A HEREFORDSHIRE man has talked about his battle with a serious brain condition and the creative spark he said that surgery left behind.

Moe Hunter, who is originally from Birmingham and has been living in Withington, near Hereford since 2014, contracted rare form of bacterial meningitis and tuberculosis in his brain in 2004.

He was in a coma for over a month, his heart stopped and doctors had to perform special urgent brain surgery where they installed a device ( a vp-shunt) to drain the fluid of my head after he developed hydrocephulas (water on the brain) as a result of the infection.

Mr Hunter said that after the operation when he woke from his coma, he found he had special creative abilities that had previously not shown themselves.

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He said: "Prior to the illness and coma I couldn't draw, or write creatively, nevermind make all the things that I have since."

Since this time he has got a job as a self employed carpenter and he has been working on handmade replicas of icons from popular culture.

He said he builds things and creates art from movies especially Star Wars, Marvel movies and video games.

All of his creations are made from MDF and recycled bits and bobs that he finds.

Mr Hunter said: "All my builds are hand painted and do take many years to do as I have many health issues and disabilities because of all what I went through back in 2004.

He appeared on Channel 4 tv show The Fantastical Factory of Curious Crafts, hosted by Keith Lemon in 2019, where he showed off a pop up scene of scenes from Birmingham, where he was born and Herefordshire where he now lives, including a little version of the Old House from High Town.

A lover of all things comics, Mr Hunter has recently appeared at the Hereford Comic Con, which took place at HR4K in Rotherwas last weekend.

At the event he showed off his creations that he has been working on and talked about the original comic book that he is in the process of writing called The Ingress Sphere.

Mr Hunter said: "It was a great event and it was fantastic that Andy Cumber (Owner of Q's Comic Store and organiser of the Hereford Comic Con) gave me a place to show my work."