All Things Considered

Mark Hearld’s map of North Norfolk
Posted by Simon Lewin

Here's a sneak preview of the map created for us by painter-printmaker Mark Hearld.

We'll have a number of free copies to give away at the opening of our Christmas At St. Jude's exhibition on Saturday 12th December 2009.

The exhibition features work by Ed Kluz, Angie Lewin and Christopher Brown, but we'll also be featuring work by a range of artists including a number of Mark Hearld prints.

Posted by Simon Lewin on November 30th, 2009

The High Line
Posted by Angie Lewin

Built in the 1930s, the High Line was an elevated railway cutting through New York's Meatpacking and West Chelsea districts. Since the last train ran in 1980 nature has taken over - wild flower seeds have blown in, grasses and trees have naturalised. Friends of the High Line was founded to save it from demolition and a design team working with Piet Oudolf as consultant are transforming the space into a public park high above the streets of Manhattan. Oudolf's bold drifts of herbaceous perennials and grasses will echo the way that nature has reclaimed the disused tracks. More about the High Line.

Posted by Angie Lewin on November 25th, 2009

Angie Lewin’s Hedgerow
Posted by Simon Lewin

UPDATE Hedgerow is now available! Full details can be found on our St. Jude's fabric website.

Here's a quick snap of 'Hedgerow', Angie's new screen-printed fabric for St. Jude's.

It's printed in 3 colours on linen union and will be available in three colourways. Full details including pricing will be published on our St. Jude's website and via our e-mail newsletter in the next week or so.

Posted by Simon Lewin on November 23rd, 2009

A new Edward Bawden print
Posted by Simon Lewin

A must for fans of Edward Bawden!

The Curwen Studio have just printed this lithograph of the key plate of Billingsgate Fish Market taken from the original lino block in agreement with the Edward Bawden Estate.

Limited to 225 copies, the unsigned lithograph measures 550mm x 710mm.

To find out more about the origins of the print and to purchase a copy, please visit our online print store.

Posted by Simon Lewin on November 22nd, 2009

Ed Kluz
Posted by Simon Lewin

Artist Ed Kluz will be exhibiting with St. Jude’s for the first time from December. Ed is fascinated by the past and inspired by our architectural heritage.

He seeks out the eccentric, the lost and the overlooked – vanished buildings, follies, centuries old text, ancient imagery – and uses them as starting points for vibrant paintings and prints that explore themes of renewal, reinvention and the passing of time.

We’ll be exhibiting a number of unique pieces (such as ‘Felbrigg Hall’ below) plus a selection of his limited edition prints as part of our Christmas At St. Jude's exhibition, alongside Angie Lewin and Christopher Brown.

Please join us from 11am on Saturday 12th December 2009 for a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie.

Posted by Simon Lewin on November 20th, 2009

Cairn Daimh
Posted by Angie Lewin

Just back from another stunning walk up to the top of Cairn Daimh. One of those hill walks that suddenly reveals all once you're at the top, with views to Ben Rinnes and the rest of Moray on one side and the Cairngorms on the other. Glorious. It's one of the many waywarked walks on the Glenlivet Estate.

Posted by Angie Lewin on November 15th, 2009

Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Posted by Simon Lewin

Another musical interlude... Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko will be appearing as part of the London Jazz Festival on Saturday (though the gig has now sold out). Here he performs with his quartet.

Posted by Simon Lewin on November 13th, 2009

Ravilious In Pictures
Posted by Angie Lewin

A new book about Eric Ravilious is due to be published in early December by The Mainstone Press (who previously published Eric Ravilious - The Story of High Street and Entertaining À La Carte, profiling Edward Bawden's work for Fortnum & Mason).

The chalk downland of southern England inspired Eric Ravilious to produce some of his finest paintings. Raised in Edwardian Eastbourne, he rediscovered the South Downs in 1934 and over the next five years painted a series of watercolours that capture the beauty and mystery of this unique landscape.

Twenty-two of these stunning paintings are featured in a new, 48 page hardback  book 'Ravilious In Pictures: Sussex and the Downs'. This, the first in a series of books  celebrating the watercolours and landscapes of Eric Ravilious, will be available  from St. Jude's early in December, priced at £25.00.

Each painting is accompanied by a short essay in which author James Russell explores the intriguing stories hidden behind the scenes – stories about Ravilious and his circle, English culture in the 1930s and the constantly evolving landscape in which Ravilious chose to work. As a whole, the essays paint a captivating portrait of this popular English artist.

Posted by Angie Lewin on November 12th, 2009

David Byrne – Playing The Building
Posted by Simon Lewin

My post below about the Bow Gamelan Ensemble has in turn reminded me of David Byrne's Playing The Building project. Byrne created the installation at the Roundhouse in Camden in August, but here's some footage of the project in New York.

Posted by Simon Lewin on November 10th, 2009

Bow Gamelan Ensemble
Posted by Simon Lewin

All of these autumnal pyrotechnics put in my mind of the Bow Gamelan Ensemble who I saw a few times in what must have been (from memory) the mid-late 80s.

In 1983 Paul Burwell, Richard Wilson and Anne Bean formed the Ensemble, described in Burwell's 2007 obituary in The Independent as "a multi-media urban-junk-and-pyrotechnics percussion trio".

Here the Bow Gamelan Ensemble reunite with others to perform on Wilson's boat the Slice of Life (a slice of a tug boat on the river Thames in London). More about the Ensemble

Posted by Simon Lewin on November 7th, 2009