Streetwear Collaboration with Spitting Image Co-Founder Peter Fluck
Peter Fluck, artist and co-founder of 80’s satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image has collaborated with Freeheel Design to form FLUCK Originals
Peter Fluck is an award-winning visual artist and co-creator of the legendary puppet satire TV show Spitting Image, he has now launched a streetwear collection in collaboration with Krowji-based FreeHeel Design. The Fluck Originals brand has been in development over the last 18 months as the team sought out the best way to showcase Peter’s vibrant and graphic artworks.
Fluck Originals offers limited edition hoodies and T-shirts from its website, each featuring one of Peter’s distinctive works, beautifully screen-printed onto organic Fair Wear clothing.
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The brand also offers embroidered trucker caps bearing the Fluck Originals logo, echoing the brand’s playful use of Peter’s quirky surname on the brand’s website.
The drive behind a collaboration that’s included Peter working with students from Falmouth University’s Fashion Marketing BA, is to place Peter’s work among real life on the streets rather than on the rarefied walls of a gallery.
The current range is deliberately small but the team are hoping to expand as the market for its art-oriented, high-quality, limited-edition street-wear develops.
Background
Peter Fluck’s career has included Co-Founding one of the most successful and controversial British TV series of the last century, exhibiting at the Tate and winning best artwork at the Edinburgh Festival. Now his time is spent in his cliff-top studio creating his distinctive script-based art and creating for the Fluck Originals product team.
Peter Fluck - “At this point in my career as an artist I’ve had work in galleries including the Tate, I’ve won art prizes now I want my work out in the world as a living gallery, on the streets.”
Rob Moss, founder of FreeHeel Design has been responsible for development of the brand, product range and products.
Rob Moss - “Working with Peter is fascinating, surprising, fun! He creates at speed and his work is beautiful and full of energy. We’ve taken time selecting the right garments to carry it and the best UK based printers and embroiderers to partner with, working in this way really give the product credibility and shows the work in the best vibrant way possible, the results are amazing”.
Launch
Fluck Originals will be at this year’s Krowji Christmas Open Studios Krowji Christmas from the 1st-3rd December in studio 112. Studios will be open from 5-9pm on the 1st December and 10am-4pm on the 2nd & 3rd December.
Fluck Originals will join over 60 artists, designers and makers opening their studios, and will be hosted by Krowji resident and Fluck Originals and collaborator FreeHeel Design.
Peter Fluck - “At this point in my career as an artist I’ve had work in galleries including the Tate, I’ve won art prizes now I want my work out in the world as a living gallery, on the streets.”
Rob Moss - “Working with Peter is fascinating, surprising, fun! He creates at speed and his work is beautiful and full of energy. We’ve taken time selecting the right garments to carry it and the best UK based printers and embroiderers to partner with, working in this way really give the product credibility and shows the work in the best vibrant way possible, the results are amazing”.
Fluck Originals will be at this year’s Krowji Christmas Open Studios from the 1st-3rd December in studio 112.
Studios will be open from 5-9pm on the 1st December and 10am-4pm on the 2nd & 3rd December.