https://stevenbond.org stevenbond.org Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:49:40 +0000 https://stevenbond.org en https://stevenbond.org/Jubilee-Warehouse-studio-map Sun, 25 Nov 2018 10:18:58 +0000 stevenbond.org https://stevenbond.org/Jubilee-Warehouse-studio-map Jubilee Warehouse studio mapGraphic Design&nbsp; |&nbsp; Wayfinding&nbsp; |&nbsp; Signage&nbsp; |&nbsp; Environmental <img width="1200" height="805" width_o="1200" height_o="805" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08d858bc74e45c9276d0fd0ee8215960862b09baecb844b1ce3df34a33bb46b8/_MG_5526edit.jpg" data-mid="50872770" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08d858bc74e45c9276d0fd0ee8215960862b09baecb844b1ce3df34a33bb46b8/_MG_5526edit.jpg" /><img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f920cf8b6b47529a80af14ea694fdd9d1250fc68882d70b901c3b8ba6f5ff04f/_MG_5525edit2.jpg" data-mid="50872769" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f920cf8b6b47529a80af14ea694fdd9d1250fc68882d70b901c3b8ba6f5ff04f/_MG_5525edit2.jpg" /><img width="795" height="519" width_o="795" height_o="519" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7faa3bc46de5d7eb50c484885043fa6abbebf2bee6899d82fc772ba924665191/JW-map-close-up-thumb.png" data-mid="29219100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/795/i/7faa3bc46de5d7eb50c484885043fa6abbebf2bee6899d82fc772ba924665191/JW-map-close-up-thumb.png" /><img width="1200" height="864" width_o="1200" height_o="864" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c36b11ba6f9bf5b7fb6eae011712df85192d83cf6944f7c451a1f23dea1aebd0/_MG_5530edit.jpg" data-mid="50872771" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c36b11ba6f9bf5b7fb6eae011712df85192d83cf6944f7c451a1f23dea1aebd0/_MG_5530edit.jpg" /><img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c3c057aba0b7f82338b5c7f50694a701d980c6a708cb66f877bf8891c9c09b0/IMG_1565.JPG" data-mid="50872740" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c3c057aba0b7f82338b5c7f50694a701d980c6a708cb66f877bf8891c9c09b0/IMG_1565.JPG" /> A bespoke wayfinding map to help visitors find their way around in the Jubilee Warehouse shared studio space. Subtely incorporated into the exisiting wooden furniture, this lazer-cut map solves the location problem whilst echoing the refined aesthestic of the space.&nbsp; Collaborators – Cut By Beam Laser Cutting Client – Robot Mother https://stevenbond.org/British-Council-x-Falmouth-University Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:42:05 +0000 stevenbond.org https://stevenbond.org/British-Council-x-Falmouth-University British Council x Falmouth University Film&nbsp; |&nbsp; Graphic Design&nbsp; |&nbsp; Lecturing <img width="1004" height="1450" width_o="1004" height_o="1450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/beb2021399818a0bfe230ab2643ae19843ecc3190276f812511b37cc70bd2599/Screenshot-2026-01-24-at-09.44.28.png" data-mid="243907113" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/beb2021399818a0bfe230ab2643ae19843ecc3190276f812511b37cc70bd2599/Screenshot-2026-01-24-at-09.44.28.png" /> RIPPLE (Responsible Innovative Plastics Project for Life &amp; Environment) was a collaboration between two BA courses at Falmouth University and Malaysia-based environmental inititive&nbsp;Biji-BijiIt was supported by the British Council’s A.R.C. Challenge Malaysia programme, one of British Council’s lead-up initiatives to COP26. A.R.C. stands for ‘Awareness, Resilience and Collaboration’ in response to climate change. This project aligned with one of the five priority themes of COP26 which is ‘adaptation and resilience’ – helping people, economies and the environment adapt and prepare for the impacts of climate change by creating awareness and developing resilience among young people. Steven led the module and orchestrated the venture, setting-up numerous external partners to work with the students (such as the wonderful Precious Plastics project) and subsequently made six short videos which showcased various stories and outcomes, and a 16pp report. Collaborator –&nbsp;Jasper Fell Clark&nbsp; https://stevenbond.org/Seascape-Survey-info-panels-on-blue-carbon-processes Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:49:40 +0000 stevenbond.org https://stevenbond.org/Seascape-Survey-info-panels-on-blue-carbon-processes Seascape – info panels on blue carbon processes &nbsp; Graphic Design&nbsp; |&nbsp; Illustration&nbsp; |&nbsp; Art Direction <img width="4000" height="2728" width_o="4000" height_o="2728" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f07ce57f3faa462d35682b24f01e3e56e35be50ac792afe80e460f6df1c29cce/Formation_V5.jpg" data-mid="243895902" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f07ce57f3faa462d35682b24f01e3e56e35be50ac792afe80e460f6df1c29cce/Formation_V5.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2729" width_o="4000" height_o="2729" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4d647251eabad28415e4e7d070c35275a6d1df7c3578e664cea987d42a02284/Impact_V5.jpg" data-mid="243895903" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4d647251eabad28415e4e7d070c35275a6d1df7c3578e664cea987d42a02284/Impact_V5.jpg" /><img width="4000" height="2729" width_o="4000" height_o="2729" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d3e28027ebd9e2691f7548aabbbf83737045beade31bb656b530da58f49a6fc/Recovery_V5.jpg" data-mid="243895904" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d3e28027ebd9e2691f7548aabbbf83737045beade31bb656b530da58f49a6fc/Recovery_V5.jpg" /> The Convex Seascape Survey is a pioneering collaboration of world-leading scientists working to quantify and understand blue carbon stored in the coastal ocean floor. They deliver reliable open-source data which will educate, inspire and enable informed decisions on ocean use, to harness the power of the sea in the fight against climate change. We were tasked with providing visuals for presentations that discussed complex relationships between ocean currents, carbon accumulation and the results of anthropogenic stressors, such as bottom trawling. Working out what to shown and how to show it proved a surprisingly convoluted process. After much ideation and analysis we devised on the soluton of three ‘panels’ of ocean processes and pressures&nbsp; – Formation / Impact / Repair – and a visual tone that was both informative and digestable. It was ultimately gratifying being part of a project that directly influences management strategies into determining which areas of the ocean need protecting, preserving and restoring. Collaborators –&nbsp;Fidget Studios Client –&nbsp;Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter https://stevenbond.org/Repair-Acts-publication-for-Digital-Cultures-Research-Centre Tue, 20 Nov 2018 21:53:42 +0000 stevenbond.org https://stevenbond.org/Repair-Acts-publication-for-Digital-Cultures-Research-Centre &nbsp;&nbsp;Repair Acts publication Editorial&nbsp; |&nbsp; Photography&nbsp; |&nbsp; Print <img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70343337f095528702ab19a009f39cb885ecefc4b9310a53a5aa5eb1158cde0c/repair-paper-front.jpg" data-mid="29730093" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/70343337f095528702ab19a009f39cb885ecefc4b9310a53a5aa5eb1158cde0c/repair-paper-front.jpg" /> <img width="871" height="580" width_o="871" height_o="580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f5804de87520986aa8c676cc45a898118b60cfdcaa8bce9e7e538ae3c69f893/RA-blurb-2.png" data-mid="29779401" 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Signed limited edition run of 100. Collaborators – Dr Tersea Dillon / Dr Caitlin DeSilvey Client –&nbsp;UWE Digital Futures / Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter https://stevenbond.org/Other-Oils-Community-Interest-Company Fri, 17 Jan 2020 21:38:06 +0000 stevenbond.org https://stevenbond.org/Other-Oils-Community-Interest-Company Other Oils – Fuelling Change Community Interest Company (no.12941476) <img width="2456" height="1960" width_o="2456" height_o="1960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fa0406a386ac533cae20c8f7688c5977ebdb69507a889065d8feef308dcf7d6/OO-logo-for-instaV5.jpg" data-mid="93363925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8fa0406a386ac533cae20c8f7688c5977ebdb69507a889065d8feef308dcf7d6/OO-logo-for-instaV5.jpg" /><img width="1800" height="1800" width_o="1800" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af03f2da34a58f7fc925c9e70c1ed63384a9742a0c27fa90f5bfaa1940f09f37/Other-Oils---Circular-Economy-3.jpg" data-mid="243940186" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af03f2da34a58f7fc925c9e70c1ed63384a9742a0c27fa90f5bfaa1940f09f37/Other-Oils---Circular-Economy-3.jpg" /><img width="1266" height="693" width_o="1266" height_o="693" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7058c5d7f177527d223a3001a0e08b8603136436317a24d0eede51cd811a7e5f/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-22.28.20.png" data-mid="243940187" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7058c5d7f177527d223a3001a0e08b8603136436317a24d0eede51cd811a7e5f/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-22.28.20.png" /><img width="1417" height="881" width_o="1417" height_o="881" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3ec076771c8109be26fed172160d4269f5977eb03610fff1be88128b01c6e03/Screen-Shot-2020-01-17-at-21.30.16.png" data-mid="58794708" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3ec076771c8109be26fed172160d4269f5977eb03610fff1be88128b01c6e03/Screen-Shot-2020-01-17-at-21.30.16.png" /> In 2021 Steven started Other Oils, a business that aims to provide HVO, a fossil-free, 100% renewable, and low-CO2 fuel. Extremely low: 90% less C02e than conventional diesel. It’s made in Finland and is becoming increasingly popular in Scandanavia but still relatively unheard of in the UK. Other Oils want Cornwall to be one of the first places to adopt it’s use. It’s not just cars and vans we want to supply, it’s boats, generators, tools etc. Anywhere diesel is used HVO can be a drop-in replacment. Not only does it hugely decrease your carbon footprint, it offers a way of divesting from the fossil fuel companies who continue to do some much damage to our environment. No longer do we need to invest our money into these notorious companies and their products – invest in Other Oils and HVO instead.Collaborators – Charlotte Higgins (Co-Director) / Zach Rush on branding illustration Follow @instagram.com/other.oils https://stevenbond.org/Photoessay-Bath-Typewriter-Service Tue, 30 Jun 2020 21:38:12 +0000 stevenbond.org https://stevenbond.org/Photoessay-Bath-Typewriter-Service A mending story – Bath Typewriter Service Photography&nbsp; |&nbsp; Editorial&nbsp; |&nbsp; Print <img width="2480" height="3508" width_o="2480" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1584fc306e5022c6879f179e2b25fb72d26a1daff647ca63d612580cf6ad04e9/Mr-Type-finished.jpg" data-mid="76129297" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1584fc306e5022c6879f179e2b25fb72d26a1daff647ca63d612580cf6ad04e9/Mr-Type-finished.jpg" /> <img width="2480" height="3508" width_o="2480" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2100bcbe02b03665fb24e5f542fc59e5eeb5305745e797b7ad7948635e2ebf6/Mr-Type-finished2.jpg" data-mid="76129298" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b2100bcbe02b03665fb24e5f542fc59e5eeb5305745e797b7ad7948635e2ebf6/Mr-Type-finished2.jpg" /> <img width="2480" height="3508" width_o="2480" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d8ef71a7372e0e29c11394d597aac5b7e51ccbdc5ac5d72ebb281734fd0a67d/Mr-Type-finished4.jpg" data-mid="76129300" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d8ef71a7372e0e29c11394d597aac5b7e51ccbdc5ac5d72ebb281734fd0a67d/Mr-Type-finished4.jpg" /> <img width="2480" height="3508" width_o="2480" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f837214d4108a254b95aea2a0c5bcdc986a5d7b3ac587893e1b78be8dc0f6e0/Mr-Type-finished3.jpg" data-mid="76129299" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f837214d4108a254b95aea2a0c5bcdc986a5d7b3ac587893e1b78be8dc0f6e0/Mr-Type-finished3.jpg" /> <img width="2480" height="3508" width_o="2480" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad40ae07452e63d9c6d2f9b6fa316a730c1519c780527d5059dc442eeeabe26d/Mr-Type-finished5.jpg" data-mid="76129301" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad40ae07452e63d9c6d2f9b6fa316a730c1519c780527d5059dc442eeeabe26d/Mr-Type-finished5.jpg" /> ‘Bath Typewriter Service sits in a narrow building tacked on the end of a terrace of sandstone houses. Bill Collett has inhabited this workspace for more than three decades, servicing and mending typewriters as well as fax, adding and dictation machines of all shapes and sizes. His main work station consists of three long desks, made by his father from three salvaged school blackboards. He used to work here with two colleagues, but their desks are no longer occupied. Bill works alone at the desk furthest from the door in a space resembling a homemade aircraft cockpit, where every implement, machine or tool is arranged within easy reach.Machines once full of words and messages are now silent. The mechanical writing and recording machines of the past have been replaced with digital technologies, which are designed neither for servicing or repair. Much of Mr Collett’s workshop is now taken up with old but perfectly operating machines which, rather than maintaining, he is breaking up into their constituent elements for scrap value; repair in reverse. Shelves that once held working machines now struggle under the weight of assorted aluminium, steel and plastic. A lucky few, the most beautiful or rare, find a home with appreciative collectors. Many others sit on shelves, their fate undecided. It would be wrong not to honour them by at least taking their photograph.’ – James Ryan One of twenty photo essays featured in the book Visible mending: Everyday repairs in the South West published by Uniformbooks <img width="564" height="619" width_o="564" height_o="619" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b009464793ad8703eca5285f18766cb0151ebdeec6e43837a9f6f504e7f8ab7e/1-2--books.png" data-mid="93461839" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/564/i/b009464793ad8703eca5285f18766cb0151ebdeec6e43837a9f6f504e7f8ab7e/1-2--books.png" /> https://stevenbond.org/Photoessay-Sewquick-Cornwall Tue, 30 Jun 2020 23:36:57 +0000 stevenbond.org https://stevenbond.org/Photoessay-Sewquick-Cornwall A mending story –&nbsp;Sewquick, Cornwall Photography&nbsp; |&nbsp; Editorial&nbsp; |&nbsp; Print <img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/261270c405c24d406adeee620eaabb27a0e22ef1c849b8b3d6c922e0e04b8ffd/Sewquick-montage.jpg" data-mid="76138489" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/261270c405c24d406adeee620eaabb27a0e22ef1c849b8b3d6c922e0e04b8ffd/Sewquick-montage.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a3dd74eafbab8b4932cd059a73b6633e5c3e45275f0c04638abb0f0b068f89c/Sewquick-montage2.jpg" data-mid="76138490" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/1a3dd74eafbab8b4932cd059a73b6633e5c3e45275f0c04638abb0f0b068f89c/Sewquick-montage2.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08bb591422988a241f57e4b6217722a39d131525ae689747fd962231dda2f447/Sewquick-montage4.jpg" data-mid="76138492" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/08bb591422988a241f57e4b6217722a39d131525ae689747fd962231dda2f447/Sewquick-montage4.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/184fcb3c99f2c13bc5d41c45caab7dc10ebf9292bb2f6c3285fcb316bb8cfdd4/Sewquick-montage5.jpg" data-mid="76138493" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/184fcb3c99f2c13bc5d41c45caab7dc10ebf9292bb2f6c3285fcb316bb8cfdd4/Sewquick-montage5.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/258408ce04436de575609e005adfb5294d7b29373873d3bd72aadb020733c4d2/Sewquick-montage6.jpg" data-mid="76138494" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/258408ce04436de575609e005adfb5294d7b29373873d3bd72aadb020733c4d2/Sewquick-montage6.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08d8cb5512a4354d4a4c22e82f38d39b27b2cc475eef9818712c951faac3d8b8/Sewquick-montage7.jpg" data-mid="76138495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/08d8cb5512a4354d4a4c22e82f38d39b27b2cc475eef9818712c951faac3d8b8/Sewquick-montage7.jpg" /> ‘Sew-quick is a thriving industrial and domestic sewing machine service based in Falmouth, Cornwall. Their workshop is to be found in an old light-industrial building, adjoining a small commercial garage next door, on Waterloo Road. Besides Sew-quick’s workshop and the garage, the street is given over to residential buildings and it is tempting to see the workshop and garage as recent industrial intrusions. In fact they are the survivors of a small business community that was once present on the street, including a butchers, a carpet shop and a fancy dress outfitters. Sew-quick’s workshop began in a garage of a house on Waterloo Road in 1986 before being relocated to its current site in 1999. Francis kindly showed me around the workshop and explained the evolution of the business, which he runs with Sue, while Steve worked away taking photographs.The workshop itself is divided roughly into two separate spaces separated by a thin wall with a large permanent opening to one side. The space at the back of the workshop contains a workbench, shelves of machinery, tools and equipment. It is here that sewing machines are made and mended. The area at the front of the shop is where Sue or Francis (and their dog) greet customers; it is the ‘shop’ bit of the ‘workshop’. A small enclosure to the back right of this space serves as a rudimentary office, with a counter behind which Sue or Francis can use the phone, receive payments and issue receipts or sell small sewing machine parts. It is here that the day-to-day collection or deposition of sewing machines goes on. The space to the right and front of the counter is completely occupied by a number of large industrial sewing machines. The walls are decorated with faded manufacturer’s posters of sewing machines.To the left of the counter, running along the length of the wall and in front of one of the building's large and drafty windows, are some large wooden shelves on which are stored sewing machines, as well as all kinds of other useful clutter. The photograph here shows a portion of these shelves that, as the bow in the wood testifies, have to put up with visits from some seriously weighty objects. I like this photograph because it captures, in a slice of shelving, just how multi-layered the space of the workshop is. Mostly the shelves contain sewing machines ready for repair, service or collection. The machines are of all kinds of makes and ages. Attached to their case handles are labels with names of owners and instructions. The shelves are also convenient places for everyday workshop items such as the kettle and old drink cups and cans, or a towel. These spaces speak a language of everyday work in which people and objects are entangled in complex ways. Arrangements of objects and spaces are organised less on the basis of visual display (because these are not items for sale?) than on the needs of getting things done.Francis and Sue explain to Steve and me how they have advanced plans to replace this old (and cold) workshop with a new, two-storey, building with a showroom at the front and workshop at the back. I wonder how far the imprint of the old building and feel of the current workshop will survive in a new building.’ – James Ryan One of twenty photo essays featured in the book Visible mending: Everyday repairs in the South West published by Uniformbooks https://stevenbond.org/Photoessay-Michael-Fook-Engine-Repair-Devon Tue, 30 Jun 2020 23:43:27 +0000 stevenbond.org https://stevenbond.org/Photoessay-Michael-Fook-Engine-Repair-Devon &nbsp; A mending story: Michael Fook Engine Repair Photography&nbsp; |&nbsp; Editorial&nbsp; |&nbsp; Print <img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e2f6b83f6f26ed079aeeb2d61ca2f07b000188270870575c783ae08928aa031/Antler-montage-FIN3_590px.jpg" data-mid="76139277" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/4e2f6b83f6f26ed079aeeb2d61ca2f07b000188270870575c783ae08928aa031/Antler-montage-FIN3_590px.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d1633e1213aaac177b4db7777b7f3e50cc3256cb6867b0d505e928686a9a7a3/Antler-montage-FIN2_590px.jpg" data-mid="76139276" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/7d1633e1213aaac177b4db7777b7f3e50cc3256cb6867b0d505e928686a9a7a3/Antler-montage-FIN2_590px.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2fc01a32afa8ba0fd15edd7cce86636b4dc4af0814228fc10dbc1af950c2b43/Antler-montage-FIN4_590px.jpg" data-mid="76139278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/e2fc01a32afa8ba0fd15edd7cce86636b4dc4af0814228fc10dbc1af950c2b43/Antler-montage-FIN4_590px.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c2c57df06e26b174f4a80e13b850d0b99c388e5052b5ff0eb0ee07bce26611f/Antler-montage-FIN5_590px.jpg" data-mid="76139279" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/6c2c57df06e26b174f4a80e13b850d0b99c388e5052b5ff0eb0ee07bce26611f/Antler-montage-FIN5_590px.jpg" /><img width="960" height="643" width_o="960" height_o="643" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cdd01a594403ccdce384d928ce0394d33c1bf8d8a8d8e9b6635da6ced4cd4ab/michael-fook-engineering.JPG" data-mid="93812874" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/0cdd01a594403ccdce384d928ce0394d33c1bf8d8a8d8e9b6635da6ced4cd4ab/michael-fook-engineering.JPG" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bca6928fac500a2b9b1126518ff4951811045a8fbb5499f5bfaa01faf66be5b1/Antler-page-1.jpg" data-mid="76139280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/bca6928fac500a2b9b1126518ff4951811045a8fbb5499f5bfaa01faf66be5b1/Antler-page-1.jpg" /> ‘Farley Water, Hawkridge Ridge, Halscombe, Whiterocks, Veraby Brake, Venfield Common. An Exmoor geography dangles from each antler, marked on a neat white tag. The stags drop their antlers in March and April, and Michael Fook tries to be there to retrieve them. He can tell the stags apart, and recognise the distinctive patterning of each individual’s antler structure from year to year. If only one antler is dropped he will wait, and search for the missing mate. Sometime he finds it miles away, and once he swapped with a local acquaintance years later to make two matched sets. The antlers return, in pairs and singly, to Michael’s shop in South Molton, Devon. In the front of the shop a dozen prime specimens are mounted (on fibreglass skulls) around the walls, sharing space with spare bicycle tyres and rims. More cluster around the edges of the floor space, the handlebars of parked bicycles echoing the antler forms to odd effect. In the high-ceilinged workshop at the back antlers hang above the strimmers and mowers in for repair. And in the attic, up a steep flight of stairs and through a hatch door, the dim light discloses more antlers, in serried rows alongside boxes of spare engines and salvaged parts...’&nbsp; – Caitlin DeSilvey One of twenty photo essays featured in the book Visible mending: Everyday repairs in the South West published by Uniformbooks https://stevenbond.org/Photoessay-Porcelain-Repair-Devon Tue, 30 Jun 2020 22:12:54 +0000 stevenbond.org https://stevenbond.org/Photoessay-Porcelain-Repair-Devon A Mending story – Porcelain Repair, Devon Photography&nbsp; |&nbsp; Editorial&nbsp; |&nbsp; Print <img width="842" height="595" width_o="842" height_o="595" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d891d8f80f85fe6a811d2766107f57f075d6a937e32d8d471c692c460076b75/visible-mending-postcards4.jpg" data-mid="76131847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/842/i/6d891d8f80f85fe6a811d2766107f57f075d6a937e32d8d471c692c460076b75/visible-mending-postcards4.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59f65b999d239a1ff2a63ecd45e9ccd3f82222bf612147b77b2b01af937ec7d9/7.-Restore-montage-p5.jpg" data-mid="76131530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/59f65b999d239a1ff2a63ecd45e9ccd3f82222bf612147b77b2b01af937ec7d9/7.-Restore-montage-p5.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92a77f800d9205e231498c94c99d0cd25e5dff90eaa87e1a7402a64b0bd07ce2/restore-montage-for-p-and-s3.jpg" data-mid="76131533" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/92a77f800d9205e231498c94c99d0cd25e5dff90eaa87e1a7402a64b0bd07ce2/restore-montage-for-p-and-s3.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9c3273583f524c8c3700e49694cc90fd774eb8ec16de527886bed9e3c217802/restore-montage-for-p-and-s4.jpg" data-mid="76131534" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/d9c3273583f524c8c3700e49694cc90fd774eb8ec16de527886bed9e3c217802/restore-montage-for-p-and-s4.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a55d6197c134b5072d0078e1dfed60935a9288f0bffb6bf56219315beb9fc36/restore-montage-for-p-and-s2.jpg" data-mid="76131532" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/9a55d6197c134b5072d0078e1dfed60935a9288f0bffb6bf56219315beb9fc36/restore-montage-for-p-and-s2.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e9d74f056ce72fb055872b08c7a852cb96cb40bc53642a413d0063e0437466f/restore-montage-for-p-and-s7.jpg" data-mid="76131539" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/1e9d74f056ce72fb055872b08c7a852cb96cb40bc53642a413d0063e0437466f/restore-montage-for-p-and-s7.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d58fa38efa33ce47ba119850a735b6f70a538bf4c09da00723119a49c3768eba/restore-montage-for-p-and-s8.jpg" data-mid="76131540" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/d58fa38efa33ce47ba119850a735b6f70a538bf4c09da00723119a49c3768eba/restore-montage-for-p-and-s8.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c675304aae034fcc1ef3396fafe4c3aad45fd21a99c6720f38b3eb0f9e672a58/restore-montage-for-p-and-s9.jpg" data-mid="76131542" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/c675304aae034fcc1ef3396fafe4c3aad45fd21a99c6720f38b3eb0f9e672a58/restore-montage-for-p-and-s9.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5c34e3fce2c2e00480c2d628789aacdc574b56b0bc06362d460a603b0d10c36/restore-montage-for-p-and-s10.jpg" data-mid="76131544" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/d5c34e3fce2c2e00480c2d628789aacdc574b56b0bc06362d460a603b0d10c36/restore-montage-for-p-and-s10.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b21a6dadf71bb46fb2db9038c80ee73d68214682e94c7e430a304aef33fb17e/restore-montage-for-p-and-s6.jpg" data-mid="76131537" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/5b21a6dadf71bb46fb2db9038c80ee73d68214682e94c7e430a304aef33fb17e/restore-montage-for-p-and-s6.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0fac3e531573e4547d3982f760fb937f9fc7e8f32d6366fdf3bd773ee2b7fd3/7.-Restore-montage-p1.jpg" data-mid="76131529" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/f0fac3e531573e4547d3982f760fb937f9fc7e8f32d6366fdf3bd773ee2b7fd3/7.-Restore-montage-p1.jpg" /> ‘The photograph captures her reaching upward, looking inward, only air where her right hand should be. A faint smile plays on her lips. She wears her wounds lightly, a cap and shawl of masking tape somehow only accentuating her causal elegance and the flawless plane of her bared midriff. What happened? A knock from a high shelf, a carelessly packed shipping carton? She has come to Helen Warren’s workshop in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, to be repaired, to be made whole again. But there are decisions—aesthetic, ethical, and practical—to be made about how the repair will be done, and what our lady will look like when she goes home. Helen’s own words best express the distinction between ‘conservation’ and ‘restoration’, display and disguise: “Conservation techniques aim to preserve and stabilise items for later use without seeking to disguise evidence of the original damage. A typical 'museum' type of repair would include cleaning and re-assembling broken shards to reconstruct the original shape. Some re-touching may also be necessary but the break lines would still be visible. Restoration aims to disguise damaged areas and bring an object back to its original state by re-building or modelling missing areas, repairing and repainting. This must be carried out sympathetically with materials compatible with the object. Ethical considerations and use of reversible products are a priority in all cases of restoration.” – Caitlin DeSilvey One of twenty photo essays featured in the book Visible mending: Everyday repairs in the South West published by Uniformbooks https://stevenbond.org/Photoessay-Star-Shoe-Repairs-Cornwall Tue, 30 Jun 2020 22:45:20 +0000 stevenbond.org https://stevenbond.org/Photoessay-Star-Shoe-Repairs-Cornwall A mending story –&nbsp;Star Shoe Repairs Photography&nbsp; |&nbsp; Editorial&nbsp; |&nbsp; Print <img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/891ac4532909ceb13fab35b00ff9f2360e94c8fe713eb8459a343b4a6ad4ef7f/star-montage-p5.jpg" data-mid="76134719" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/891ac4532909ceb13fab35b00ff9f2360e94c8fe713eb8459a343b4a6ad4ef7f/star-montage-p5.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de7ce2b313f008f0a953c3f73d97de8dcd527180ec873053b55e6866e2e5856d/star-montage-for-p-and-s4.jpg" data-mid="76134716" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/de7ce2b313f008f0a953c3f73d97de8dcd527180ec873053b55e6866e2e5856d/star-montage-for-p-and-s4.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9d34a5481e3d04e7fee8bc8cc0e2cb4f7fff800c51c9757b26b1db5d196d404/star-montage-p4.jpg" data-mid="76134718" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/a9d34a5481e3d04e7fee8bc8cc0e2cb4f7fff800c51c9757b26b1db5d196d404/star-montage-p4.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e6aacecbab3e330f33d725eea2392acaca31346f1d859238c6d52b06fc0064d/star-montage-p1.jpg" data-mid="76134717" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/4e6aacecbab3e330f33d725eea2392acaca31346f1d859238c6d52b06fc0064d/star-montage-p1.jpg" /><img width="3008" height="2000" width_o="3008" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83f8acac39579786eeba95e4634d8afbd2beace249f76f860b66ef63a4bbcd37/DSC_1686edit2020.jpg" data-mid="76134948" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83f8acac39579786eeba95e4634d8afbd2beace249f76f860b66ef63a4bbcd37/DSC_1686edit2020.jpg" /><img width="590" height="792" width_o="590" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54670b8fefabf05580ac599edf069e8b34d1f5af243db28029db94021ca20f35/star-montage-for-p-and-s2.jpg" data-mid="76134715" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/590/i/54670b8fefabf05580ac599edf069e8b34d1f5af243db28029db94021ca20f35/star-montage-for-p-and-s2.jpg" /> ‘Steve didn’t have his best camera with him when we visited Star Shoe Repairs, but his eye was as sharp as ever and the resulting photographs do a beautiful job of evoking a rich working space. In particular they seem to respond neatly to the way this place invites one to pay close attention to details and, above all, to look at things differently: a large pair of scissors secured to back of the side of the worktop by an improvised leather holster; the wire brush drill-bit resting on a shelf; racks of keys and metal cutting blades pinned to a wooden panels; a stripy window display of handmade leather belts; a women’s shoe secured in a home-made heel-clamp. There is so much to look at in this place that it is hard to remember all the details; the photographs show things I had noticed and forgotten, but also things I’d not seen at all. I had spotted the wooden display rack for ‘Wren’s super-wax shoe polish’, with its gold-lettered strap-line: ‘Keeps Shoes Supple’, for example, which resonates with a sense of old-fashioned quality and craftsmanship that permeates everything in Star. But I’d not appreciated the quality of its setting against the pink paintwork, alongside a lonely single shoe, a roll of cotton, and assorted leather bits and bobs, on a high shelf in the corner of the workshop. The photograph conjures up a miniaturised landscape; the wooden sign resembling some mid-twentieth-century wayside advert set in jumbled ground and bathed in the evening glow of a permanently setting fluorescent-light-bulb-sun. Such aesthetic games are of course an effect of the frame imposed by the camera’s operator. But the invitation to play with a sense of scale and perspective comes also from the multi-sensory and visually fecund quality of such workplaces, with their abundance of juxtapositions and associations of shapes, textures, colours and objects.” – James Ryan One of twenty photo essays featured in the book Visible mending: Everyday repairs in the South West published by Uniformbooks