CHAR McKAY
PERSONALLY WORKING AS A CREATIVE PARTNER WITH THE CLIENT TO DESIGN CONSCIOUSLY CRAFTED MATERIALS.
2024
Bristol-based designer, who enjoys producing printed materials in the form of publications, prints and posters. I enjoy working through tactile processes, incorporating crafts and printing techniques into contemporary work.
Through a keen eye for detail, I enjoy curating content and look forward to working on exhibitions to showcase art & design, with previous collaborations with the London-based Travel Things museum, and work featured at the London Design Festival 2023/24.
I studied for a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design at the University of The West of England, with a Distinction Foundation Degree in Art & Design at Oxford Brookes University, where I developed my craft for Letterpress, Silkscreen and Riso Printing, which I love to intergrate into my work.
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01 CYPHER TYPEFACE
Display typeface inspired by quilting patterns. The first letter of each of the patterns names is represented by the co-ordinating symbol.
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02/24
Display Typeface
02 COLLECT & RENEW
This imagery-based publication contains a collection of photographs of second-hand shopfronts from Gloucester Rd to Cheltenham Rd.
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02/24
B5, 182 x 257 mm
03 WATTLE AND DAUB
This publication explores old methods of architecture and building, acting as a catalogue of these sustainable methods of crafts that are no longer widely used today.
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05/24
120 x 170 mm
04 REVIVAL
Large-scale riso-printed poster illustrating the process of revival of trends and hand-made crafts.
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05/24
A1, 594 x 841 mm
05 PATTERNS OF LOGIC
This publication features a collection of written works about the history of weaving and coding and women’s influential role in developing code at Bletchley Park. This delves into the relationship between the two skills, proving how a seemingly old craft is still relevant today.
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04/24
B5, 182 x 257 mm
06 WEAVING TAPESTRY
This silk-printed tapestry depicts the weaving of life, a pattern created from a code of a working day schedule.
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04/24
2x 2 metre hanging banners
07 KNIT + SEW
This interview series aims to show the reasons why people do crafts such as knitting and quilting, in the aim to revive these skills among the younger generation.
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02/24
2x
A6,105 x 149 mm
08 MEND + DARN
This publication features an interview with fashion designer Emily Adams Bode, conducted by Blackbird Spyplane.
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11/23
90 x 190 mm