All Things Considered

One for Sorrow
Posted by Simon Lewin

Richard Ardagh has been in touch about another letterpress print produced with Graham Bignell of New North Press.

"It's another in the nursery rhyme series Graham and I have been producing, referring to the superstitions associated with seeing magpies. This poster has been set in wooden and metal type, inked and printed by hand in an edition of 150"

The print is available from the New North Press.

Posted by Simon Lewin on August 25th, 2010

Southwold town sign
Posted by Simon Lewin

Our friend Brian Webb of Webb & Webb has just designed a new sign for this Suffolk coastal town.

The sign is a ‘slice through the sea making a plinth for the town name, stacked on the waves. People walking over the bridge will see the golden-eyed fish in the waves’, Brian told the Eastern Daily Press.

Find out more about the work of Webb & Webb.

Posted by Simon Lewin on August 12th, 2010

Liberty fabrics
Posted by Angie Lewin

I recently designed these two dress weight cotton fabrics for Liberty and they've just been added to the Liberty website.

Winter Stem and Winter Thistle are each available in four different colourways.

Posted by Angie Lewin on August 1st, 2010

RAMP
Posted by Angie Lewin

I've just unpacked this huge plate made by our friends Alice and Roop at RAMP. Alice's painted decoration of this piece prompts thoughts of the Festival of Britain and Ravilious' firework illustrations on his Coronation mugs.

Find out more about Alice and Roops work at Ramp Ceramics

Posted by Angie Lewin on July 27th, 2010

Jonny Hannah
Posted by Simon Lewin

We had a great day at the gallery on Saturday for the opening of Jonny Hannah's solo exhibition with us.

Plenty of work sold but we still have a few original pieces plus lots of prints still available.

The show will run until at least mid-August and we'll post some extra images of the unique work on our Facebook page over the next week or so (you'll already be able to see some of the cut-outs and a few photos of the work in the gallery).

Posted by Simon Lewin on July 19th, 2010

Light Traffic Only
Posted by Simon Lewin

59 High Street is the online home of illustrator Michelle Thompson and graphic designer Gareth Wild.

'Light Traffic Only' is the first in a series of homeware products featuring the typography found on white village sign posts. Older signs are cast in steel, later versions rivet individual metal letters onto wooden posts. The signs are slowly disappearing – they are vandalised, buried in hedges, destroyed in car accidents and inevitably replaced with their modern equivalent.

Find out more at www.59highstreet.com

Posted by Simon Lewin on July 9th, 2010

Jonny Hannah’s Dibitty Dabitty
Posted by Simon Lewin

Join us for the opening of Jonny Hannah's solo exhibition at St. Jude's from 11am on Saturday 17th July and claim your free H.M.S. St. Jude's tattoo (we'll have an initial batch to give away, first come, first served - personal callers only).

Born & bred in Dumfermline, Jonny studied illustration at the Cowdenbeath College of Knowledge, Liverpool Art School & then the Royal College of Art.

For the last twelve years he has been a freelance illustrator. His many clients include The Sunday Telegraph, The New York Times & The St. Kilda Courier.

Any spare minute is spent working on news projects for his own Cakes & Ale Press, busily creating books, posters, prints & occasionally t-shirts.

Jonny's exhibition will run at the gallery throughout the summer.

Posted by Simon Lewin on July 8th, 2010

Faber & Faber Poetry Collections 2010
Posted by Simon Lewin

It's great to see five of the printmakers we represent at St. Jude's illustrating covers for the latest collections of poetry published by Faber.

This series features:

Kid by Simon Armitage (cover by Peter Clayton)
Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis by Wendy Cope (cover by Ed Kluz)
The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin (cover by Michael Kirkman)
Dart by Alice Oswald (cover by Jonathan Gibbs)
Nil, Nil by Don Paterson (cover by Charles Shearer)
Ariel by Sylvia Plath (cover by Sarah Young)

You'll find prints from Peter, Ed, Michael, Jonathan and Sarah over at our online print store.

Find out more about the series and order the complete set online from Faber.

Posted by Simon Lewin on May 23rd, 2010

Rob Ryan at Pick Me Up
Posted by Simon Lewin

Rob Ryan and his team have just completed a stint at Somerset House where they moved their entire studio for the Pick Me Up exhibition.

Here's a time lapse film that Karl Sadler made of 7 days worth of paper-cutting. To put this in context, each second of the film represents about 20 minutes of cutting.

Although often sold a unique papercut pieces, some of Rob's papercuts are editioned as screenprints - you can view a selection online at our print store.

Posted by Simon Lewin on May 4th, 2010

Islabikes
Posted by Kate Sullivan

I hadn’t realised just how awful the choice was for quality kids' bicycles until we started searching to buy an upgrade for our 6 year old. At first we were looking for something not too dissimilar to a Dutch ‘sit-up-and-beg’ bike but we found nothing. We found childrens' versions of the bikes we own and they weren't bad, but they seemed heavy and the brakes unreachable for small hands. We then discovered through various forums that Islabikes had a fantastic reputation.

"Isla has put her years of cycle design experience and practical cycling knowledge together to produce a range of exclusive bikes for children. She has searched the world for suitable tiny components, and where they have not been available has had them made.

All bikes have child specific frame geometry and a full set of proportional components, including brakes that can be operated safely with small hands. Gear ratios are carefully selected to suit the age of the child. Each bike can be customised at the point of purchase with tyres that exactly suit the intended use - you can also have a set of full mudguards and a carrier. This way each bike can be used for mountain biking and cyclo cross, as a track racing machine at your local track league, for going to school, touring holidays or days out exploring with the family."

Bikes can be ordered online http://www.islabikes.co.uk or you can visit them at their base in Ludlow.

Posted by Kate Sullivan on April 14th, 2010