I’ve almost finished my latest research / publishing project –  one of a series of personal projects around the theme of  Drawing and Illustration Practice. It contains a list of classic fragrances and great scents. Some are from long established Perfume houses like Guerlain, others are less well known. Much of this work is about drawing as a tangible experience. I’m a little obsessed by fragrances. My favourite is Portrait of a Lady by Dominique Ropion. It’s a Frederic Malle Perfume. No, they don’t do it as a soap on a rope.

There is still some sewing and finishing to be done. The first edition is only a small run. Very very exclusive. They’ll wind up on ebay, for sure. For more information contact@moshaughnessy.co.uk

No, I’m not obsessed with No Parking signs. Most Scousers and Mancs ignore them. There’s something of a Franz Kline about the background. He was a brilliant American painter that hung out in the Cedar Tavern in NYC, with Jackson Pollock. I went there once. No girls, just blokes pretending to be cool and clever.

As it’s December, there’s a Christmas theme to my latest post. This is a drawing from my old school archives. It was commissioned for a specialist whisky magazine, basically, about the preference for drinking matured whisky’s or the vogue for newer, specialist malts. I’m still a little old school. Wu Tang  and Vanilla Slice, stuff like that.

This is my t shirt graphic for the Liverpool School of Art & Design. No, it’s not me modelling. I gave up all the Milan catwalk shit, years ago. This tee graphic is worn by Illustration students Mathew Sharp. Llauren Cavanagh & Jess Heaton. Thankfully, Terry Richardson wasn’t available to take the photos of the girls, so I did.

This is work in progress for a section of 2 x Large Scale Liverpool School of Art & Design recruitment Stands. The Manchester UCAS undergraduate fair and UCAS London.

The concept is based on the recent Everyman project –                                         photographs which reflect the diversity of teaching provision                                               and undergraduate activities at Liverpool Art School – more to follow.

The calligraphy names the five undergraduate and postgraduate programmes –

Spatial Design / Fine Art / Fashion                                                                                      History of Art / Architecture / Graphic Design & Illustration

I found out a day after artworking and sending the final digital files, that I’d spelt Spatial wrong. This was not a good moment. I put my posh watch on in the photos to look sophisticated, but my hairy CarnivalfolktinyHands ruin the scene. Nobody, not even the rain has such small hands. e.e cummings, he knew it. Photographs of me pretending to work are by Lisa “It’s all about the aperture” “Kemp

This is a work in progress, part of a collaboration with Record label Static Caravan. To commemorate reaching 200 releases – Geoff wanted a an alternative to his established Static Caravan Logo. An alternative, calligraphic approach. I was after a couple of single, controlled, automatic strokes, a cross between Karate Kid 2 and Back to the Future. The Peace Music + Love type stuff. That’s me trying to be ghetto, we’ll probably changed it.

This is one of the final stages of this project. Editing the drawings.

The Everyman Theatre in Liverpool is being reconstructed and is due for final completion in late 2013. I was asked by Uniform to present a concept to The Everyman Team for a visual  covering the hoardings of the construction site on Hope Street.. The schematic incorporated photography and handwritten text. The idea was to design a photo landscape of bold and fluctuating images. The concept was to use Liverpool Design & Illustration students photographs of the city that reflected Liverpool’s rich, visual tapestry. Students were asked to submit photographs that reflected their own unique and original view of the Liverpool. Background words like f**k and c**t had to be edited out. The Calligraphy style has references in grafitti but has it’s based on a more romantic, script style, one that acknowledges The Everyman Theatres literary heritage. The copy is based on lines & text from plays performed at the famous theatre.

This is my little nephew Callum wearing a Stussy T Shirt. The main reason the logo is so great, is not because this label hasn’t been worn and ruined by Liverpool Scals, It’s because the lettering is unerring and confident. Super Fresh.

Drawing is such a tangible experience. There is a small drawing in the British Museum.  A sleeping Hendrickje Stoffels by Rembrandt Van Rijn. He slept with her. Dirty old codger. It was drawn in 1654. The marks are spare, controlled and precise.  I used to stare at copies of it, when I was a student. This is one of my own sketchbook drawings. It’s always reassuring to return to something so simple.

These projects with the singer songwriter Hannah Peel gave me the opportunity to  move away from my more traditional practice. Working for musicians can often be tricky, I always offer to sing or play drums on a track, both of which I can’t do. This normally gives me the freedom to try something new. This is a great album.

Both the single and the album were released on the Static Caravan label. The photography and set was built and designed by the photographer Emily Dennison

This was a small promo. I love orange and grey – Another of my fluke photographs. I surfed on that beach, the locals were impressed. They thought I was a pro.

This section is an update on one of my latest Research Projects. Berlin is such a super duper uber place. It’s very similar to Liverpool but without the bull terriers and girls wearing hair curlers in the middle of the day. Full of beautiful and grandiose buildings. It’s also covered in grafitti. I was really looking for calligraphic styles that are made from a singular, automatic action. Much like a flamboyant and cursive signature. The Liverpool bits are normally hidden away down backstreets, unlike their Berlin counterparts which are often found in some of the smartest streets. Much of the soul that has been lost with the decline handwriting in schools, is finding a new but different voice. Super Dudey Words.