Buzzin' for this one, folks! The latest Arteuparte by Jot Down 31+3 magazine is now up for preorder (Spanish language) – and I’m beyond honoured to be on the cover and featured in a massive 8+ page in-depth interview with Paul Lataburu, diving deep into my art, life, and all the weird, tangled bits in between.
Including - Growing up on the east edge of Manchester, my folks worked factory jobs, surrounded by old textile mills, with the noise of machines and smell of oil stitched into my bones. . I’d sneak into abandoned mills as a teenager, climbing through smashed windows, breathing it all in. Textiles has followed me ever since, one way or another, even right now, the sound of machines around me is still the soundtrack to my day.
We talked Harrowden of course - the grim, alternate northern town I’ve been building from scraps of memory, folklore, and industrial scars. A place where the past never dies proper, where class struggle hums under CCTV, and red light leaks from tenement windows like something’s stirring beneath the surface.
We also explored my creative process, my influences - punk, artists, folklore, politics, and resistance. Themes of class, surveillance, government control, late-stage capitalism, and why I’m drawn to red and black in my work.
Plus a look ahead at some of the projects I’ve got coming up!
Massive thanks Paul and to the Arteuparte crew for the invite, and for letting me spill my little world across your pages!
ARTEUPARTE BY JOT DOWN 31+3 is now at the printers and available for pre-order at arteuparte.com > books.
