Over the years, together we’ve dabbled in graphic design, photography + film work, illustration, and web design + code, trading first as sole traders with our own small businesses, then combining them to form a partnership under the name Lightbulb Head. Since having children we’ve folded the business so aren’t currently earning money from our creativity, but that hasn’t stopped us from creating.
In this section there’s a selection of some of the projects that we’ve worked on over the years – scroll down for the most recent, or use the categories on the left to see specific projects.
Kiri was asked to design a poster for a new course running at Westonbirt Arboretum called “Take One Tree”. The concept of the course was to take a birch tree and make various products out of the wood using traditional craft methods. Products included a besom broom, a kuksa (wooden cup), a chopping board, a table, a shrink pot and a spoon, which Kiri incorporated into the poster, along with some of the tools used to make these items.
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This was our third advent window and we wanted to draw a parallel between Jesus as a refugee and those who had fled Ukraine in 2022. As with the previous year, this was created mainly with tissue paper and electrical tape, but with paint mixed with PVA glue for the wording
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Our front bay window looks out onto a fairly busy thoroughfare so during COVID we created our first advent window using paint mixed with PVA glue and tissue paper… which sort of worked. This window was our second attempt the following year, with the lines instead created with electrical tape. We put a lamp behind the window so that the light-filled message would shine out in the darkness
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Kiri’s illustration for Lent draws out some of the words that might be associated with Lent – the time of preparation before Easter. The figure and shadow also alludes to clock hands; suggesting the passage of time
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In Kiri’s illustration, she draws out the words that are traditionally said on Ash Wednesday as worshippers are signed with a cross of ash, as a reminder of our mortality and our need for God’s grace
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Kiri’s illustration for Candlemas (when Jesus was presented in the temple as an infant) draws out some of who Jesus was promised to be
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Kiri’s illustration for epiphany draws out the meaning of the gifts that the wise men brought to Jesus
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Kiri’s illustration of a Christingle draws out the meaning of the orange, the ribbon, the fruits and the candle
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Kiri drew this as the first in the series of illustrations matching the church year. This advent wreath illustration draws out the traditional meanings of the four candles of hope, peace, joy and love, with the final
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Kiri designed this flyer for our church’s Messy Church gathering. The illustration was also created by Kiri and the logo was used in line with Messy Church logo guidelines
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