Calling Card Screen Prints

Some years ago while on my Fine Art degree course I undertook a project involving calling cards. I decided to take a trip to London’s Soho and peruse the red phone boxes (as they were then) to get a proper idea how these unique advertisements were constructed. Naturally nothing was implied: services supplied, images and messages were all explicit. It takes little imagination to understand that all information on these cards highlights a bleak reality for those involved.


The original cards I took are lost but with them I produced several very large scale screen prints. Layering images, texture and colour are important factors for me no matter what the subject matter and these resulting prints are no exception. I even used car spray as a final layer of colour to simply reflect the crude nature of the subject matter.

Very recently having invested in a DSLR camera I re-shot these prints and was surprised that they still hold up to my own scrutiny. I’ve always liked studying hidden corners of abstract artworks to find the devil in the detail. With this in mind and thanks to the quality of the shots I’ve decided to publish these close-ups here…(do adults REALLY enjoy nappy training?)…