From Wednesday 5th June until Sunday 9th of June, I will be showcasing my superior organisational skills by organising [a] Pics Up in a Brewery<\/em> \u2013 an exhibition of my art, as part of the Gravesham Fringe Festival, which is celebrating its 5th anniversary.<\/p>\n During Fringe week (1th \u2013 9th June) you\u2019ll be able to sample the best of Gravesham\u2019s creative talent in locations, around the town centre and beyond<\/a> . It\u2019s all going to be great but only the Iron Pier Brewery<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>will offer the unbeatable combination of art, live music, craft beer and artisan pizza, so do pop along.<\/p>\n So starting with the art\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n As many of you will know, I\u2019ve been designing cans for Iron Pier <\/em>f<\/a>or a while now and some of the original artwork is on display there. <\/p>\n Recently, I produced some prints of the beer can labels<\/a> themselves, along with a mug to celebrate Iron Pier\u2019s <\/em>award winning \u2018Cast iron Stout\u2019. Most of my ink drawings<\/a> are A4, with A3 and A4 gicl\u00e9e prints<\/a> available, but people have been asking if I can do bigger stuff. So, I\u2019ve recently acquired a scanner that can produce high quality prints at A1 (594mm x 841mm) and A0 (841mm x 1189mm) poster sizes and, soon (well, now if you contact me directly), you\u2019ll be able to order bigger prints of most of my stuff on my website. <\/p>\n If you\u2019re interested, Pics up in a Brewery <\/em>will give you a chance to see what that looks like. I\u2019ll be exhibiting six AO size posters of some of the original beer can art, and 17 A1 size posters of some of my more recent stuff. I\u2019ll be there on the evenings of the 8th and 9th and I\u2019ll have some other smaller pieces with me, along with the new cards and mugs.<\/p>\n The music\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n No good Pics Up <\/em>is complete without a band, and we\u2019ve got three.<\/p>\n On Friday 7<\/strong>th, Staggered Ray<\/em> <\/strong>and Jack Hayter <\/strong>will be playing from 8pm. You might know multi-instrumentalist, Jack Hayter<\/a> from British indie pop band Hefner<\/a>, <\/em>championed by John Peel in the mid-90s, but he is also an acclaimed singer and songwriter in his own right, writing stories about what he hears and sometimes turning those tales into raggedy folk songs. So you might hear those. Or he might just turn up with his pedal steel guitar and create ambient soundscapes. You never know with Jack because, apparently, he has a very short attention span! Here\u2019s Jack singing I Sent My Love To Bendigo<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/duncangrantartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image.png?resize=960%2C640&ssl=1\")
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Staggered Ray <\/em>features singer- songwriter, Chris Weller and multi-instrumentalist, Rob Shepherd. Chris writes about everyday life\u2019s triumphs and tribulations. Their set will take you foot stomping through the backstreet boozers, high streets and low streets of our weathered Kentish towns. Here is a taster to whet your appetite.<\/p>\n