What Could Be Sweeter?

I made these couple of drawings for Illustration Friday’s topic, Sweet. And honestly you cannot help be in awe of baby rhinos, they are so delectably squishable!

In 2013, the BBC broadcast their wildlife documentary series, Africa, narrated by Sir David Attenborough. In the memorable and heart felt closing scene we saw Sir David cooing with a blind baby rhino, and it was the most tear jerking sight.

More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qmbqn Sir David Attenborough in conversation with... a blind baby rhino.

Midway Albatross Sculpture

Look at the mess I made! What you are looking at is the sculpture I made for the Midway cause, I created a wire armature, covered it in kitchen paper towels then I used this as a base for claying.

I invited students to pick away at the clay albatross, revealing these endearing colourful plastics with which we are all too familiar, in the hopes to do a little story telling myself!

I hope this little project expresses in a small way how much I appreciate the giant effort that Chris Jordan and his team are putting into highlighting our human meddling in the environment on Midway Atoll.

Midway Prints

At Kingston University I was introduced to etching and monoprinting. Using the tragedy of Midway Atoll as inspiration I used these printing techniques to create a series of albatross inspired images. I etched an infant albatross begging for food from its parent, oblivious to the fatal consequences.