Nick Hand

Nick Hand was born and raised in Bristol. He trained as a typographer and now works as a designer and photographer. In 2010 Nick completed 6,324 miles around the coast of the British Isles interviewing artisans and people he met on the road and publishing short photofilms to his Slowcoast website. He continues to cycle and to bring the skills and craft of different artisans to life in his photography and photofilms, in 2012 he completed a cycle tour of the Hudson Valley, New York. Nick regularly contributes to Boneshaker Magazine and has recently been published in the Caught by the River book On Nature. In 2011 and 2012 Nick was a judge for the Balvenie Masters of Craft awards.