GLASS SIREN STUDIO - ABSTRACT SILKSCREEN ART

More Roots Reggae business from my archive. This was a large scale piece produced with freehand silkscreen printing techniques. The composition was built up with layer upon layer of heavy acrylic paint.

Some components of these layers were overpainted by hand using a rag roller to help distess the imagery further before applying the more defined foreground layers. This piece was sold upon completion.

I've produced an extensive body of Reggae Sound System themed work over the years. For more examples check the following link > Here.

I have a few limited edition SubDub / Sound System themed silkscreen prints editions available to purchase  >  Contact Studio.

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Identity work and sleeve art imagery created for Stray Harmonix which was a joint project by Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns (Sabres of Paradise).

Old gold from the Vaults of Glass Siren. Audiophiles 1.1. Early album cover work.. Process colour split channel artwork with Dot Matrix typeface. The release featured tracks from Andrew Weatherall, Keith Tenniswood, Sons of Slough, Carl Finlow and Silicon Scally.

More of Electronic / Techno themed work that i've produced can be seen here.

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Experimental graphics and flyer art that i've created for the Future Daze sessions in Leeds. An electronic music event focused on showcasing talent from the Electro / Techno and Acid House Genres.

The following are a series of futuristic graphic idents which i've created as part of the broader body of promotional work for this event.

Although most of my time is taken up with printmaking i still enjoy working on music related projects  If you wish to discuss a design commission with me - > Contact Studio.

Some more samples of other electronic music genre artwork that i've produced can be seen > here.

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More examples from my archive of Reggae and Sound System themed that i've created.

↓ Heavily processed graphic composition with juxtapsed distressed imagery.

↓ I have a few limited edition silkscreen print editions based on the SubDub flyers available to purchase - > Here.

↓ Flyer art detail from 25 years ago. Produced for the very first SubDub event at Leeds West Indian Centre.

↓ SubDub Birthday flyer art graphic composition.

↓ Dancehall Science Flyer Art.

↓ Tribal Silkscreen composition with reel to reel and sine wave detail.

↓ Album cover artwork i produced for Ernest Ranglin's - Ska Wey Dat on the mighty Trojan Rocords label.

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This is where all the action happens on the printmaking front. Very little space in this studio so when it came to progressing to a better quality printing press i ended up having to engineer one myself to fit the space exactly.

I've racked up all the wall space to accommodate all the inks, binders and chemicals that i need for printmaking. Prints are hung to dry above the printing press to help maximise on the space.

The studio is getting ever closer to completion. However at the moment i still consider it a work in progess. I'll photograph the other side of the studio when it's finished.

Fully adjustable 'One Arm Bandit' style printing press with aluminium vacuum bed which holds the sheets i'm printing in place via an industial suction fan.

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This is a selection of flyer art i've created for SubDub in Leeds. It is one of the longest running reggae sound system events in the U.K. It's now in it 25th year. I've produced every single flyer for the event.

SubDub's visual identity has developed over the years. The flyers often feature heavily processed juxstaposed imagery loaded with grain and texture.

Having produced this body of work has led into me working on various album covers and music releated projects over the years.

Although the artwork is been digitally produced i always tried to create something with really organic feel.

Having a good level of create control over the flyer designs afforded me the opportunity to really experiment. In a way they have been a test bed for graphic ideas and treatments which fed into my silkscreen productions.

More SubDub flyer art examples can be found here.

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The screens i use for printmaking are essentially a stencil made with a photo sensitive emulsion in the darkroom conditions.

Artwork is printed on a transparent film which is then transferred onto the screen using ultra violet light. The excess emulsion is then washed off. This creates a high - resolution printable stencil which you can see an example of below.

More dark room shots below showing the exposure process.

Film from the Flow 23 Duo Tone edition.

↑ Above - Film from the Orbs CMYK edition.

↓ Below - Films from the spot colour Altered States edition.

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A selection of film positives from the printmaking process. These show the individual component layers of various print releases that i've produced.

When producing print editions i have to create one unique film and screen per colour. It's quite a time consuming process.

The two films below are from the A.M.X duotone print releases. The heavier looking base layer film is on the left and the sharper foreground film is on the right. More about my Duo-Tone print releases here.

Below - two more Duo-Tone film positives from the metalic Test Tones print releases.

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