Copyright has been daubing the streets of the UK with his trademark pink roses for years. Fusing street art, graffiti and more traditional styles, he uses a mixture of classic painting techniques and spray can art. He creates print styles with stencils, depth with spray paint, and texture with a paintbrush.
1x: What materials were used to create these prints with?
Copyright: These prints are a combination of acrylic paint with spray paint and silkscreen.
1x: When were these prints created?
Copyright: This year in this format, but I think I originally drew her in 2014 for a canvas, I sometimes like to revisit my girls into new formats. The tattoo on her arm wasn’t on the original, but references a sailor Jerry tattoo and the name of a solo show I had in London in 2014, ‘One Red Rose Forever’.
Forever, For Ever – Black Edition by Copyright – Click To Purchase
1x: Tell us a little bit about your process and how the idea and execution came about for these prints?
Copyright: These were put together with a combination of hand painter layers, basic stenciled layers and silk screened layers, with the hope that it creates a more textural dynamic piece than a straight silkscreen, also it means that each one has its own charms as they all come out with slight differences.
Forever, For Ever – Blue Edition by Copyright – Click To Purchase
1x: How long did these prints take to complete?
Copyright: Because of the multi-layering and time needed for drying between different techniques, I was only able to get a few of these done a day, so probably took a little over a week to get them all done.
1x: Describe these prints in one gut reaction word.
Copyright: Sweetness.
Forever, For Ever – Muave Edition by Copyright – Click To Purchase
1x: How has 2016 been for you? Bring us up to speed on what you’ve been up to.
Copyright: 2016 has been crazy. I started the year with my first ever USA solo show at Vertical Gallery in Chicago, and it has been a bit of a blur since then, moving from one project to the next. I’ve put out some great prints, done a couple of outdoor art fairs, a very limited run of skate decks, some new commissions, walls outside and good times with friends. I don’t really know where the year has gone.
1x: What are you plans for 2017? Any big shows or events coming up that you’d like to share?
Copyright: I’m taking over a hotel/private members club in Bristol for a 6 month residency where I can showcase an ever changing display of new and archived works.
1x: Where else can people find you?
Copyright: Website – Instagram @copyrightart – Twitter @copyrightart – Facebook
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