Some say our neighbourhood is a little… should we say, ‘rough’. I’d agree, even my snowman was beaten to a pulp.

Anyway, luckily I took this snap of him while he was in his prime. As you can see, he was a tall, thin, proud, well-dressed snowman sculpted entirely from pure fresh snow – no dirty lumps of coal or rotten carrots in sight. With hindsight, however, I should have stopped short of sticking his tongue out – I think that’s what upset the ‘locals’.

I reckon very few people can say they once made a full-size man shaped suitcase – it’s definitely something to tell the grandchildren!

This was another one of the many models I made for pitches while working as an Art Director. Bizarrely, making models had nothing to do with my actual job, so not sure what it said about my Art Directional contribution! Anyway, we won the account so perhaps my suitcase played an equally oversized role.

I’m not sure what to make of my time working as an Art Director. Some of my most creative moments came when making leaving ‘cards’ for departing members of staff. I gained quite a reputation in this regard, mainly because I used to create quite complex gadgets using Foam Core board. My greatest achievement being a cigarette dispenser that launched cigarettes like missiles!

This pencil was not quite on that level. It was for a large insurance company pitch. I think I made quite a few of them, all out of cardboard. We didn’t win!