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This lyric comes from one of my favorite Arcade Fire songs called (surprisingly) “No Cars Go”. I’ve always wanted to see these guys live… one of these days!
Gig poster for High On Fire’s show at Arena, Vienna.
June 17 2015
Two colour screen print on heavy paper (300 g/qm)
35×50 cm
Limited edition of 90 (and 12 outline versions)
All my gig posters are official merchandise and always approved by the band.
Available on michaelhacker.bigcartel.com/product/high-on-fire
Steve, having a background in traditional sign hand-lettering, immediately thought of going down the line of a fairground “galloper” horse, or old circus advertisement. This linked in with the tale of Lizzie who was originally a circus elephant before working in the steel mills during the war. The elephant was designed originally by Blundells competition winner 11 year old Amy Parker.
Designed by: Steve Millington
Steve Millington is a graduate of the Bolton Institute of Fine and Applied Arts. He had a desire to explore, in greater depth, his fascination with draughtsmanship led to him going freelance and working under the nom de plume (quite literally) of Lord Dunsby, a nod towards a tailor he and friends frequented in his “mod” youth; his path has been set ever since. Working in a style informed as much as inspired by the likes of Ronald Searle and Saul Steinberg, harking back to a pre Mac Book era of nib and Quink. His achievements are as long as they are broad, covering a range of projects to include; Books such as ‘The Perfectly Dressed Gentleman’ and ‘The Little Black Dress’ etiquette and style guides, cocktail books, and numerous iconoclastic volumes. Skate boards, skate shoes for the highly successful cult skate team FLIP and Vans apparel. These days going under the nom de plume “dry british” steven has a large (and growing) following on instagram you can find his illustration work popping up in various magazines such as Cycling Plus, the Cyclist, “Pell Mell” the in house magazine for the Royal Automobile Club, and Italian design magazine “studio”.
Sponsored by: Blundells
Auction Price: £8700
Summer 2016, a herd of elephant sculptures descended on Sheffield for the biggest public art event the city has ever seen!
58 elephant sculptures, each uniquely decorated by artists, descended on Sheffield’s parks and open spaces, creating one of the biggest mass participation arts events the city has ever seen. Did you find them all?
The trail of elephants celebrates Sheffield’s creativity with over 75% of artists from the city. Some well-known names include Pete McKee, James Green, Jonathan Wilkinson and Lydia Monks – each of which has put their own creative mark on a 1.6m tall fibreglass elephant sculpture. They are all very difference, take a selfie with your favourite as they will be on display until the end of September.
International artist Mark Alexander, who is currently working with Rembrandt for an exhibition in Berlin, flew to Sheffield especially to paint his elephant and international players from the World Snooker Championship signed SnookHerd, an elephant celebrating the heritage of snooker in Sheffield.
The Arctic Monkeys, famous for their love of their home city, added their signatures to their own personalised sculpture which pays homage to the striking sound wave cover of the band’s 2013 album “AM”.
By supporting the Herd of Sheffield you are investing in the future of Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Every penny raised will go towards our Artfelt programme, which transforms the hospital’s walls and spaces with bright art, helping children recover in an environment tailored to them. The programme also puts on workshops for youngsters to provide distraction during anxious moments – such as before an operation, and to breakup long stays on the wards.
This exciting Wild in Art event brought to you by The Children’s Hospital Charity will:
Unite our city – bringing businesses, communities, artists, individuals and schools together to create a FREE sculpture trail which is accessible to all.
Attract more visitors – both nationally and regionally as well as encouraging thousands of people to become a tourist in their own city.
Invest in the future – with a city wide education programme that can be used for years to come and by funding a life-saving piece of medical equipment at Sheffield Children’s Hospital from the Herd auction at the end of the trail.
Showcase our city – celebrating Sheffield’s heritage and cementing our status as a vibrant and culturally exciting city through this world-class initiative.
The Herd of Sheffield Farewell Weekend was held on 14-16 October and was your chance to say a last goodbye to all 58 large elephant sculptures as they gather in one place for a final send-off at Meadowhall.
This special event gave visitors a chance to see the entire herd in all its glory – from the signed Arctic Monkeys’ ‘AM’ elephant, right through to ‘SnookHerd’, autographed by a host of international snooker players including current world champion Mark Selby.
Please note that the Little Herd elephants will not be on display as they will be returned to their school for pupils to enjoy.
Meadowhall, along with its joint owners, British Land are very proud to be supporting The Children’s Hospital Charity as host sponsors for the Herd of Sheffield Farewell Weekend.
Auction: Hundreds of elephant enthusiasts gathered at the Crucible on 20 October for the Herd of Sheffield Auction, which raised a total of £410,600 for The Children’s Hospital Charity.
Working on a new alphabet of decorative hand drawn letters, using black fine liner pens. They'll be used for monogram / initial prints and cards.
This client wanted his old Ford truck lettered to look like it might have been done 50 years ago. I mixed up the paint with a bunch of clear and flattening paste to accentuate the strokes and give it a faded out look.
The LORD is my strength and my shield;
in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
and with my song I give thanks to him.
(Psalm 28:7 ESV)
I finished the first of three painting for some rooms at Ace Hotel this past weekend. This canvas is about 6"x8" and will hang from the large grommets behind the bed. More photos to come...
A good quote for a Monday morning, or any morning for that matter : ) Hand lettering Alexandra Snowdon
Limited edition diner mugs designed for New Zealand's Coffee Supreme, packaged with a print of the hand-lettered design.