Dig! Bubblegum Cards

Despite its brazen editing ‘Dig!’ is a brilliant film. In fact I was so enamored with the film that I watched it solidly for a year. Re-watching it a decade later the narrative suggests a more passive agressive Monkees. Taking this thought further it was decided to recreate ‘Dig!’ as a bubblegum card series. Using style cues from the Star Wars cards of the 1970s the cards contain inane descriptions together with quotes making the series the ultimate bubblegum experience.

Small Faces Ltd Ed 30cm x 40cm Poster

Based on The Small Faces Colouring Book/ Birthday Card this 30cm x 40cm poster comes in a limited edition of 25 copies only and is signed and numbered. As usual it is printed on high quality 250 gram paper. Available here

Small Faces Birthday Card

Following on from the success of The Small Faces & Morrissey Christmas Cards it was decided to introduce a range of birthday cards in a similar style celebrating Piper Gates most popular designs as well as introducing some new ones. Each card features a unique blurb on the back to enhance the visual experience. The size of the cards is A5 folded (210mm x 148mm) and printed on high quality 250 gram stock. Available here

Smile

Back in 1991 I was in an indie rock band called Smile, I only mention this as a few weeks ago I stumbled across a demo we made. Listening to it I was pleasantly surprised to learn it was actually listenable though very derivative of Sonic Youth which wasn’t a shock as they were the only group we all liked. Deciding this needed to be digitised I then realised it needed a cover. I thought back to my 22 year old self and what he would have asked for if we’d been signed to Hut or Creation like we wanted to be. The brief would have gone “err, something 60s and psychedelic, a bit like Loop’s early sleeves”. I decided to make the sleeve in true 1991 style by truly missing the point and creating a 1991 version of what a “60s, psychedelic” sleeve would look like. I think we would have liked this sleeve…

What The World Is Waiting For

This years subject of the Piper Gates colouring book treatment is those psychedelic jangly baggy popsters The Stone Roses. The colouring book is A4 in size with a 4 page four colour cover with 16 pages of colouring in fun and is signed and numbered. Available here

Syd Barrett Colouring Book

The second in the "Piper Gates" series of colouring books. As with the Joy Division colouring book its 8 pages of colouring in fun plus a free 7 inch sleeve of Arnold Layne which can also be coloured in.

The Vitamin See's Poster

Digitally printed A3 poster for Leicester's leading Indie Krautrock Band.

Magazine Cover & Double Page Spread

Another project for my degree course. For the cover I wanted to create something simple yet striking. I really wanted this to stand out in a magazine rack. For the double page spread I included a lot of references to the subject matter, the orange background matched the orange in the floorboards in the picture and the use of the paintbrush was a reference to Syd Barrett being an artist and to indicate the beginning of the article.