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David Dow

Our (my) first Exhibition

Last month (Dec 24) I (as in David) joined some of my fellow classmates (from College) decideded to hosting a wee exhibition in Glasgow. Here’s why: It’s been nearly 20 years (just a bit over but I’ll round down) since I first arrived to Glasgow to study illustration. A class full of misfits but little did I know that those people would help start me on a path that I’m still on! A few of those ‘misfits’ had thought it would be a good idea to have a wee reunion. Myself and three other of my classmates banded together to...

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The 'Crunchie' Initiative

Now, we're not one for taking sides when it comes to football (apart from supporting Scotland...obviously!) but when a school friend got in touch with a proposition to help rename one of the Falkirk FC stands, I felt obliged to help out. Full confession, I'm not interested in football AT ALL (aside from the previous mentioned international support and watching the World Cup/Euros to appreciate a quality game). But back in the day when I was a wee pirate every now and then my dad would take me along to watch the local 'big' team, which was Falkirk FC. I...

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Urban Eco-Pirate

The more things change, the more they stay the same. We are constantly looking for ways to improve on our process and product quality. (Which, admittedly, its quite tricky as they are already quite high). Over our ten years we have barely changed the blank t-shirt base we have used for our designs. After ten years we felt the need for a change... There are always pros and cons when changing something familiar, but with the new change we feel that the pros outweigh the cons. The first difference you will notice with our new t-shirt style is that the...

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Protect Yourself! Mask UP!!

2020 is proving to be one of those years that will go down in the history books. We’re only just over half way in and we’ve seen massive uncontrollable forest fires, a global pandemic of the like no one has seen for a hundred years, global racial equality unrest and Brexit… Every country is trying to deal with the effect of COVID19 in their own way, Scotland has issued the use of face masks to be mandatory when entering shops or crowded areas. Many people have differing opinions on this legislation, but as many more shops (and pubs) begin opening...

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