Harmonograph

Let me introduce Mr Russell Terry and his magnificent harmonograph!

russellterry@hotmail.com

Good God, Lord Have Mercy!

Ladies and Gentlemen, these are the JB's.

Olympic update No.3

These pictures were taken on The Greenway where there's a fantastic new cafe called The Container, it's located below the View Tube and overlooks the Olympic Park. Its run by Tom and Jess who also have The Counter on Fish Island. Fantastic food & coffee and a brilliant view of the industrial bustlings on the Olympic site.

Who's the goon on the left?...... It's me!

You're hired

Apologies to Sirallen. One of many greetings cards I have designed for the Art Group.

House & Garden

A nice spread in House and Garden magazine featuring my 'Bags' print.

Little Drummer Buoy

I have just designed and printed a Christmas Card for Frank In Whitstable. Its a bauble/buoy and not a rusty old WWII mine.

Through Positive Eyes

I have been working with my friend Gideon Mendel to create the logo for Through Positive Eyes. Through Positive Eyes is a project of the Art | Global Health Center at UCLA. Through Positive Eyes is an attempt to address key themes of the AIDS epidemic: widespread stigma, extreme social inequality, and limited access to lifesaving medication. The project is based on the belief that challenging stigma against people living with HIV/AIDS is the most effective method for combating the epidemic—and that art is a powerful way to do this. Over the next two years HIV-positive people in six countries and on five continents will take part in this unique initiative, creating powerful personal photo essays. From these images, we will create local and international advocacy materials including exhibitions, short films, a book, and this website.

Print gone wrong.

One must concentrate when working with lino and make sure its the right way round before printing.
Mistakes eh! Don't you just love em?

Holiday Marketplace

I shall be setting up stall in the Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead NW3 this Saturday 28th November 10am-3pm for the 4th annual HWC Holiday Marketplace. Lisa Jones will be there too.

The above illustration is part of Covent Gardens Christmas campaign which I have recently had the pleasure of working on. See their website for infomation on what's on in Covent Garden over the festive season. (You can also see a nice animated version of my illustration.)

Black (& orange) Magic

I have just printed a new colour way of Magic. I think its the best yet.

Midcentury Modern

Kate Gibb and I will be showing at Midcentury Modern on Sunday 15th November at Dulwich College Se21.

First time at Midcentury.Modern
Lizzie Allen - wallpaper and upholstery
Matthew Woodhouse - the painstakingly woven saddle stool
James Brown - amazing prints
Archistory - architectural drawings with a history done of your house
Peter and Sally Nencini - illustration and upholstery
Annie Ruthren-Taggart - jewellery
AF Design - furniture
The Design Trip - furniture
Couture Chairs
Anne Barrell - ceramics
No Place Like Home - commissions kitchen textiles from top designers including People Will Always Need Plates
Alex Moore -sculptural outdoor furniture in an amazing array of colours. See it in the Pampas rass courtyard outside and in the contemporary room upstairs.
Regular Designers Showing
Sophie Cook, Eleanor Pritchard, Zoe Murphy, Miller Goodman, People Will Always Need Plates, Michelle Mason, Minimods c , Ella Doran, Doistrinta, Petra Boase, Needles and Hooks, Ruth Green
And not forgetting our lovely mid-century dealers
Rocket Gallery, The Modern Warehouse, Orange & Brown, ID, Park 59, Sarah Potter, Pink Flamingos, Deborah Hurst, Fandango, Inretrospect, Fragile Design, Zeitgeist, metroretro, Firefly House, 52 Meters, C20C, Twentieth Century Interiors, Omnipod, Vera Da Silva, 20th Century Collectables, Haji & White, Designs of Modernity, Blue, Molecula, Retropolitan, Forgotten Fabrics, Ruby in the Dust, Mark Parrish, Post War Design & Before, Pure Imagination, Emma Mason British Prints, Homescape, Inge Connor, Rennies Seaside Modern, Travel On Paper, Tony Wilson, Tim Smith-Vincent Interiors, Cha-Cha-Cha, Richard Wallis Antiks, David Lyon, Midcentury Plus, Kiki Design plus more...

Boo!

I recently created a logo for Boo Media. I received a letter from them with this nice stamp on the back.

Nice signage!

"...I'll have a number 4 at the back and sides and choppy on top please."

The Doors of Contentment

These doors by the harbour in Ramsgate look as please as punch about something. Maybe they are feeling particularly flush.

No Place Like Home

Here are my set of 6 'PLACE' mats- Geddit?
They look real nice I think, as does the whole exhibition at Ella Dorans Cheshire St shop in E2.


You now have an opportunity to place your bid on a collection of artist designed placemats. Once you have decided on your favourite simply email info@elladoran.co.uk and include the word 'BID' in the title. In the email give the name of the artist and collection you would like to bid on and the amount you would like to bid. Please note there is a minimum bid on each set of 6 placemats of £30 and remember all the profits go to the Shelter charity.

Excitement in the Wick

Outside my studio, Dace Road in Hackney Wick has been taken over by a huge film unit filming a commercial for Adidas. Its amazing how the art department have transformed the street, they have covered up all the graffiti and bill poster covered walls and doors and replaced them with fake graffiti and bill poster covered walls and doors! Anyway theres lots of dancing in the streets and trendy young things in brightly coloured sports wear racing around on fixed wheel bikes and skateboards. I even saw a mini camera mounted on a Frisbee which was most impressive. Word on the street was that Jay Z was coming down but I think that's all hokum.

We had Ciara here yesterday, but who is this lady with the 'Hollywood smile' being given the star treatment? Checkout the security guy, he's wearing a wire!

Bikes

Here is a picture of a bike trying to hide in the corridor of my studios.

And here is a rough version of a new print I am developing. Its a homage to the now demolished Eastway Cycle Circuit.

No Place Like Home

Ella Doran is hosting a sealed bid auction of unique artist-designed placemats in aid of Shelter from 19th September to 3rd October 2009 at her Cheshire Street shop. The Private View and Tea Party is from 2pm - 5pm on the 19th September. Come along for tea and cakes and bid on a limited edition collection of placemats. International contributors: Paul Bommer, James Brown, Amy Cushing, Anthony Dickens, Ella Doran, Chris Eckersley, Sharon Elphick, Michelle Grabner, Katy Hackney, Jason Hart, Matthew Hilton, Dan Holliday, Melodie Holliday, Inkie, Kim Jenkins, Michael Marriott, Peter McDonald, Sue Parker, Martin Parr, Rob Ryan, Zakee Shariff, Andrew Stafford, Dandy Star and Sparks Studio. Bidding will be possible via the internet from next week and in the shop throughout the opening of the exhibition. The highest bidders will be notified by email on Monday 5th October.

Covent Garden Fashion Fete

The Fashion Fete at Covent Garden runs from 11am - 6pm, Saturday 19th September 2009. Admission is free.

Highlight include; models in stocks, coconut shy, tug o' war, dog/catwalk contest and me selling prints!

Eclectcollect

As part of The London Design Festival I shall have a couple of prints in a 'pop up' shop organised by Electcollect. It opens from 21st -27th September from 10-6pm and is at 57a Redchurch St. London E2.

'Pop-Up' shop  will be showcasing a selection of talented designers from a variety of disciplines from fashion, furniture, jewelery, ceramics and more.
Designers include:
Willem van Landeghem
Lina Meier
Absolute Appetite
Lok Ming Fung
Annette Bugansky Design
Visuallyod
Archive and Archive
Alyce Taylor
Edward Thomas
Donna Solovei
Sarah Rhodes
General Pattern by James Brown
Printelligence by Mel Simone Elliott
Shona Macsween
N-E-R-V-O-U-S
Colin O'Dowd
Brands:
Taschen Books
Steidl Books
London Design Guide by Max Fraser
Cutler & Gross (exclusive styles for Eclectcollect)
Offical Sponsor:
Singha Beer