I had long wanted to make woodblock prints, yet the path towards them felt distant. The craft demands years, and the system that once sustained it no longer quite exists. Faced with this gap, I began to consider another route, one that might preserve something of the process, while quietly altering its means.

Whisky tasting halloween party at Shapero Rare Books, London, October 2025 The whisky tasting at Shapero Rare Books was more than just an event; it felt like the coming together of many strands of my creative life. What most people didn’t see behind the scenes was the unlikely, joyful spark that set the whole thing in motion. Some months ago, the furniture dealer and collector Marcus Flacks approached me with an idea. Marcus is one of those rare people whose energy fills a ro