War and Piste

King For A Day

On sunday I was the king's legs!
Wearing one of he puppets made by the Liverpool Lantern Company I became king George for a few stints. The royal visit saw crowds of a few thousand loyal subjects set off to gander through the mersey tunnel. They were waved away by the king and queen who's real (human) counterparts kindly opened the tunnel 75 years ago for the enjoyment and convenience of the grubby populace.

The puppet royals waved and shook hands with people, they were introduced by none other than Kieth Chegwin, who descended from the heady heights of celebritydom to speak to the people of liverpool as they tried to remain cheerfull in the rain.

recycled sculpture

A recycled sculpture made from an ex-childrens play area, transformed for the day into a kind of giant plastic wildflower, or an explosion in a playground depending on your point of view.

moving portrait

Magical family portraits.

Suitcase Ensemble Flyer!

The Suitcase Ensemble Flyer Is Here!



















performances on 18th and 19th June at the Unity theatre liverpool.
tickets £6.50
showtime: 8pm

Beating Burlosconi

Some caricatures for Beating burlosconi, this is Coleen who is 'sturdy' according to the character who meets her on the bus but that's what he likes, so he draws her picture by way of a chat up.
'Moose' is a Somalian serving in the Cheshire regiment, a caricature of a character played by the same actor who's other character does caricatures of the other characters he plays.

painting a mural

I have been working with children in Hatten hill Primary school to paint murals on the walls of their play ground.
The theme of this one is the day they had when some large bones mysteriously turned up one morning in their playground, theories flew around like a food fight; It is a cow! A dinosoar! A T rex! A terradactyl! some of the more cynical decried it as a setup right from the word go. but they painted their interpretations on the wall anyway.