All Things Considered

Grayson Perry
Posted by Simon Lewin

 I took a trip to the British Museum last week for Grayson Perry's The Tomb of Unknown Craftsmen exhibition.

The show features various new works by Perry alongside objects made by unknown men and women throughout history from the British Museum’s collection.

The exhibition runs until 19th February 2012. Booking recommended.

Here are a few snaps from outside the exhibition itself.

Posted by Simon Lewin on November 23rd, 2011

Mark Hearld – An Introduction
Posted by Simon Lewin

Here's a film I've made about Mark Hearld's work, based on an interview with him that we recorded up in Scotland earlier in the year. You can view at full size over at YouTube.

Posted by Simon Lewin on October 27th, 2011

Alex Malcolmson
Posted by Simon Lewin

You may have already seen the hanging sign that Alex Malcolmson created for his exhibition with us earlier this year.

Coast magazine have just featured Alex and his work in their November issue.

Alex has created two pieces based on his time in spent sailing round the Scilly Isles to accompany an article by Ceri Levy which will be appearing in our forthcoming Random Spectacular publication.

And in 2013 we'll be hosting an exhibition of Alex's work alongside printmaker & painters Jonathan Gibbs and Jonny Hannah. Sign up to our newsletter for details nearer the time.

Posted by Simon Lewin on October 16th, 2011

Rob Ryan
Posted by Simon Lewin

Here's a great little film about Rob Ryan and his work.

You can view a selection of tiles and prints over at our online store.

Rob will be exhibiting in Cambridge later this month in a joint exhibition with Angie.

Posted by Simon Lewin on October 12th, 2011

Sophie Elm
Posted by Simon Lewin

Our friend Sophie Elm has an exhibition coming up at Rural Arts in Thirsk, running from 1st August to 21st September 2011.

Here are a couple of examples of the work Sophie will be exhibiting - if you're unable to make to Thirsk, we do have copies of 'Home Sweet Home' (printed by Dan Bugg at Pendfold Press) at the gallery.

Posted by Simon Lewin on July 28th, 2011

Poster Poems
Posted by Simon Lewin

The post below about Martin Clark's poster for Andrews of Arcadia has prompted me to post about another recent project.

Our friends at Tinsmiths currently have a series of letterpress posters - a collaboration between Martin and poet Nick Alexander.

Twelve lines taken from Nick's work made graphic in twelve limited edition posters.

There are just a few copies of each edition left, available from Tinsmiths.

Posted by Simon Lewin on July 11th, 2011

Paul Furneaux
Posted by Angie Lewin

Earlier this week I was at Edinburgh Printmakers working on a new screen print based on my Los Gázquez sketches. On the second evening I was lucky to able to go along to a talk by Paul Furneaux about his current exhibition of beautifully crafted sculptural woodblock prints at the gallery.

Paul uses Japanese papers, enjoying the way the water based inks are absorbed and become a part of the paper itself - but he then takes this onto a different level. Prints on fine but strong paper are then wrapped around wooden box lids and other found objects or in the case of some of his most recent work he has developed his own forms onto which the minimal, abstract images are wrapped.

'Paul Furneaux: Mokuhanga' is at Edinburgh Printmakers, 23 Union Street Edinburgh EH1 3LR until July 23rd 2011.

You can also find out more at Paul's website.

Posted by Angie Lewin on July 1st, 2011

More from Jonny Hannah
Posted by Simon Lewin

Another wonderful piece from Jonny Hannah's show at the Hornseys in Ripon - opening Saturday 18th June 2011.

Posted by Simon Lewin on June 18th, 2011

Jonny Hannah
Posted by Simon Lewin

Opening in Yorkshire this weekend is White Horses and Unquiet Graves, a folk-inspired exhibition by Jonny Hannah.

This is Jonny's first solo exhibition in the north of England. The exhibition consists of paintings, cut-outs, ephemera, linocuts and screen prints and other assorted oddities. Folk and jazz music are major points of reference in this body of work, but historical characters and symbols, such as Ripon’s celebrated cellar-man Tom Crudd (pictured below), the love heart and the English oak leaf also play a part.

The exhibition runs from 18th June 2011 at Hornseys in Ripon.

If you're unable to visit, don't forget you'll find a selection of Jonny's prints over at our online store. And we hope to be working on a new fabric with Jonny soon, the follow up to The Captain's Pattern.

Posted by Simon Lewin on June 15th, 2011

Painswick by Ed Kluz
Posted by Simon Lewin

Here are a few early snaps of 'Painswick', Ed's first fabric for St. Jude's.

Ed's part way through an exhibition of his collages, paintings and drawings at The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh. Well worth a visit.

We're still tweaking colourways of what is hopefully the first of many designs for St. Jude's - if you'd like further details, do sign up for our e-mail newsletter.

Posted by Simon Lewin on June 13th, 2011