TESSELL TE
foreword
TESSELL TE Creator:
Catherine Mair Morgan
Contributors Matthew Lavin, Charlotte Brough, Jasper Lee, Karla Farrar, George Harrison, Norma Kelly and Jan Cassar.
Interviewees Daniel Pearson, Alex Dyson and Tom Bosley.
This issue of Tessellate explores a visual document of the creative individual. People who express themselves through clothing, music and creativity. Exploring the idea of losing inhibition, whilst they are finding their place in society in what they love to do, what makes them tick. Where would we be without inhibitions? They’re quite useful things when you look at some of the things humans do if they lose them. - A.S Byatt
Fiction
creates imaginary spaces the world reshapes the visual world and provides us with the words to think we see what we already see and think what we think we were thinking about what we see.
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harvey nichols
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T-shirt: Versace, ÂŁ415 Model: Matthew Lavin Styling: Catherine Morgan Photography: Conor Burrow
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harvey nichols
Shirt: Alexander McQueen, ÂŁ605
Jacket: Kenzo, ÂŁ380
kaledidoscopic
Model: Charlotte Brough Design & Photography: Catherine Morgan
interview
Twitter: @daniel_pearson Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/danielpearson
Photography: Ed Fielding www.edfielding.co.uk
D A N I E L
P E A R S O N
Leeds singer songwriter Q: How long have you been singing for? A:
I’ve been singing, playing guitar and writing songs since I was 14. I was in bands for a long time, recording songs and playing gigs before I went solo a few years ago. Since then I’ve released two albums, toured and had some cool radio plays and press reviews.
Q: Who are your influences? A:
I’m a fan of the classics, so Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Nirvana, Rolling Stones, REM, Radiohead are my biggest influences. I also love guys like The National, Ryan Adams and City & Colour. I like guitars and great melodies and am a big believer in keeping things simple.
Q: Live at Leeds is a huge deal, do you feel like this is your first breakthrough? A:
It’s a great event, but I wouldn’t say it’s my first breakthrough. Getting press from national magazines and radio airplay a deal for an independent artist like me.
Q: How would you describe your sound? A:
It’s a mix of indie rock and country with a pop sensibility. There’s a lot of acoustic guitars and I like to think the songs are memorable and strike a chord with the listener. It’s in the same ball park as guys like Ben Howard and Bon Iver, but I’ve got my own sound and take on it.
Q: Are there any more releases coming this year? A:
I just released a new EP called Escape Acts, which was a mix of new songs and re-recorded older songs from my first two albums Satellites and Mercury State. This year has been about building more of a fanbase and playing live more, but I wanted to put something new out there for people. I’ll have a new album out early next year that I’m starting to write at the moment.
Escape Acts EP
THE HIP STORE
is an independent menswear boutique situated in the heart of Leeds, UK. Everton Campbell the man to make it all happen. The Hip Store has been awarded for the Best Independent store across the country by the British Fashion Council. As well as a high-end shopping experience, Hip caters for a wide range of customers. Between the ages of 16-65, the store has quickly become a core for the city’s artistic abilities. From stocking exclusive brands from far and wide, imports include items from Japan and the USA. Sourced from strict distribution policies and marking good brand quality that Hip excel in. Hip meets the diverse culture that is contemporary and fresh that is desired by musicians, art students, DJs, designers, and many more. Hip has something for everyone in terms of identity, with a current edge. The Hip Store Suite 2.20 Trinity 212 Alibion Street
A L E X
D Y S O N
Leeds College of Art GRAPHIC DESIGNER Q: Who are your main inspirations as a designer? A:
Being a graphic design student I tend to be influenced by a large variation of visual work. My favourite studios at this moment in time are Analogue, Passport and I Love Dust. The execution of both Analogue and Passport’s branding and identity work is something I admire greatly, and I Love Dust’s clean yet aggressive style is second to none. One day I hope to produce work of that quality, and seeing their work definitely motivates me to push myself.
Q: How would you describe your style and creative process? A: I don’t believe a graphic designer should have a set style. I try and be as versatile as possible for each brief or client as each are directed at a different audience for different reasons and therefore will need to communicate in a different way.
Q: How and what made you start Inanimate Apparel?
A:
Inanimate Apparel was part of a personal investigation unit in my second year of college almost three years ago. I was researching the theme of adornment, went down the clothing route and created a clothing line as my final project. That was quite successful in college as there weren’t really any independent clothing lines around at the time. it grew and grew until trends started to change too quickly for the brand to keep up with and the only people that were interested in independent clothing were no longer my target audience. Even though I am now finished with it, I am still proud to know I have sold a rough total of 460 t-shirts over all.
Q: What has been the best advice given to you as a designer? A:
I get given a lot of advice almost every day from a selection of people. But probably the best was something about my time management. It was probably my girlfriend as she goes on about it often enough. If my time management isn’t bang on then neither is my productivity or work quality.
Q: Do you feel Leeds as a city helps you produce new ideas? A:
Being a very visually stimulated person, I will always find inspiration walking through the city as well as having opportunities at local happenings to meet creatives.
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eople often ask why I brand myself as Pencilwound in my work. The story started when I lived in a small spanish village called Salobreña in Granada. I once got in a fight with a kid called Jóse who used to bully me when I was about 9 or 10 years old. During this playground fight which I do not remember the cause of, Jóse grabbed a pencil and stabbed me in the arm with it.
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To this day, there is still a form of grey scarring on my arm where I was stabbed with that pencil I have never met anyone else with anything similar so I feel it identifies me in a way. Something different about me, however now completely relevant to my every day practice.�
Inanimate Apparel Models: Jasper Lee & Karla Farrar Photography: Nicole Jopek
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voodoo city
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/bozzila Facebook: www.facebook.com/thomasbosleyphotography
T O M
B O S L E Y
LEEds photographer and muscian Q: How long have you guys been Voodoo City, and how did you meet and come together? A:
I met our singer Golden originally four years ago in college, but as a band we’re still reasonable new as we’ve only been together about 4 months, that said though things have moved shockingly quick, I had about an album’s worth of songs wrote and recorded that I’ve been working on since I came to uni, and Golden had years of lyrics and vocals at the ready and his style of singing threw the music in an original direction, within a week we were performing at open mic nights and being offered some gigs which for me personally was a quite surreal.
Q: Who are your main influences in the band? A:
Everyone in the band has a different style on influence which I think has been the main contributing factor to our sound, our singer Golden was influenced from a young age by female singers like Tracy Chapman and Whitney Huston, my guitar playing from Jimi Hendrix and the Spanish duo Rodrigo Y.
Q: ...and photography? A:
Photography-wise I’ve always been a huge fan of Cecil Beaton and of course David Bailey, I’ve always been drawn towards the fashion from the 50s to the 80s.
Q: How would you describe your sound? A: At this moment in time I think we could be un-genreble
as the fusion of our different styles gives us a new, if not, unique sound, at least we like to think so, but our sound is a repeated joke that seems to come up at every band practice, we try to pinhole some of our songs into a genre so we can answer people when asked what we sound like, we end up in a bizarre discussion of if we can really call ourselves ‘Dark-Psychedelic-Rock-Jazz’ or ‘ Alternative Funk Rock’
Q: Do you feel Leeds as a city influences the band? A:
Yes without a doubt, Leeds has been a huge inflluence for the band and for my photography too, the music scene here is so welcoming that it spurs us on to keep going and trying new things, and that it’s ok to be different, it’s the people of Leeds which show that there is still appreciation and a place for new bands and new sounds and that the local music scene is both welcoming and strong.
Model: George Harrison Photography: Tom Bosley
“I’ve never considered myself a fashion photographer. I’ve never really been interested in fashion. The reason I did fashion was that I liked what was in the frocks.” David
DAVID BAILEY
Bailey
creates memorable images. The East End, outspoken, witty and flirtatious photographer has created a culture-defining revolution within his portraits of the greats. Which now take place at the National Portrait Gallery part of ‘Bailey’s Stardust’.
“Irving Penn’s studio is like a cathedral. Bailey’s is like a nightclub.” Diana
Vreeland
inhibition
Models: Norma Kelly & Jan Cassar Photography & Styling: Catherine Morgan
lets tessellate.