Hard Graft was conceived in response to the invitation to contribute to Printing Sheffield 3D, an exhibition at Catalyst festival. A number of years ago I met the remaining ‘littler mesters’ working around Sheffield. This engagement led to a number of creative projects, one of which ‘SWARFHORSE’, a significant exposition of many artworks, in varied media, created with ‘grinder’ Brian Alcock, which were shown simultaneously at venues around Sheffield, and exhibited together at