I’ve always collected bits of printed ephemera, and my flat has several pinboards and walls covered in it. A friend/work colleague asked me to make two pieces in the style of my pinboards, incorporating my own drawings, Victorian scraps, labels, cards etc, as presents for two young sisters. A delightful commission …
Here’s how they looked after my friend put them into frames for the two little girls…
Below are some details of the pinboards in my flat. Every item tells a story. Can you spot the Atomic Fireball, Sigmund Freud, the Pocket Trout, Desperate Dan’s chin reliquary, Tommy Cooper, my Tall Ships Race medal, a leaf from Sherwood Forest’s Great Oak, two female wrestlers and Joseph Beuys’s felt suit? I’m taking more commissions by the way …