30 October 2007

Super Superficial

I can't honestly tell you that she reads this blog and she certainly didn't send me her photo but having drawn her face regardless, you can now purchase t-shirts with her majesty's facial features (including the queenly nose, regal hairstyling and a most luxurious royal moustache) from the lovely people at Super Superficial.


I don't believe they're available from the website yet but for those of you in and around London there is a shop on the ground floor of Kingly Court which is to be found between Carnaby Street and Kingly Street (Map).

Micah (Face 146)

27 September 2007

SA+UK=

I have some work in an exhibition in London tomorrow evening...

(click image for larger view)

Free for Charity
Magazine Launch and Exhibition
28th September - 12th October 2007
Opening Friday 28th September 18:30 - 21:00
Dalston Lane Cafe, 170c Dalston Lane

Prints for sale produced by artists from South Africa and the UK.
www.threeforfree.org

All artists have contributed for free. All money made from sales goes to Isabindi Circles, a charity that trains care-workers of children affected by HIV/AIDS.


See photos of the exhibition in Cape Town here

16 September 2007

Tea Towel

Did anyone get one of these at school...


I've been thinking for a while that I'd like to print a tea towel with some of the drawings from this blog. Would anyone be interested in owning a trendy washing up accessory with their portrait on?

[edit] For those who have asked, yes, the tea towel would include the portraits of whoever states an interest here rather than the random faces I've stuck on the image below [edit]

Leave a comment here or email me and let me know if you are the kind of shrewd consumer that would jump at the chance to purchase just such an item. At the very least you could use it wrapped around your head when you next appear as a shepherd in the local nativity play. I imagine it would look something like this...

Dalia (Face 135)

14 September 2007

Lassie & Muttley (Special Guest Faces)

A few weeks ago I joined Scrumptious at the Vyner Street Festival along with Pincer Movement and Sarah Kate Wilson. The theme was Heroes & Villains - so naturally we looked at it from a canine point of view. Here are the results...

Lassie - drawn by myself.

Muttley - drawn by Pincer Movement


23 August 2007

Vyner Street Festival - 26th August


A rather belated little bird informs me it's Vyner Street Festival this weekend and a rather larger bird tells me I'll be there on Sunday with Scrumptious along with various prints/badges/cards and other such delightful items.

If anyone is likely to be around East London on Sunday and would like to purchase a print of their face then let me know today or tomorrow and I'll see what I can do.


20 August 2007

Nelson Mandela (Face 128)



Dear anonymous,

This blog has not been set up to portray a balanced picture of all of the beautiful inhabitants of this planet. I have been drawing portraits of people who take the time to send me a photograph of themselves and have, with a few exceptions, been working through them in the order that they arrive in my inbox. Your observation about the relative lack of diversity in the people who have sent in photographs so far is a valid if rather redundant one.

Your suggestion that I am for some reason filtering out all the non Caucasian faces is something that I find pretty hurtful.

Glad you like the blog.

Damien

09 August 2007

Birthday

I have had some new birthday cards printed. You may or may not be intersted that the image is the very first face drawn for this project. If anyone would like to purchase a card(s) then send me an email.

They are also available in the uk from...

The Red Door Gallery - Edinburgh
Soma Gallery - Bristol
The Permanent Bookshop - Brighton
Ikon Gallery - Birmingham


Printed 2 colour litho on 400gsm FSC certified card

Johanna (Face 124)

08 August 2007

Alicia (Face 123)

Alicia's either got her hooves on a very special keyboard enabling her to email me or this isn't really her face.

Karl (Face 122)