About

Everything
connects.

I’m Jack Watkins, an artist and creative working across music, design, and writing.

These aren't separate disciplines. They’re the same instinct expressed through different forms. The same questions about how things feel, what they mean, and what it takes to make something true.

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I’ve been drawn to the same place my whole life... the intersection of art and science.

I had my first piano lesson at six, though apparently I’d been gravitating toward musical instruments long before that. At school, I did my work experience at an architecture practice. I think I’d still make a good architect... it’s art and science in one. Then my first Mac, which opened up a world of possibilities for me. Then a music production degree, which gave me the tools to turn songs into recordings. Design followed from there. Not as a plan, but as a natural extension of the same instinct.

When I was sixteen, I did my Grade 8 piano exam. I was technically accomplished, but I was playing other people's music. Something shifted when I started writing my own. Music became a way of processing, channelling, and being my true self. A light in the dark as I became who I am.

That’s still what making things means to me.

How I think

I’m drawn to dualities. The expected and the unexpected. Structure and intuition. The dream and the plan.

I trust my instincts... they’re rarely wrong. But I also need a framework to work within, a clear shape for the thing I’m making. The tension between those two things is where most of my best work happens.

I’m interested in what’s underneath. The underlying motivations, the unarticulated ambitions, the version of something that wants to exist but hasn’t found its form yet.

Background

Classically trained pianist. First Class Honours in Audio Engineering and Music Production. Eight years running an independent creative studio. A body of work spanning original music, visual identities, websites, creative direction, and writing.

A living body of work

This site is a record of what I make, and how those pieces relate to one another.

It isn’t meant to be exhaustive. It’s a living body of work, shaped by curiosity, care, and ongoing attention.

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