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Fairy tales, Grief, and Gothic Dreams: An Interview with Artist and Piercer Amy Jane
Meet Amy Jane. An artist and professional piercer whose work straddles the line between the whimsical and the macabre. A regular at alternative markets like Satanic Flea Market, LDN Queer Mart, and Arty Farty, Amy’s creations are an intricate blend of Gothic fairy tale aesthetics and nostalgic, soft-hearted sentimentality.

Johnny Larran
3 min read


Ink, Optimism, and Mild Panic: My First Attempt at Screen Printing
I'm at Print Club London. It’s my first time screen printing, and I’m trying to act like I know what I’m doing, nodding wisely to someone who may as well be speaking another language.

Johnny Larran
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Love couldn’t care less about appearances
Love, as it turns out, couldn’t care less about appearances. Love doesn’t notice that you’ve put on a few pounds or that you have A LOT less hair than you used to, it also, remarkably, doesn't care that your laugh sounds like a startled goose.

Johnny Larran
1 min read


Being called into HR on some bullshit...
I'm munching on a biscuit and an email popped up. Human Resources would like a quick word. That phrase, by the way, is never good news.

Johnny Larran
1 min read


Cut, Paste, and Animate: Inside the Curious World of Silkmoth
Silkmoth invites us into a world where the “ugly” bits of the urban sprawl become playgrounds for imagination.

Johnny Larran
4 min read


Doug Gillen: The Voice of Fifth Wall TV on Street Art, Public Spaces, and Keeping the Rebellion Alive
Doug Gillen didn’t just stumble into the art world - he threw himself into it, camera in hand, determined to make sense of the chaos.

Johnny Larran
3 min read


Breaking the Rules and Making It Happen: Hells Gibson on Art, Hustle, and Creative Freedom
Hells Gibson isn’t just an artist - she’s a force of nature armed with paint, persistence, and a knack for making things happen whether she’

Johnny Larran
5 min read


From Psychology to Illustration: How Research and Human Nature Shape Céline Moya's work
Céline Moya is an illustrator, animator, and all-around curious person who has both an MSc in Social Psychology and an MA in Illustration.

Johnny Larran
3 min read


Jim Madison on Rat Fink, Collage Art, and the Joy of Making Things
Jim Madison is the kind of artist who sees an old magazine, a photocopier, and thinks, Yeah, let’s make something weird and wonderful

Johnny Larran
2 min read


From Script to Screen: The Evolution of Animator Adam Frith
It was always the animated characters and clever storytelling that captured his imagination.

Johnny Larran
6 min read


Mike's Footprints: a very short story about the importance of making a good first impression
I once knew a boy called Mike. I first met him in 1994, on a damp and dreary Saturday in Holland Park, London.

Johnny Larran
3 min read


Bruna Alcantara: Street Art, Feminism, and the Fight for Change
Bruna Alcantara tells stories. Not with words (well, sometimes with words), but mostly with images. She’s a visual artist. And a journalist.

Johnny Larran
6 min read


Shake Bristol: The Coolest Thing You Haven’t Been to Yet (Or Maybe You Have, in Which Case, Well Done You)
There’s something happening in Bristol. Something exciting. Something artistic. Something that involves an alarming amount of beautifully...

Johnny Larran
1 min read


Oh, this is big. Really big! Paste-Up Festival Vol.5 Naples, Italy 2025
One of the biggest paste-up festivals in Europe is back for its fifth year—which, in festival terms, makes it a seasoned pro. It knows...

Johnny Larran
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There's gonna be so much glue at the first-ever paste up festival in York
I will be one of the artists featured in York’s first-ever paste-up festival in 2025! A whole festival. Of paste-ups. In York. And it’s...

Johnny Larran
1 min read


Let It Go (No, Really): A Portrait of Holding On, Moving Forward, and That Awkward Bit in Between
That gut-pulling feeling - the push and pull of holding on versus moving forward. This is called ‘Let it Go’, and it’s all about that...

Johnny Larran
1 min read
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