Guest post by Lloyd Eugene Winter IV.

I recall first coming across the work of Andrew Groves on Society6 a little while back. I was quickly drawn to his wizardry with vectors, but became swept off my feet by the strong narrative of the Great Outdoor Majesty weaving through his work, and initially made the assumption that he was based in the Northwest, but while digging through his work came to find that he’s from the UK. A couple years went by and he popped up on my radar again, this time from a post on Poler’s great blog of outdoorsy stuff, and I come to find that he’s extended himself with a new project that seems to embrace the woodland spirit with even more ferver and truth.

Miscellaneous Adventures is Andrew’s lovely shop of hand-made camping/adventure utensils and accessories neatly decorated with a similar vein as Best Made Co. Get a load of that slingshot! He actually lives in a barn outside of Sussex, and carves these beauties by hand, out in the woods, often next to a fire, from wood he chops down himself. What an inspiring example of a designer/illustrator who is directly connecting (physically) with his materials and his environment – you can almost FEEL the love in these kinds of artisan products.

Designers and illustrators have been talking a lot about becoming entrepreneurs, adding value, and creating change through starting their own ventures. That’s only true if they can commit themselves to thier passions and ideals as fully as Andrew does. Live that shit, man.

HBTV recently featured Miscellaneous Adventures in their Modern Artisans series.

HBTV: Modern Day Artisans – Misc Adventures from HBTV on Vimeo.

I just love the visual parallels between his carved objects and his vector pixel magic.