On May 16th, as part of Craft and Design Month, a series of studio holders in the Custard Factory will be opening their doors to the public offering bookable guided tours throughout the day.
It’s a fantastic opportunity to support your local artists and makers and to get to have a nosy around the more interesting corners of the Custard Factory!
There is a blog for the event HERE and you can book a free tour on the eventbrite page HERE.

You can see more of his collage work on his Tumblr.

Phill Blake is an artist, designer and an illustrator from middle England who refuses to be tied down to one specific genre preferring to spread his talents over multiple art forms and retain an ever evolving style that is all terrain and knows no boundaries. His influences lie in street art, comics, hip hop or urban culture and the different sub cultures that emerge around the world.

His site’s also packed full of lots of lovely examples of his work like this one:

I paint portraits using realism as a reference point for more abstract experimentation. The images are built in layers that become ambiguous and open to interpretation from the viewer. I am inspired by aboriginal art and graffiti; aesthetically and conceptually with their self evolved visual languages, dual meanings, temporal quality and its basis in culture, people and environment rather than just commerce.

And here’s just one example of N4T4’s work: