!) it SOLD OUT very quickly.


Night time!!




Pitched designs for brilliant new label I print for, Warmest Chord. Check them out by clicking the title above.




My good friend Toby Keane has taken some great pictures of my HUGE commission for Spotify in their UK office in Soho. Enjoy!












I am delighted to say I have FINALLY launched a website! www.weareflyingmachines.com

CHECK IT OUT...NOW!!




Great little plug in the July issue of Elle Decor, check it out!




Have just completed this for the band. Limited to an edition of 25, 8 colour rainbow blend on Southbank Smooth. Will be exhibiting these soon and selling for £50 each.

Have spent the last few weeks holed up in the studio working on an amazing commission for the guys over at Spotify. 5 office walls, all themed rooms, some with giant flatscreen TV's! Hendrix, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis, Sinatra and John Lennon. Am really happy with where they are at at the moment. These are BIG, 2.5m x 3m all cut Mactac vinyl, gonna look amazing when up on the walls!

Sinatra - 2.5m x 3m wall - Mactac vinyl

Lennon - 2.5m x 3m wall - Mactac vinyl

Hendrix - around 100" conference screen - Mactac vinyl
Ella Fitzgerald - around 32" flatscreen - Mactac vinyl
Elvis - around 32" flatscreen - Mactac vinyl


Signage 1 - solid cut vinyl

Signage 2 - solid cut vinyl


I'm really pleased to introduce a new era in the flyingmchines design saga...EGGCUP SOLDIER! Together with my good friends that are the web visionaries, Tom & Hass over at Musturd Up, we have been busy beavering away collaborating on a new project, Eggcup Soldier. The best screenprints, tshirts, tote bags and more this side of back ally Camden market. "Lefty Loosey" is being featured in June/July issue of Elle Decor magazine!


these two prints are available from Printclub London
and Field in Brixton Village Market.

Big thanks to the guys at Artswipe - just exhibited these at The Rag Factory with Eine, Pure Evil and many other amazing artists.


2010 has seen me working on a number of exceedingly limited edition and beautifully designed posters for a few people. Inspirational French Illustrator Franz Vesolt's brilliant designs have come to life in a very limited run of 100 super-A3 size screenprints in white, silver and glow-in-the-dark hidden varnish! These will be available exclusively through amazing new record label Warmest Chord in April as part of their launch so keep checking back here for news on how you can snap one up for unbelievably bargain price...

daytime - silver and white on cobalt blue 270gsm Colorplan



night time- glow-in-the-dark phosphorescent pigment.


This has inspired myself and the talented fellows at London web-design studio Mustard Up to create our own master piece entitle 'The 'Tites Come Down', 2 colour A2 size screenprint on lovely 250gsm Southbank Smooth paper. This will be the first of many a collaboration between the two of us, sparking a new venture... Eggcup Soldier... keep your eyes, ears, noses and eggshells peeled for more news.



You can snap up these limited edition of only 25!!! over at Printclub London Store, £35 each. Alternatively contact me. Details at bottom of site.


I'm lucky enough to have a very limited edition numbered and signed run of my "Super-8" silkscreen poster included in the Printclub London show in Brick Lane at the moment. Details can be found here.



My "Super-8" 2 colour silkscreen print is A2 size (23.5" x 16.5") and is priced at:

- £35 unframed

- £70 framed in Black Wood Frame with mount

- Hand numbered and signed

- Limited edition of only 10 ever made of this design


To buy contact me at flyingmachines@hotmail.com



Here are the completed photos of my commission for Universal Records digital department, two huge walls, 4 meters wide by a meter tall, one of them glass paneled, one of them cupboards. Big thanks to the guys at Signs Express Harrow for producing the vinyl.







A serious labour of love, but made all worthwhile by the bands big shout out to me at Pure Groove's instore, they where visibly over the moon with it! Available only from the website www.puregroove.co.uk



Screenprinted 'disco bags', fun.


2100 pulls and your done!!





Here are some lovely photos by Ben Ward of the boxset release I Art Directed and co-designed with Sarah Hopper at Bestest. This sold out within a day and was available exclusively through Rough Trade.




I've just completed work on this exclusive limited edition of only 50 ever made prints for Noah And The Whale for Pure Groove's instore. All are signed by the and available from the website www.puregroove.co.uk




They may have sold out now though, the instore was amazing!


I'm half way through my double wall graphic commission for Universal Records digital department, 2 huge walls, 4 meters wide by a meter tall, one of them glass paneled, this is for the wall, Universal are selecting which artists they want in the designs (I wanted Beck and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!)





I am delighted to anounce my involvement in the amazing Nobrow Issue 1: Gods & Monsters. Printed in two spot colours in a limited edition of 3000 numbered copies giving a high quality platform to artists and illustrators both new and established. The diverse contributors were hand picked for their unique styles and all were invited to generate work based on the theme. Some are up and coming, others are plucked from unexpected places, all are talented.


A date for your diaries!


To celebrate the release of their first publication ‘Gods and Monsters’ the amazing team over at Nobrow will be exhibiting all the work from the edition in which I am featured in large scale format at Bar and exhibition space; DreamBagsJaguarShoes.


Nobrow front cover (please click to go to their website)



my submission (please click to enlarge)


Private View: Thursday 14th May, 2009
Exhibition: 15th May – 28th June 2009


DreamBagsJaguarShoes,
32 Kingsland Road,
E2.

I've just had the pleasure of exhibiting one of my prints in the one of the best free exhibition of 2008, Mutate Britain on Curtain Road. My burgundy church print was lucky enough to be displayed side by side with everyone from Shepard Fairey, Joe Rush (Mutoid Waste Co.) and Pure Evil, to Airside and Insa, the latter of whom I had the honour of hand-printing an EXCEEDINGLY exclusive peice of work for, thats probably going on eBay for big bucks now!


There are 20 editions of my 3 colour print left to be snapped up so get in touch if you want one. £35 + p&p (unframed) £75 + p&p (framed) 500mm x 707mm (B2 size)


my church print...