Meeting the Furries in Shoreditch

Next week, Thursday the 28th November I’m doing an At Home With The Furries book event and talk at a new venue dedicated to the art of photobooks, The Photobook Cafe in Shoreditch, central London. It’s a great venue, set up by Lee, owner of Rapid Eye lab and printer. The event starts at 6pm…

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Finding the right platform for At Home With The Furries

Which helpfully just happens to be Platform 2 at Colwyn Bay Station in North Wales as part of the Northern Eye Festival next month. 15 shots from the series will be shown on Platform 2 at Colwyn Bay Train station from the 7th to 21st October.  https://www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/furries I’m also excited to reveal that I’m going…

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The 9 golden rules of doing a photobook crowdfunder

Just over a year ago I successfully launched a crowdfunder for my book, At Home With The Furries using the Kickstarter platform and so I thought I’d share a few thoughts of what I learnt along the way of doing mine. The why, the how, is it really as easy or difficult as some photographers…

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At Home With The Furries are flying the nest

Latest news on At Home With The Furries.Stocked at the Tate Modern, talks, workshops. Buy a book.

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Like a bear emerging from the woods, the book is coming soon

When I first met the furries all that time ago ( only 2008..Ed) I was slightly overwhelmed by their costumes, but more than that their sense of fun and mischief. I was there to do a two page report of RBW, which is the Rather Brilliant Weekend. A sadly now defunct furry convention, which was…

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The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Over the weekend I received a rather wonderful email from the Royal Academy of the Arts. It started with, “We are delighted to inform you” My dear friend I think you’ll find that I am more delighted than you..:-)) Earlier this year I entered Syrrus and Lupestripe having a barbecue in Leeds into the annual…

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It’s a furtastic feeling, it’s Friday and the furs are fully funded!

Yesterday morning (April 5th) just before 8am, the Kickstarter campaign came to an end. It was a very dramatic last week and it finished, I’m pleased and also extremely grateful to report fully funded. There are 205 superb supporters of At Home With The Furries, time for a furry conga… The target I set at the…

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Fursday Kickstarter Update

I feel like we are heading into the home straight now, At Home With The Furries is 73% funded with 132 backers and six days left to pledge. So don’t hesitate, please support the project. It’s an all or nothing campaign, that is if we don’t make the target, the book is a bust. All…

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It’s that Furday feeling..again

Friday is a special day for the furries, there’s a tradition of posting photographs on social media under the hashtag fursuitfriday, (#fursuitfriday) Have a look and see what my fellow fuzzies are up to! In campaign news, the At Home With The Furries Kickstarter is now up to 44% backed with 85 supporters, there are…

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At Home With The Furries Kickstarter

Today I launch a Kickstarter to self-publish At Home With The Furries as my first book. The intention with At Home With The Furries has always been to publish a book of the work. I felt back in 2008 when I initially started working with Smirnoff, Lupus, Alfa, Lupestripe, Broccoli, Chill and Zuki that there…

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