The Monster Maker – online

As is documented below, my recent project has been to birth and raise a magazine for my Masters degree. With it recently back from the printers – but not out for general release – the thinking is why let the feature I wrote on the artist Stefan Bucher go to waste..

So here you are, an exclusive sneak at the content of butter. Enjoy.

By now I have come to realize that you probably were unable to read the above… so below is the actual article:

THE MONSTER MAKER

One of the greatest joys in journalism is loading up your inbox and seeing a shiny new email waiting there containing the answer to your problems. My current problem? Getting hold of an artist who is as obsessed with monsters as us at

the butterati headquarters.

Mr. Editor: Hot off the presses!

This morning was different.

I woke, not by my alarm or the knocking on my door from a housemate reminding me that it was a ’school day’ – instead I lay there in utter comfort as a ray of light shone on my face. It was 9:30am and I wasn’t late or even early for anything…

I suppose it shouldn’t come as such a surprise (me being a student and all) but in a strange role reversal it is exactly because I’ve been working so hard at school that I am not used to having time off.

The last taught module of my Masters degree ended yesterday. It was a magazine module where we had to – you guessed it – make a magazine. About a month ago everyone had to come up with a magazine business plan and pitch. It was to be presented to a panel with the winning bid given a month to be produced. The winning bid: mine.

I took up the role of editor and after assembling my team around me, we got about working on it. I will not spill the beans of what the ins-and-outs of the magazine is – due to it being my copyright –  after a month’s hard work of leading, designing and editing the magazine: butter has finally been sent off to the printers..

butter: the student lifestyle mag (cover courtesy of: jujus-delivery.com)

Isn’t it just swell? I must confess however, that I owe the totally awesome front cover to the brilliant artist Julia Schonlau who was kind enough to let me use her design.

Imma get my drink on at the wrap party tonight…