Myself and the rest of the Xynthetic collective have been fortunate enough to have a private exhibition inside my workplace of Aardman Animations, here in Bristol.

It’s been a mix of work from our Glasgow show ‘Northern Exposure’ and also new pieces especially for Aardman.

I wanted to do something new, but i didn’t want to paint another monster as my monsters are pretty rubbish, so I thought i’d try and do something different.

I’ve got a text file on me computer that I just keep a collection of words and phrases that I say and I like, and ‘Beards & Blades’ was a phrase I liked and so wanted to use that in some way. And here’s what it ended up being, A beard and some blades, in gold.

I was really pleased with the outcome, so im glad I tried to do something different. Big thank you to Aardman for making it possible.

Here’s a couple of close-ups too.