Secret 7"

  • Stuart Tolley

Each year I am invited to submit a vinyl record cover design to Secret 7" a yearly exhibition and fundraising event. The brief is simple, create a unique artwork to visually represent one of 7 tracks, from 7 of the best-known musicians, which are pressed 100 times to 7” vinyl. These one of a kind artworks, created by some of the World's most renowned visual artists, are exhibited and sold for £50 apiece, to raise funds for a designated charity. In 2018 I designed and built a 4 layer clear perspex flower press, which freezes and records a fleeting moment natures cycle, to represent Castles Made of Sand, by Jimi Hendrix, whose lyrics represent the temporary nature of existence. In 2016 I represented the gradual building of 'Clearest Blue', by Chvrches, by layering transparent perspex onto a white base.

Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Secret 7" by Stuart Tolley
Stuart Tolley
Art Direction and Graphic Design