'Stop Grid Lock'

Inspired by my early morning bike rides to work in Wainuiomata from Wellington a couple of years ago. Watching that endless volume of car commuter traffic backing up around the harbour.

Photos are of my friends Paula Umbers and Jason Markham (A fine pair of bikey types) - not the best picture quality but you get the idea.

Just completed and sold all the shirts from a ladies style print run - did grey on pink and grey on powder blue - cool!

Ink and shirt olours will change from time to time in this edition to keep shirts feeling individual for the owners and save me from feeling like a manufacturer.

They are going out for $40 promotional price for now - let me know if you want one.

What it's all about..

After 4 years of full time teaching at Wainuiomata High School and a year and a half as a head of year I made the decision to become a part time teacher for 2008.

I run in the hills before school, teach Graphic and Three Dimensional Design and thrive on the energy of my students. After work I take my bike and my dog up in to the hills for a blast down some epic singletrack.

On the weekends I spend Saturday mornings digging new mountain bike tracks with my fellow volunteers (check out blog.wtp.org.nz) here in Wainuiomata. Sundays is for riding bikes, surfing and hanging out with friends.

If it's too wet to ride or there's no surf I spend time in the garden shed working on new printmaking projects for 'emotion' - life's good!

My background training is in Design / Sculpture and secondary teaching. I migrated from Britain to NZ in 1997, surfed my brains out in Taranaki for a few years before moving to Wainuiomata to teach Design in the high school in 2004.

I got in to bikes, riding with friends around Wellington, founded the Wainuiomata Trail Project in 2005/6, won two 12 hour open mens solo titles in 2007 and set up emotion clothing in the autumn of 2008.