Tropicalismo was a night dreamt up by hairdresser and sometime DJ, Keith Harris, to thank his customers for supporting him in his first year as Proprietor of Warm Hair, a salon in Dublin City Centre. The night was a party in an underground club called Traffic and it required everything from invitations and cocktail menus to large-format artwork to adorn the walls and bar of the club.

This collaborative project, from my final year of college, was a chance to get into the printmaking studio and get my hands dirty. Keith had mentioned that he had some VIP clients who he really wanted to pamper on the night as well as some good friends and general walk-in customers that were coming along. This struck me as interesting and I seized the opportunity to give the guests a small piece of bespoke artwork that they could keep. After toying with what materials to use I finally decided upon three — 6mm Ply Wood, 2mm Aluminium and Fabriano Rosapina paper — one for each type of customer. Photography supplied by Keith was screen printed in three colours onto the three materials all of which were hand-finished before distribution.