Author: richardhiglett

Contemporary artist, curator, musician, writer, designer and active dreamer. Richard Higlett is currently based in Cardiff, Wales, UK. He works equally in a gallery setting or in the public environments, on works and projects that he describes as acts of folly. Examples of previous work are the creation of a dog choir, a series of fiddle jigs inspired by water flow, a digital typeface from eighth century Welsh handwriting, a minimalist sculpture using 10,000 pennies, a zebra crossing designed for cats and a 10 metre mirrored bill board hidden in a forest. His practice is dependent on humour and chance and he rarely exhibits the same work twice. This makes him difficult to define or catalog as an artist as his methodology and ideas are what he describes as his intangible medium and he is not known for a signature type of work. As a curator, he was one half of Mermaid and Monster an agency which represented Contemporary Welsh artists in the late noughties. In twenty-ten, he founded Goat Major Projects an artist-led project space in Cardiff which hosted a number of off-site projects and events. He also presents mobile sound art/bands/poets via a speaker system mounted on a car roof. Richard Higlett also exhibits under the names, RE: Higlett, Wally French and Manyfesto. He is a member of the Ironirock Art Pop duo Starlings Planet, his stage name is Elton Braces.

Glyph Maps

A series of 6 Glyph Maps will soon be available as editions, documenting bespoke typefaces created for installations and exhibitions since 2012. First map is teilo created for the exhibition The Book: Colm Cillie’s Spiral, London Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland 2013. A digital recreation of the handwriting of an unknown cleric from the 8/9th Century….

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BOLDERDASH typeface

I TRUST YOU For Creative Commons non-commercial use download Bolderdash FREE HERE For Commercial use per user download it’s £5. This supports my continued practice. Thank You, all the best Richard

Changes to Website

A number of changes to the website and additional content will be added to this site in the next 2 weeks. A new page Boutique and Magasin highlights works currently available while there are a number of new drop down menus featuring new projects in progress. Thank you for viewing, kind regards Richard Higlett 14.05.2020…

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As RE Higlett

Because of Covid-19 precautions I have been working from home on a number of new projects. This includes painting under the name RE Higlett Brushscapes which I have being painting on and off since 1991; in between other projects. A selection of works are now available to view/purchase on Instagram To view to instagram search…

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The Players Print on Demand now available

LINK For a paper copy direct from Kindle Print/ Amazon readers click above link price £6 OR contract through this website for a an Artists or ‘A’. an annotated copy which I will alter and post out. Edition includes signed copy of boox, COA, cotton art handling gloves, bespoke bookmark, LGN digital typeface (emailed directly)….

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