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Joe Coleman. Photo: Sadie Osborne

Sign-writing: a lick of paint

It is where the industry started – painting letters and symbols by hand. Summer Brooks speaks to the artisans of traditional sign-writing and some new faces about why they love it

art, better letters, design, gilding, graphics, handpaint, history, lettering, print, signage, signpainting, signwriting, traditional, typography

Liquid fire: the masters of neon

From its heyday in America during the ’50s and ’60s to its present day renaissance, it seems that neon has come full circle. Summer Brooks discovers why the world hasn’t fallen out of love with neon just yet

art, bespoke, craft, design, hand crafted, history, neon, signmaking, signs, traditional

From Cali to Canada: four weeks travelling the Pacific coast

I spent four magical weeks travelling along the West Coast, stopping at Los Angeles, Monterey, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver.

airbnb, alcatraz, america, bigsur, britishcolumbia, california, canada, coast, hollywood, journal, losangeles, monterey, oregon, photography, portland, roadtrip, sanfrancisco, seattle, travel, vancouver

South East rising

For my final year at university I worked on a feature length article that explores the effects of gentrification on … More

article, feature, gentrification, interview, journalism, london, peckham, photography, project, urban

On racism in the fashion industry

It’s 2016. Last year we saw transgender models proudly fronting ad campaigns, Down syndrome models walking the runways and a … More

ethnicity, fashion, feature, industry, joan smalls, jourdan dunn, london, naomi campbell, new york, race

An indie guide to Christmas shopping in Bristol

Are you looking for something one-off to buy your nearest and dearest this Christmas? Here is our round-up of the … More

Frome Life: Wedding daze

A wedding feature I wrote for Frome Life magazine.

bristol, fashion, feature, frome, journalism, life, lifestyle, magazine, somerset, wedding

Frome Life magazine artist feature

One of the features I wrote for the latest issue of Frome Life magazine, I interviewed local artist Kerrie McNeil. 

art, artist, feature, frome, journalism, kerriemcneil, life, magazine, published, silkmill, somerset, southwest, workexperience

A day in St Ives

Today I caught the train to St Ives, a picturesque fishing port that lies north of Penzance. The little two-coach train … More

artist, cornwall, culture, exhibition, feature, home, photography, stives, travel, writing

Lucy Rose on a cliff-top one rainy evening in August

I’ve never been much of a critic, and for some time this has put me off writing about gigs and … More

bands, cornwall, feature, gig, helston, journalism, lucyrose, memories, music, photography

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