My Works
A cross-section of creative work that I've produced over the last few years, that hopefully can serve as some sort of inspiration for your own creative processes!
Plastic Bag
Plastic Bag
Animated GIF
Animated GIF
I created this animation when I was volunteering at The Royal London Hospital during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and part of the Interpretive Voices group.
I created this animation when I was volunteering at The Royal London Hospital during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and part of the Interpretive Voices group.
At the time, every business, person and institution had to bring in a flurry of changes to counter the threat of the pandemic. Amongst that flurry, hidden between the headlines, was a change to visiting procedures in hospitals, which meant that family members and friends were no longer able to visit their loved ones in hospital.
At the time, every business, person and institution had to bring in a flurry of changes to counter the threat of the pandemic. Amongst that flurry, hidden between the headlines, was a change to visiting procedures in hospitals, which meant that family members and friends were no longer able to visit their loved ones in hospital.
This seemed to me to be a particularly cruel measure, one that shut patients from the real world into a world of masks and medicine. Their only real link to the outside world was through technology (such as tablet computers and video calls) and these plastic bags that I wanted to focus on.
This seemed to me to be a particularly cruel measure, one that shut patients from the real world into a world of masks and medicine. Their only real link to the outside world was through technology (such as tablet computers and video calls) and these plastic bags that I wanted to focus on.
During that period, unable to visit their loved ones in person, family members and friends had been coming in to the hospital to leave items for their loved ones in bags, often supermarket plastic bags. I saw hundreds of bags of electronics, toiletries, clothes, drinks, snacks and hot food coming up and down from the wards, many of them from family that came regularly to drop off a lunch or dinner for their relative.
During that period, unable to visit their loved ones in person, family members and friends had been coming in to the hospital to leave items for their loved ones in bags, often supermarket plastic bags. I saw hundreds of bags of electronics, toiletries, clothes, drinks, snacks and hot food coming up and down from the wards, many of them from family that came regularly to drop off a lunch or dinner for their relative.
Once we received the bags, we took down the details of who and where it was going to, and wrote the details on the bag. After that was the most satisfying part, taking them up to the ward. Without fail, every bag I took up to a patient was followed closely by joy or excitement. For many patients, I left the bags on the table by their bedside and they just looked at it happily.
Once we received the bags, we took down the details of who and where it was going to, and wrote the details on the bag. After that was the most satisfying part, taking them up to the ward. Without fail, every bag I took up to a patient was followed closely by joy or excitement. For many patients, I left the bags on the table by their bedside and they just looked at it happily.
It was this that I wanted to capture in the piece I created - the moment a humble, forgotten, plastic bag turns into something special.
It was this that I wanted to capture in the piece I created - the moment a humble, forgotten, plastic bag turns into something special.
Rainbow Road
Rainbow Road
Film Photograph
Film Photograph
This photograph was taken during one of my photography wanders across East London.
This photograph was taken during one of my photography wanders across East London.
From the point of framing this shot, I tried to encapsulate the vibrance and character of this part of London, and how it in turn reflects on myself.
From the point of framing this shot, I tried to encapsulate the vibrance and character of this part of London, and how it in turn reflects on myself.
Heroes
Heroes
Poem
Poem
This poem was written again during the COVID-19 pandemic, for a Interpretative Voices theme on the use of the metaphor of War in healthcare.
This poem was written again during the COVID-19 pandemic, for a Interpretative Voices theme on the use of the metaphor of War in healthcare.
This was early on in the COVD-19 pandemic and you may be able to tell at the time how high emotions were running by my use of pretty intense language.
This was early on in the COVD-19 pandemic and you may be able to tell at the time how high emotions were running by my use of pretty intense language.
I took inspiration from the famous war poems of the First World War, especially 'Dulce et Decorum est' by Wilfred Owen, but enjoyed adding my own spin as well.
I took inspiration from the famous war poems of the First World War, especially 'Dulce et Decorum est' by Wilfred Owen, but enjoyed adding my own spin as well.
