All Things Considered

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
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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

Mark Hearld & Another Country
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We were excited to work with fellow British brand Another Country in upholstering their wonderful Day Bed One, the signature piece of their acclaimed Series One collection.

The day bed, upholstered with Mark Hearld's Bird Garden fabric, was also exhibited at this year's Salone Del Mobile as part of the Talking Textiles exhibition curated by Li Edelkoort. The mattress and bolsters are 100% organic and made in Devon by Naturalmat for Another Country. For more information visit the Another Country website.

Posted by Simon Lewin on June 1st, 2011

Alex Malcolmson’s Labrador Duck
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Here's Alex Malcolmson's Labrador Duck, created for Ceri Levy's Ghosts of Gone Birds project.

Posted by Simon Lewin on May 29th, 2011

Ed Kluz
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We're busy getting ready for the sampling of 'Painswick', a forthcoming St. Jude's fabric designed by Ed Kluz. 

All being well we'll have samples ready in time for Ed's forthcoming exhibition at The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh which will feature a range of new collages, drawings and paintings including 'Charlotte Square', pictured below.

Ed Kluz is fascinated by the objects of our cultural heritage. He seeks out the extraordinary, the lost and the overlooked to inspire artworks that re-examine British Romanticism and redefine the contemporary view of historical architecture and landscape.

In Spring 2011 Ed toured the Scottish Borders. His explorations took him around some of the greatest eighteenth-century Scottish architecture including Edinburgh’s New Town, the Dunmore Pineapple, Mellerstain House, Bemersyde and the ruinous shells of Mavisbank House and Penicuik House, which he sketched, recorded and brought back to the studio to work into a collection of finished collages, drawings and paintings that form his latest body of work.

The exhibition runs from 4th to 29th June 2011 at The Scottish Gallery.

If you'd like to receive details of Ed's fabric for St. Jude's, sign up for our e-mail newsletter.

Posted by Simon Lewin on May 20th, 2011

Christopher Brown tote bags
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These lined tote bags (and accompanying cushion covers) are the first items in our new range Here & Now range, launched as part of Christopher Brown's English Vernacular exhibition at our gallery in Norfolk (running until early June).

“English Vernacular” represents my continuing interest in this country’s architecture, places, objects, people and animals. The intent is serious but often I can’t resist introducing an element of humour. Christopher Brown, April 2011.

Sold exclusively from St. Jude's, these lined tote bags are produced in small batches and colourway/cloth combinations that may not be repeated. Available whilst stocks last - grab them while you can!

Posted by Simon Lewin on May 15th, 2011

Emily Sutton’s Brown Trout
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I was the very lucky recipient of this carved and painted trout by Emily Sutton which Angie commissioned for my birthday a couple of weeks ago. It's a stunning piece of work.

We're in the process of sampling Emily's new fabric for St. Jude's, the follow up to Curiosity Shop.

And Emily will join Angie and Mark Hearld at our next St. Jude's In The City exhibition in London May 2012 (can't quite believe we're working that far ahead).

Posted by Simon Lewin on April 14th, 2011

Alex Malcolmson – remaining work
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We had a great day at the opening of Alex Malcolmson's solo exhibition at St. Jude's on Saturday.

Over 30 of his boxworks and birds have now sold but we do have a number of pieces remaining.

A feature on Alex and his work features in the May issue of BBC Homes & Antiques magazine which is published in next few days.

If you'd like to purchase one of the remaining pieces, do get in touch.

Here are a few photos of the work at our gallery.

Posted by Simon Lewin on April 5th, 2011

Alex Malcolmson
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Here's the hanging sign that we asked Alex to create for our exhibition of his boxworks and birds which opens on Saturday.

We've had a fantastic response to our initial publicity with just a few pieces remaining unsold on our online store.

But Alex will be bringing a number of additional pieces which will initially be available to those visiting the gallery in person.

Join us in North Norfolk from 11am on Saturday 2nd April 2011 for a glass of wine to celebrate the opening of the exhibition.

Posted by Simon Lewin on March 29th, 2011

Black Eyes & Lemonade
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Here's another piece of Festival of Britain ephemera from our collection.

‘Black Eyes & Lemonade’ was an exhibition organised by Barbara Jones and Tom Ingram, held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain. In association with the Arts Council and the Society for Education in Art, the exhibition explored a variety of popular British art  – toys, souvenirs, printed ephemera and the like.

Here's a taster of the catalogue's contents, including an introduction by Barbara Jones.

Posted by Simon Lewin on March 24th, 2011