Yum! just check out this beauty as seen on International Poster Gallery.
Retro print goodies
August 26th, 2011
Considering Cafe Press
August 18th, 2011
Pondering on selling through Cafe Press. For a while now I’ve been really keen to get my designs onto ceramics but a little stuck as to how to start the process without massive upfront costs (and a living room stacked with unsold goods ala Del Boy!)
One design: Sunset Forest, which will also soon be a screen print, has been submitted as a custom print for a sample to look at first. We’ll see……
Now Available at CultureLabel.com
August 6th, 2011
I was recently asked to join the ranks of CultureLabel.com where I am rubbing shoulders with some big names such as the V&A, Saatchi Gallery, BFI and ICA. There are so many great galleries and studios selling art and homewares here, all under one roof so it’s really easy to click away and fill your basket with some very stylish stuff!
Below you see Loving Budgies cushion by Chloe Croft, You Brew.. print by Take the Proverbial & Gill McCall and Thunderstorm necklace by Bonbi Forest
New Kingfisher print
July 25th, 2011
At last he is finished. This 6 colour silkscreen print took me a little while longer than anticipated as a couple of colours just didn’t come out right so required reprinting. Worth it though, I’m really pleased with the final result.
There is a layer of a beautiful metallic jade green ink to pick out the markings on the feathers. Just like a real Kingfisher, this print appears to change colour depending on the light and angle from which it is viewed: sometimes it’s blue, sometimes more green.
Quite strong colours on this one but the palette is fairly restricted to tones of turquoise contrasting with a zingy yellow. Colours which I hope evoke the cool reeds on the waters edge under a balmy hot summers evening.
It won’t be long until this print is uploaded to my web shop. I just need to finalise a few details first.
New Kingfisher print begins
July 1st, 2011
Screens prepared (only 5 colours this time!) and the first colour mixed. Hopefully in the next few days I can post you a pic of the new Kingfisher screen print.
I’ve purchased some delicious looking metallic ink too. I really hope it prints as well as it looks on the tube!
Files open on my screen
June 3rd, 2011
Rather than wait until I complete something before I share it with you (which takes an age as I work on a bit of an ad-hoc basis these days!) I will show you what I am working on at the moment.
First, I do lead a double life and not only produce screen prints but also the odd bit of commercial illustration. These 2 are simple stock library images aiming to convey business ‘concepts’ – ‘help’ and ‘direction’. Many broad publishing uses where a photograph just wouldn’t be appropriate.
Nothing at all to do with my screenprints but there you go – this is where I began – designing using Adobe Illustrator. It’s just that these days I draw real things from the natural world as well as abstract concepts from the business world.
Next, here are a couple of sneak peeks of a design in progress which I intend to be more than just a screen print. I can imagine this wrapped around a mug or a lampshade. It will be a repeat panel which I can imagine repeating along a border ……of a tablecloth maybe….or bedding even?
Anyway it’s not finished yet and there is more detail to be added to this summer sunset in the forest. I shall share it in it’s entirety – soon hopefully – maybe even a tasty shot of it printed on a variety of lovely products!
I am also planning a new screenprint of …. you guessed it….. a bird! Partly due to popular demand and partly because I’m keen to see if I can recreate the luscious colours, I want to print a kingfisher. They are just so gorgeous. I’ve only seen one a couple of times in the Norfolk Broads – a flash of brilliant metallic blue among the reeds: it was quite exciting. And what a colour combination! turquoise and orange!
So I am now just gathering a few inspiring pics to work from. Some beautiful photography on this site
2 New Prints Now Available
May 2nd, 2011
The Old Pier and End of the Season are 2 new screen prints I have just finished and added to the web shop. These are both 2 colour prints with colours and textures that I hoped would evoke a feeling of an old seaside town – perhaps a bit down-at-heel and maybe even a little bit eerie (in a good way!)
I really enjoyed designing these clouds. I wanted the swooping lines to show the movement of a turbulent sky.
Both are a limited edition of 50 each – all signed and numbered in gold ink. £40 each (plus postage)
Next print in the making
April 21st, 2011
I’m currently half way through a 2 colour screen print. The first layer (in a very ‘now’ colour – Sea Foam green) is drying on the racks at Boxbird and I hope to get this finished in the next few days.
This is actually 2 images on one sheet – both are themed around a windy, out-of-season seafront – roughly based on Brighton.
Keep your eye on the web shop where I shall be adding it for sale soon. As yet untitled – this print is approximately A2 size.
Late Editions to New Web Shop
March 30th, 2011
I almost forgot them but whilst having a tidy up I found these 2 Gocco prints hiding among my other stock.
I made these last year with the intention of them being an open edition – ie I had the means to print more should I need to. That was before I decided to sell my lovely Gocco printer (see next post!) so these truly are limited editions as I no longer have the machine to make them.
Blackbird and Berries and Peacock in Hawthorn are both 2 colour prints on A4 heavy weight paper. A snip at £20 each.
Either would make a very thoughtful gift.
The Assembly Rooms Art Fair – 2 day special in May!
March 30th, 2011
I have just secured my spot in the second Assembly Rooms art fair on Friday May 20th and Saturday May 21st.
The first show, last December, went really well and THAT was with appalling weather too, so hopefully the sun will be shining down on the locals and festival tourists who will be flocking into town.
It is a fabulous location in the centre of Brighton – New Road which is the pedestrianised street with the Theatre Royal on it, and a stones throw from the Pavilion.
I can’t believe that we are already at the end of March so I had better pull my finger out and get printing. I shall be conjuring up some new affordable screen prints to appeal to the thrifty art collector. You are of course very welcome to invest in the more expensive prints!