Hi, my name is Florence Shaw and I’m the front person of the band Dry Cleaning, and an artist.
I like collecting, and categorising. I tend to hand write lyrics on paper, and I do a lot of drawing. Much of it doesn’t live anywhere out in the open. But it’s nice to create a window and invite people to look through it. So I’m going to show my special stuff here, on this Substack.
If you’re a fan of Dry Cleaning then you will surely find a lot to enjoy along the lines of insights into my writing process, my collections which I squeeze for ideas, writing by other people that I love, bts of touring life and maybe some recording nuggets.
I’ll also show my own drawings and artworks, both current work and older things from my archive.
I hope to offer inspiration, perhaps a light sprinkling of emotional support, and fun. If you know my work already you may have a sense that what I’m really keen on is getting creative juice from ordinary things. Working with what you already have. Trying to be yourself, and promoting connection and fighting feelings of isolation by doing that.
I’ll aim to post once a week on Wednesdays.
I’ll offer some posts for free and put some behind a paywall. This will likely be if they’re particularly personal or hefty in nature and I need to feel a bit more secure. If you would like to be a paid subscriber, I appreciate you! Being paid for my creative work brings me a lot of joy, and allows me to devote more time to it, as well as buy good materials and tools that help me do it, which is so handy.
Thanks for reading!
chat to you soon!
