Artist - Illustrator - Teacher

MUSE is a publishing project with a difference. I'm not simple presenting you with a finished book, instead I'm offering you the opportunity to be part of something unique. 

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If successful MUSE will become a collaboration: a conversation between image and story.

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For those of you who remember my 52 CROWS project, this will feel familiar, but there are two important differences. Firstly, I’m looking to work with a smaller group of writers — probably no more than twelve contributors. Most of the book will be devoted to my drawings, presented mainly as double-page spreads, with selected pages reserved for written work.

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Secondly, unlike 52 CROWS, my hope is to publish MUSE through crowdfunding.

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Attached are a small selection of drawings that reflect my ongoing interest in folklore and myth. More drawings will be added in the coming weeks as the project develops.

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I invite you to choose an image that speaks to you and create a short piece inspired by it; maximum length of 500 words. I'm looking for short stories, a fragment, a memory, flash fiction or poem. There are no fixed interpretations. The drawings are intended as starting points; where they lead is entirely up to you, but please nothing that is likely to cause offence.

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Places are not first-come, first-served; contributors will be selected according to how the work fits the developing book.​

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The goal is to create a collection where artwork and writing exist together: drawings that spark stories, and stories that deepen the drawings.This is intended as a genuine creative collaboration. Selected pieces may be included in the final publication, and all contributors whose work is chosen will be credited in the book.

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There won’t be payment for contributions — this is a voluntary creative project — but I hope it offers something equally valuable:

the opportunity to help create something meaningful, unexpected and shared. If MUSE speaks to you, I’d love for you to be part of it.

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If you would like more details please email me here