A bit about Sylak - Artists Café

I became involved when I initially approached Lisa with a whole bunch of ideas on how I envisaged art could be positively represented within the community where I lived; the most appealing of which, as it turns out, was the notion of holding a regular Artist’s Café – a place where artistically minded individuals could unite regularly, under relaxed surroundings, and fulfil their needs to express themselves creatively.
With the wholehearted cooperation of the Northlands Park Cafe, we began holding monthly Cafés ever since April 2007 and have never looked back!
As a result, I produced a set of tongue-in-cheek posters - inspired by my childhood memories of Montmartre and La Place du Tertre which we use to promote our monthly get-togethers.
I’ve had an interesting career – creatively. For many years I ran Maskerade a team that worked together putting on theatrical venues at major nightclub events in the capital - at the height of the Rave craze back in the early 90s.
Later I changed direction towards film and television and moved into the world of special effects forming Dark Futures – which focused mainly on the horror and gothic scenes. In 2000 following mounting success our company was incorporated and was renamed Sylak Special Effects Limited.
At roughly the same time I became a father for the first time, and found myself gradually taking on fewer large scale contracts as a result of mounting home responsibilities.
In recent years I have studied: stained glass – as a hobby; and taken up pottery, as well as working with other natural materials to produce sculptures.
I am currently writing fiction – and will be submitting my first work for publication in July.
You can visit my web site at: http://www.sylak.com/