Who are Hailsham Creative? We are husband and wife team, Josie and Jim Tipler and we are fortunate to now be able to work from a home office surrounded by gardens, art and musical instruments. This helps us no end with our creativity.
We are not just creative with regard to the Graphic Design and print, our creativity spills over into all aspects of our lives. Josie is a visual artist, a painter. Our Studio, as well as containing computers and drawing boards, has easels and painting tables. Jim is a musician, and has performed with different bands over the years so, as I am sure you can guess, the Studio also hosts guitars. Lots of guitars.
We now write and perform music together as the folk duo, Milton Hide and are about to embark on another exciting project – recording our first full album. This involves a substantial financial investment and we have launched a Crowdfunder campaign to help raise the funds. Running our own business has helped us to work out the costs and benefits of the project and our graphic skills and access to print resources help us to create a professional image for Milton Hide.
Our friends and those we meet through art and music are often talented, creative people themselves. For the forthcoming album we will be working with several other musicians and are commissioning artist, Helen Bryant to paint an image to be used on the cover artwork.
The T Shirt above is one of the many rewards we are offering for those donating to our Crowdfunder Project and features a design by Jim using a lino cut by Josie. You can find out more about Milton Hide on the website (by Hailsham Creative!) on www.miltonhide.com
Milton Hide Logo – computer design in the style of a wood cut
Editable poster template for advertising Milton Hide gigs featuring photography by Elizabeth Doak
CD cover design for the EP, Little Fish, featuring a painting by Josie Tipler