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Artist Sarah Graham on raising awareness for bipolar disorder and how art saved her life

Creative Boom

She considers art to have saved her life and is launching her biggest solo show next month to help others. Now in recovery from 18 years of mental health difficulties and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder eight years ago, Sarah strongly believes that if it weren't for art, she wouldn't be here today.

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New look and new showreel for Mutant Hands

Creative Boom

Mutant Hands – AKA animator and art director James Wignall – burst onto the creative scene back in 2005, one of a new wave of creatives at the vanguard of the noughties motion graphics revolution. James Wignall has curated a new reel to encapsulate his recent animation work and created a fresh visual identity to boot.

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Emotional, expressive, evocative: Illustrator Ilya Kazakov is proving that cute is the way forward

Creative Boom

Like many illustrators, Ilya takes inspiration from nature and people-watching, but deep inside him is a fascination with ancient peoples, their art and architecture.

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Sabina Speich crafts large-scale pizza, bacon and chips through her 'freestyle' method of crochet

Creative Boom

Art has been my purpose all my life," she says, having grown up in Winterthur, Switzerland, to an artist father who supported her crafts from an early age. When she got older, Sabina attended fine art school in St. Gallen before heading to art college in Switzerland. I like to laugh a lot about my funny looking art.".

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Innovative packaging design unites Coop brand across four markets

Creative Boom

Founded in 2005, Bedow's work moves beyond what is often lazily categorised as Scandinavian style, bringing together moments of hand-drawn details, design craft and artfulness to create simple, thoughtful, practical design. The work was carried out in partnership with Swedish design studio Bedow.

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Northern Lights: Chris Cyprus's paintings capture the bygone beauty of sodium-lit streets

Creative Boom

Painted between 2005 and 2017, Northern Lights sees Chris paint various locations, including Stockport, Staithes, Saddleworth and his hometown of Mossley, all illuminated by the golden aura of street lamps and indoor illuminations. I realised at that moment how powerful art can be."

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The Bristol Dinosaur roars again in Cabot Circus

Creative Boom

The history of the Bristol Dinosaur goes back to 2005 when the Bath-based culture magazine Decode commissioned Andy to illustrate a CD called Western Union, featuring bands from the West Country. "Also included is Dean Lane skate park The Deaner and on the print version ASDA Bedminster both significant places in South Bristol.

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