Stars On Canvas

I've made a one of a kind collage for Stars On Canvas 2014, an online auction in aid of Willow. Bidding closes Nov 23rd at 7.39pm BST, take a look on Ebay here.

Tooled Up

'Bat Symbol Prototype 1938'

This is my contribution to 'Tooled Up', curated by Art & Graft. The exhibition is open during the London Design Festival, with a late night opening as part of SDT on Tues 16th Sept until 21:00.

Mon - Fri: 11:00 - 18:30, Sat 12:00 - 18:00. More info here.

Art&Graft, G6 City Pavillion, 37 Cheshire Street, London, E2 6EA.

Photography by John Hooper

Secret 7"

This was my one of a kind collaged cover for Secret 7" in 2014. T-Rex's 'Get It On', sold in aid of War Child.

Secret 7"

The secret revealed. This was my 7" original collage sleeve for 'The Don' by Nas (item no.123), sold in aid of Art Against Knives for Secret 7".

Secret 7" Revealed

This was my 7" original collage sleeve for 'Come on Riding (Through the Cosmos) by DJ Shadow (item 056), sold in age of Teenage Cancer Trust today as part of Secret 7" at the Idea Generation Gallery in Shoreditch, London.

Secret 7"

I've created a one-off 7" record sleeve for Secret 7" in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. Yours for just £40, if you can work which one it is, as it's a secret! A wonderful line-up of musicians, illustrators and designers have also created sleeves.

 The exhibition opens at the Idea Generation Gallery in Shoreditch, London on Wednesday 18th April and runs until Sunday 22nd April. More info here.

Ulysses For Sale

A selection of my Ulysses series are now available to buy as giclee prints over at the Peepshow Big Cartel shop All reproduced at the same size as the original collages. Giclee print on 188gsm Hahnemühle PhotoRag. 100% Cotton. Signed.

http://peepshowcollective.bigcartel.com/category/miles-donovan

Ulysses

A new series of collages, part of Peepshow Collectives Museum of Objects & Origins at 'Pick Me Up'
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A series of images from the missing space probe Ulysses.

The Ulysses was designed to study the Sun as a joint venture between NASA and the European Space Agency. As part of the mission an encounter with Jupiter was scheduled to facilitate the major orbital plane shift required to study the Sun at all latitudes.

The mission ended on 30 June 2009 when it was determined scientists were unable to prevent the altitude control fuel from freezing and the probe was commanded to shut down transmission.

On 12 February 2011 between 15.35 and 20.20 UTC the Madrid Deep Space Network ground station picked up a series of short broadcasts thought to come from the Ulysses. It is believed that the probe's radioisotope thermoelectric generator had momentarily restarted as it passed through the ion tail of Comet C/2011 S5.

The scrambled transmissions have been painstakingly pieced back together and are displayed here for the first time. NASA have not released information as to the whereabouts of the Ulysses when this broadcast occurred.



(02/12/2011 15.35 UTC) Comet C5/2011 (Hyakutale)



(02/12/2011 15.46 UTC) Comet C5/2011 (Hyakutale)



(02/12/2011 20.20 UTC) Solar System (2) C/2011



(02/12/2011 17.04 UTC) Unidentified polar region/Lake



(02/12/2011 17.26 UTC) Unidentified polar region/Arctic




(02/12/2011 17.38 UTC) Unidentified polar region/Mountain



(02/12/2011 19.43 UTC) Aphelion/Alternate Jupiter swing-by (2)



(02/12/2011 19.23 UTC) Aphelion/Alternate Jupiter swing-by (1)

Expo collage

A recent collage (along with several others) that sadly doesn't fit with the series im showing at Pick Me Up this year. Shame, but I'm sure I'll do something with it in the future.

Secret 7"

i'm proud to be involved in Secret 7", a project which aims to rekindle some of the excitement for sleeve art in the digital era by exploring how a track would be interpreted by an array of brilliant artists.

In April The Idea Generation gallery in Shoreditch, London will exhibit around 700 unique seven-inch sleeves inspired by tracks from The Cure, Florence + The Machine, Bombay Bicycle Club, CSS, DJ Shadow, Noah & The Whale and Ben Howard. The exhibition has an added air of mystery as no-one will know who designed each sleeve, or which of the seven tracks is housed inside.

On the 21st April, Record Store Day, each of these true one-offs will go on sale – and only after purchase will the buyer find out whose creations they have bought. Every penny profited from the sale of these exclusive vinyl records is going to Teenage Cancer Trust.

The line-up of musicians have dug out their pens, pencils and paints to visualise their song within that 7"x 7" square; along with a crack team from the world of art, design and music.

Each host has also challenged creatives from across the world to submit a design through the Talenthouse platform. Thousands were submitted and whittled down to join the exhibition.

Finally those designs will be joined by a few from teenagers that the charity has helped.

Secret 7" on Facebook

Secret 7" on Twitter

New Collages

I've spent the last month or so (in-between commercial jobs) making a series of new collages for Peepshow's forthcoming residency at Somerset House. I decided from the outset that I'd make all the work for the show completely by hand, without the use of the computer. I've also decided that in a world where everything is blogged, uploaded and commented on the second it's complete not to reveal anything until 'Pick Me Up' opens on March 22nd. So in the meantime here's a photo of a little bit of my desktop which features some bits that might or might not appear in pieces of work. I've been getting though the good old 10A's that for sure.

Pick Me Up 2012

Further details of our 11 day residency at Somerset House for Pick Me Up have just been revealed over at the Pick Me Up website.

Following Rob Ryan in 2010 and Anthony Burrill in 2011, this year Peepshow Collective are artists in residence for Pick Me Up 2012. We will be presenting The Museum of Objects and Origins.

For eleven days only, we will be bringing together a collection of artefacts including drawings, objects, prints, and costumes, to be housed in our very own museum. Exhibiting items from an invented past, the collection will also be a living, growing, changing display as themed workshops with the public will create new works to fill the final few empty cabinets

We will also be hosting a series of workshops with special guests throughout the fair including:
A public print workshop (Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 March)
A Peepshow talk (Monday 26 March)
Heavy Pencil with Pete Fowler & Jim Stoten (Thursday 29 March)
A public collage workshop with artist & writer Graham Rawle (Saturday 31 March & Sunday 1 April)

Booking here, more info about Pick Me Up 2012 here.

Pick Me Up 2012

Peepshow will be at Pick Me Up in 2012 for a 10 day residency with 'The Museum of Objects & Origins'.Bringing together a collection of artefacts including drawings, objects, prints, and costumes, to be housed in our very own museum. Exhibiting items from an invented past, the collection will also be a living, changing display as themed workshops with the public will create new works to fill the final few empty cabinets. More here.

Pick Me Up, Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA22. 22 March - 1 April 2012.

SB Studio

A little handmade A6 collage for SB Studio exhibition '2' that was auctioned for Macmillian Cancer support earlier this month.

Artistic.ly

I have 2 new prints for sale, 50x70cm, 310gsm German etching paper, in an edition of 50, framed. £125 (including free shipping worldwide). Available at the newly launched Artistic.ly:

'Neon 2'

'Neon 3'

The 100 Project

I've donated a silkscreen print to The 100 Project, an initiative supporting young artistic talent in East London. Each week, a piece of original art will be auctioned with a starting price of £100. The goal is to raise enough money to get 100 children through the doors of The Prince’s Drawing School.

Spencer & Lucy from Peepshow are also involved alongside James Joyce, Milton Glaser, Paul Davis, Tom Gauld, Damien Hirst and many many more. The website launches (and bidding commences) on 27th July.

Black Convoy

Just been reminded of a group show I worked on quite a few years back. The first ( and only real show ) of the short lived Illustration collective 'Black Convoy' at the Seventeen Gallery in Shoreditch, September 2005. Photos over at the Jaguar Shoes website, forgot how busy the private view was.

Black Convoy was Richard May, John McFaul, Lee Ford, Jon Burgerman, Andrew Rae, Miles Donovan, Austin@New, Neasden Control Centre, Andy Potts, Mark Taplin, Tim Marrs, Adrian Johnson and Gary Neil.

Heavy Pencil at Pick Me Up

Thursday 17th March
James Jarvis, Will Sweeney, Andrew Rae, Jim Stoten, Luke Best, Nick White, Gavin Lucas, Chief Chuckeroo

Thursday 24th March
Jiggery Pokery, Jess Bonham, Chrissie Macdonald, Andrew Rae, Jim Stoten, Luke Best, Nick White, Chief Chuckeroo, Curly Steve, Ben Fry

Pick Me Up at Somerset House, 6-9 PM, £7 Entry Includes Exhibition, www.somersethouse.org.uk/pickmeup

Nudge-Selected Work by Peepshow Collective

I have some work in a show alongside Peepshow Collective.
'Nudge', Selected Work by Peepshow Collective, Here Gallery, 41a Killigrew Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3PW, U.K. 1st - 31st March. Photos here.

Pick Me Up

'Pick Me Up' at Somerset House. 17th-27th March 2011. Daily 10.00-19.00, Thurs until 21.00. Embankment Galleries, South Wing. £7/£5

More info and booking here.