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Joshua David Hester is a UK-based Poet, Designer, and Publishing Practitioner. His work moves through research for self-knowledge, spoken word performances, and handcrafted editions, exploring the book as both vessel and voice.
At the heart of his practice is a quiet trust in spontaneity, sincerity, and the spaces where the senses can rest. Studying the patterns of astrology, he turns to the written and spoken word as a way of tracing rhythm, deepening reflection, and opening conversation. Books remain the thread that binds it all—places where form and feeling meet, and where personal expression becomes a shared ground for healing.
Every design is a moment of stillness pulled from motion — a quiet shape in the chaos. What I do is not just design, but a kind of listening. To nature. To space. To people. To the unseen harmony that wants to emerge. These works are traces of that practice — one that is deeply lived, gently refined, and forever unfolding.
Meet Joshua Hester
Learning the Craft
7.05.25 | Canvas Rebel
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Well Books Fair
7.03.25 | Stanley Picker Gallery
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Meet our new Creative Talent Programme Artist!
27.03.2024 | Creative Youth
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Creative Sparks - February 2024
29.02.2024 | Creative Youth
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Creative Sparks - Care & Healing
19.02.2024 | Creative Youth
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EDUCATION
Creatives in Publishing: Binding a Path to Being Published
Camden Art Centre
[2025]
BA Graphic Design (First)
Kingston University
[4 years]
EXHIBITIONS
Well Books Fair
Co-hosted with a Personal Exhibition
Fusebox, Kingston
March 2025
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WORKSHOPS
Poetic Book Binding Workshop
Esher College | Christopher Knowles | 2024, 2025
Book Arts Workshop
Ham Youth Club | 2025
Mindful Art Bookbinding Sessions
Fusebox | Creative Youth | 2024
RESIDENCIES
Creative Talent Programme
Artist Residency
Fusebox: Creative Youth
2024-25