Fred Griffin

I owe so.much of my energy...is that the word...to him.

One of the most effective teachers at Burnley ..and a wonderful sense of humor!!!

Learned Aton. Fond memories.

I was fortunate to be student at Burnley art school and have mr griffin as my teacher. A intellectual who was condescending. I was woefully ignorant about design,designing, but eager to learn. I think he appreciated my creativity! He was always patient and kind. Such fond memories of that time in his class. How one persons life touches another in ways not always easy to understand. He will always be in my heart. Anyway now mr Fred Griffin jr. you are in the presence of the greatest...

Dear Fred - you´re always here in my studio inspiring me to ask more questions. Love you.

Fred Griffin was a foundation ...a way of analyzing ones work...a way too e forward and come up with a unique point of ones own view...and as a student at Burnley in the early sixties..well you who are still creating know! Fan Crawford started this memory. Delores Haugland Nee Pierce.

A quote from Fred’s last sketchbook. He wrote this one day after he got the diagnosis of his terminal cancer.


Friday February 26, 2010


"I became obsessed with sequencing. This obsession never faded. I have an impulse to know, unravel, depict, use and -better yet - tinker with and even create the design codes that constitute the software of design literacy. A living design literacy.

I want an automated strategy-design literacy-sequencing...

This morning I was reading from Bill Cumming’s book, Sketchbook, and it took me back to those stimulating days at The Burnley School of Art where Bill and Fred taught. It was a pivotal moment in my life learning from both of these artists whose passion for their work was inspirational to me and for those fortunate to be their students. Love you Bill. Love you Fred.

Happy Earth Day Fred! You were, and remain still, a force of nature. Think of you often