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Created Local – Sadie Tierney & Neal Layton

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011. Published in Art, Craft & Design, Created Local, Features by

I had the pleasure of spending a few hours last week with husband and wife Sadie Tierney and Neal Layton. They are both established artists and have lived in Southsea for the past 8 years.

Sadie is an artist and film maker who trained as a printmaker at the Royal College and was encouraged during her studies to investigate as many different disciplines as possible. She was head of printmaking at Eton College taught Illustration at Glasgow School of Art and Fine Art at Brighton and Swindon. Sadie has had her work shown extensively locally, nationally and internationally in galleries including Flowers East, Rabley Drawing Centre, Aspex and Transition.

Neal is an award winning children’s book illustrator and author. He has illustrated and written 13 books and has worked on over 40 titles. His books have been translated into 18 different languages. Some of his titles he  illustrated include the Emily Brown series, The Mammoth Academy books and Poo, A Natural History of the Unmentionable.

He studied graphic design at Newcastle University and then went onto do an MA in Illustration at St Martin’s, London.

“We moved to Portsmouth because of the skatepark, Wedgewood Rooms and nudist beach. It’s become a lot cooler than it used to be and it’s so nice to live by the sea. The locals are very supportive and it’s a very welcoming city also like a mini Hollywood with the hill and everything within 5 miles – beach, docks, forts, forests, Hilsea Lines, bike rides”.

Sadie Tierney – http://www.sadietierney.co.uk/

Sadie Tierney - Artist

Sadie Tierney - Skateboard Designs

Sadie Tierney - Artist

Sadie Tierney - Skateboard Designs

Neal Layton – http://www.neallayton.co.uk/

Neal Layton with his pop-up book

Neal Layton

Neal Layton

Sadie and Neal also run Saft and Boneless a film production company specialising in downhill skateboard racing. ROAD BUZZ is a feature length film documenting the downhill skate scene featuring interviews and riding from all over Europe.

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4 Comments to Created Local – Sadie Tierney & Neal Layton

  1. [...] and improved vision of our house and workspace through her fabulous photography. Read her article here. Below are some of her photographs, click here for [...]

    Sadie Tierney's News » Blog Archive » Strong Island Article on October 12th, 2011

  2. I love The Emily Brown books!

    Mydogsighs on October 12th, 2011

  3. What a pair of stars. Their art/books/videos are brilliant.

    Call me biased if you like.

    Sadie’s dad

    John Tierney on October 19th, 2011

  4. [...] and his wife Sadie Tierney at their home/workplace last week. You can read the full interview here, and see more of her [...]

    Neal Layton's News » Blog Archive » Strong Island Studio Interview on October 25th, 2011

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Features

The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.






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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.

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