THIS IS THE SEA

I just read a quote of a Mike Scott lyric in a book i'm reading and nothing could have nailed more perfectly what is happening in my lfe right now. Amazing. (Next post will be from the other side...)

These things you keep

you better throw them away

turn your back

on your soulless days

once you were tethered

now you are free

that was the river

this is the sea.

Nicaragua 2010

The English Summer

The English Summer on the bottle and in the bottle

two weeks

two weeks till a(nother) life changing move- nervous, excited.......

LiNO

This cannot fail to make you smile on a Monday morning. A great little stop motion animation made from Playmobil figures and leftover flooring.
The wave and surfing motion are spot on and with a bit of surf trip narrative, toy weirdness and a great soundtrack, it somehow sucks you in to feeling you are watching a 'proper' surf film.  Click HERE to view the fantastically inventive LiNO by Karim Rejeb. There's even a skate and sandboarding section at the end.

!VAMOS MEXICO!

The first match of the World Cup today has got me all nostalgic for where I was this time last year. I'll be watching it in an English pub rather than a Puerto beach bar but the cry will still be: ! Vamos Mexico !

BELLY UP

Off to the fabulous and free LLAMA festival in North Devon this weekend. The swell is looking small but might get these these beauties wet for the first time in years...

Hoping we'll one day be as good as these legends from the World Bellyboard Championships:

Blasts from the Past

more archive trawling has dredged these particular pictures:
1. logo design for KUNG* 2. "IDIOT" canvas 3. Record Sleeve design (remember them?) feat. me an our Kombi 4. ''Loaf "canvas

Dropworlds

Last night's sketchings

Big Stuff

Big post of stuff i've had hanging around in my 'inspiration' folder for a long time and deserves an airing... will take me a while to work out who is what but i'll get on it. (most images click bigger)

1.Kylie 2. 3.Gizem Vural 4.Dali 5. 6.Derek Hill 7. 8.Mollusk 9.Thais Beltrame 10. 11. 12.Droog79 13. 14.Floyd 15. 16. 17.Lucian Freud 18.Matt Sewell

ESTONIAN FOLK DANCING II

As mentioned on my original Estonian Folk Dancing post I was surprised to be asked to provide an illustration for the logo for an Estonian Folk Dancing troupe but happy to do so.
As promised, here's the finished piece:

The designer has added the group's name ('Rannapiigad' -meaning 'Beach Girls') using in the traditional ribbon used by the dancers in their costume. And here's the piece in use, now i feel like a truly intrnational artist:

Korea Move

Well, my (our) next move has been signed and sealed. It's gonna be very different to rural Mexico as we'll be flying out to a city in South Korea, War permitting (!), in July to teach english for a year.
Time to earn some wedge, check out the amazing mountain scenery, temples and snowboarding, try to decipher a whole new alpabet and language, teach teens my best Bristolian, eat some spicy fermented stuff, take my shoes off and bow a lot and generally absorb the sonic boom of culture shock while working my ass off and hopefully having some fun and friends along the way...It's gonna be a trip.

 There are some beaut beaches and even a few little waves but this^^ will be one of my nearest sandscapes! You think your local is crowded? And to think Korea is called 'The Land of the Morning Calm'