The stories of werewolves are many and feature in European folklore going back to the middle ages but as far back as Ancient Greece. You…
The Werewolf: Mixing Music, Folklore and Synaesthesia in a Necklace.
Category: Synaesthesia
Synaesthetic Music Review of Three New Singles by Muse
This is a very unusual music review, it is a visual one. I am synaesthetic a neurological trait that means I “see” sound. I have…
Ghost Prequelle: A Synaesthetic Album Review
This is a very unusual album review, and I’m willing to bet it is the only review of it’s kind. Ghost are a Swedish rock/metal…
How I Use My Ability to See Sound to Draw Portraits of Musicians: The Portrait of a Bassist Series
Lately, I’ve been experimenting with time-lapse photography while I draw music. You will have seen my Iron Maiden drawings in my last post. This series…
See Synaesthetic Art Magically Appearing; A Time Lapse of Drawing Iron Maiden
I thought I’d do something a bit different this week, I’ve been experimenting with time-lapse photography while I draw music. It adds a whole new…
How I Didn’t Get On National Radio This Week, But The Broadcast Was A Superb Experience Anyway.
BBC 6 Music visited my studio this week. My studio is at Guildford indie venue and arts hub The Boileroom and, as part of 6…
How It Took Eleven Years After Leaving Art School to Learn How to Draw Properly.
I’m not one of those people who is going to disparage my time at art school as unproductive, I learnt loads while I was studying,…
As I Make Unusual Jewellery The Energy Of Matt Bellamy’s Guitar Playing Pours Into It
Do you listen to music when you are making jewellery? I’m answering a question asked by a customer today about my process for making jewellery:…
Four Ways I Invite Chaos into My Creative Process Eliminating Failure and Making My Jewellery More Authentic as a Result.
Nobody wants to fail, am I right? That hideous feeling you get when something you are trying to create starts to crumble, come apart at…
When I tune in I’m using my synaesthesia to see music as shapes and colour, then draw it …live.
I’m standing at the edge of a stage, to my left is Steve Lawson one of the most renown solo-bassists in the UK if not…