Horse

Been drawing this massive horse on paper for the "Isolated Magic" Exhibition......




...... and listening to "Live After Death" .........

"SCREAM FOR ME LONGBEACH"

Eagles and Hawks

Hilko - Hamburg

My friend Hilko in Hamburg has had the tattoo of my drawing on his leg finished. Looking pretty crazy!!!

"ISOLATED MAGICK" - Chapter One Gallery, 3rd December

I'm currently creating new work for an exhibtion I'm having at the Chapter One Gallery in Soho. The show opens on the 3rd December, greatly supported by Carhartt.

Crack Fox - Suburban Bliss - On Sale now!!!

Toby ran out of weed long enough that all the new line is printed and on sale.... if you want one get one here.

Fluff Mag

Fluff Mag my arse.... NO!! really the front cover of Dutch skate mag Fluff really does have a foto of my back and arse as the cover. Well its better than another f/s grind skate foto.....

11th Day, the 11th Hour

As daylight returns
The fires of hope still burn
Crawl throught darkened light
Sickened by the mournful sight
Tears fall from eyes
Not sure what has been done
Sorrow creeps throughout my soul
All is lost, none have won

The battle smoke remains
Begin to feel the pain
Alone now stagger on
Unsure how it begun
Through time war prevails
Thoughts, fears cast aside
Face the consequence alone
With honour-valour-pride

As fire fills the sky
We once believed in life
Now time to die
...For Victory

Now in deaths glory
Mans final destiny
The final price to pay
...For Victory

"They shall not grow old
As we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them
Nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We will remember them"

"We will remember them"

FUNERAL FOG - Alex Irvine Section

Welcome to the South Alex....

FUNERAL FOG - Fogtober Part 2

Ok Glass has been waiting for this one. The second part of october has footage from a lot of travels to Finland, all over the UK...and loads of Metal shows..... its got some good stuff.

The next Funeral Fog Video Zine might be a while 'cos the camera's broken....but wait and see.

GUY FAWKES / BONFIRE NIGHT

Ok I'm super into Guy Fawkes nights, I'm stoked that its one of the main traditions that we still have......for those who have no idea here's what its all about:

Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), belonged to a group of Roman Catholic restorationists from England who planned the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Their aim was to displace Protestant rule by blowing up the Houses of Parliament while King James I and the entire Protestant, and even most of the Catholic, aristocracy and nobility were inside. The conspirators saw this as a necessary reaction to the systematic discrimination against English Catholics.

The Gunpowder Plot was led by Robert Catesby, but Fawkes was put in charge of its execution. He was arrested a few hours before the planned explosion, during a search of the cellars underneath Parliament in the early hours of 5 November prompted by the receipt of an anonymous warning letter.

Fawkes was tortured over the next few days in an effort to extract from him the names of his co-conspirators. King James directed that the torture be light at first, but more severe if necessary. Sir William Wade, Lieutenant of the Tower of London at this time, supervised the torture and obtained Fawkes's confession. For three or four days Fawkes said nothing, nor divulged the names of his co-conspirators. Only when he found out that they had proclaimed themselves by appearing in arms did he succumb. The torture only revealed the names of those conspirators who were already dead or whose names were known to the authorities. On 31 January, Fawkes and a number of others implicated in the conspiracy were tried in Westminster Hall. After being found guilty, they were taken to Old Palace Yard in Westminster and St Paul's Yard, where they were to be hanged, drawn and quartered. Fawkes, weakened by his torture, was the last to climb the ladder to the gallows, from which he jumped, breaking his neck in the fall and thus avoiding the latter part of his execution.... thats what happen's if you mess with the King?

Guy Fawkes Night (or "bonfire night"), held on 5 November in the United Kingdom and some parts of the Commonwealth, is a commemoration of the plot, during which an effigy of Fawkes is burned, often accompanied by a fireworks display. The word "guy", meaning "man" or "person", is derived from his name.

It has become a tradition for children to display a grotesque effigy of Fawkes, termed a "guy", as part of the Bonfire Night celebration. As part of the tradition, they would often stand on streetcorners begging for "a penny for the guy". The "guy" would be burned on a bonfire at the end of the evening. As a consequence, "guy" came to mean a man of odd appearance.

BROW - the St Alban's Bear Man

I was looking for some older work on my hard drive and found this, I haven't laughed so hard in ages....Brow (the guy with the beard) moved to Canada 3 years ago and I haven't seen him since. Brow was one of the few guys that brought me up on a steady diet of skateboarding, Indy's, abuse and beer. He used to get a taxi to mine on sunday mornings, from where ever he woke up, my mum would cook him breakfast, and after I'd done my home work, we go skate. I miss the simple days of being 13. Miss you mate.

Blood Oath - Install

Jason and Jamie came to Sheffield to helpe me set up. Jason sent me these foto's he took of the install and also Josh making some of the screen prints.



Jamie wouldn't shut up as usual.

BLOOD OATH - The Archipelago Works

Blood Oath opened on Friday night, I was so stoked with the way it all came together and how many people came. Its the first time I've had a show thats only been prints. But it really liked the end result.





"The Archipelago Works is proud to present you with something a little bit special this Halloween. So with great pleasure, we bring you our first solo show: BLOOD OATH - an exhibition by a British based illustrator known simply as FRENCH."

"Sourcing inspiration from and combining his two great loves - heavy metal and skateboarding - French has developed his signature style of detailed, finely crafted drawings rendered in pen and ink, that create atmosphere and depth like no one else can. His dark and often macabre work has led him across the globe, showcasing work in the USA, Denmark, France, Israel and Australia, and it is with open arms that we welcome him to The City of Metal!!!"



"The show features exclusive, super limited edition hand-pulled screenprints, printed by our in-house printer Josh Bedford."


Exhibition runs from the October 31st - November 22nd


























All prints are for sale on the Archipelago site.

Thanks to Joe Cox for the photography, all at The Archipelago Works, Joe at Blackest Rainbow, Josh, Jamie, Jason, Edna, Lucy, Dan, Hangtime, Bingo, Cronos and Dixie Classics......

Lovenskate - CURBAN WAREFARE

Hangtime has made a load of new Lovenskate shirts...... this is what I've come up with this time. Its the Curban Warefare shirt. For true warrior's..........




"There is a bloody war going out there, a vast battle, between man and concrete.

This is your uniform, you have your steed, ride into battle and SHRED TILL DEAD!!!"




Man up .... and BUY ONE!

Marseille

The Dord's took this foto of me in Marseille....

Blood Oath - Advert in Article

BLOOD OATH - SHEFFIELD

"LET YOURSELF BE DRAWN TO THE BLOOD OATH..... HIS MAJESTY COMMANDS IT!!!"

An exhibition of exclusive, super limited edition screenprints



Private view: Fri 30th Oct *invitation only* that means if you're reading this and you can get to Sheffield I invited you.....
(Exhibition runs til November 22nd)

SKULLS SKULLS SKULLS! * FANCY DRESS! * BEER!
+ PUMPKIN CARVING COMPETITION!


AFTER PARTY @ THE RUTLAND... DO NOT MISS THIS!!!

RSVP to info@archipelago-art.co.uk for invites

LORD KEV IN THE GAZETTE

kev's on the front page of gazette!!

DECREPID - LIVE!!!

DOSH

Joe at Izrock organised for myself and a few others to make collaborative wallets with Dosh wallets in Aus. Here's a production shot of mine, Stefan Marx's one is off the chain!!!!