Press Release

Nick Terry is... a designer cheering up sad looking exterior walls in decaying areas with his innovative approach of permanent, vandal-proof wall coverings. With trends following the boom in graffiti and street art this is a way of filling a void in a market normally purely concerned with improving interiors. With designs for interiors also available he shows his adaptability with the continuation of work through these spaces a key idea in the improvement of any environment his work if found.

The imagery within these sculptural pieces represents the environment that they were originally inspired by and the use of roadmaps and vibrant colour palettes reflects this. Meanwhile, positive public reaction to these pieces is hope to anyone that a gallery space is not always needed for their work to be seen.

With a collaborative business plan on the way to unite like-minded artists and designers in the world of print the future is bright for unhappy walls.

Anri Sala

Anri Sala is a photographer who captured a government regime on camera in which colour was used to create a positive mindset in Albania. The government spent the majority of their budget one year on making a deal with a paint supplier and allowed each household and public building to paint the outside of their building with bright colours. It is an example of how exterior/public art can be used to brighten inner city areas.

Screen printed wallpaper

Here are digital photos of screen printed wallpapers in four different colour ways. I used a map of Headingley in Leeds to create this design so that the imagery reflects the environment around me.

Colour pallette

Here are three colour pallettes that I have been using to insert into black and white drawings to create finalised designs.

Repeat colour patterns

Original Drawings...

To produce repeats ready for wallpaper production I have been using maps as a way of creating imagery to draw from. They create interesting geometric yet organic shapes which, when put into repeat, produce area specific and unique patterns.

The image above shows the original drawing, the one below is an example of how this looks in repeat (mirror/rotation repeat) and the one to the left shows how individual patterns created through this process can be become a pattern themselves.