All Things Considered

Nature Table
Posted by Simon Lewin

Angie Lewin's latest fabric, Nature Table, launches at Tinsmiths in Ledbury today as part of their Printed Textiles exhibition.

Originally designed and cut by Angie in lino, Nature Table is screen printed in the UK in 4 colourways on a sturdy linen union, perfect for upholstery, curtains and blinds.

You can find out more and request samples via our St. Jude's Fabrics website.

Posted by Simon Lewin on September 10th, 2011

Curiosity Shop
Posted by Simon Lewin

We had some great news earlier this week.

Emily Sutton's Curiosity Shop has been selected as one of the six shortlisted designs in the Best British Pattern Design category in The British Design Awards 2011.

Update: Emily has won the category!

Posted by Simon Lewin on September 7th, 2011

Piccadilly Pleasures
Posted by Simon Lewin

Our friends at Old Town have just published Piccadilly Pleasures, a slide show of their afternoon spent at The Red Lion, St. James's, photographed by Matt Hind.

Posted by Simon Lewin on July 31st, 2011

Mark Hearld’s Doveflight
Posted by Simon Lewin

We're always really pleased when customers send in photos showing how they've used our fabrics.

Here's a great example using Mark Hearld's Doveflight - a wing chair given a new lease of life by Vicky Grubb at Something Fine.

We're busy working with Mark on a new fabric and wallpaper - keep an eye on our Facebook page or sign up for our e-mail newsletter for news of our progress.

Posted by Simon Lewin on July 24th, 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

Oranges & Lemons
Posted by Simon Lewin

Richard Ardagh and Graham Bignell have just printed a second edition of this wonderful letterpress poster.

First printed in 2008, this print has been sold out for almost two years. A second run of 200 prints is now available to buy from New North Press online shop.

'Oranges and Lemons' is an English nursery rhyme which refers to the bells of six churches, all within or close to the City of London and dates from around the 17th-century.

The edition was printed in three stages: the bell was screen printed in thinned bronze ink on 300gsm Heritage white stock, then the type was printed in two halves on a hand-pulled Albion press.

You can view more of Richard's work over at his online portfolio, Elephants' Graveyard. And hopefully Richard and Graham will be contributing to our journal Random Spectacular later this year.

Posted by Simon Lewin on June 28th, 2011

Festival Mug
Posted by Angie Lewin

Here's a detail from my latest lithograph, Festival Mug, which is now available and will be featuring in my exhibitions later this year.

It features our treasured mug designed by Norman Makinson and produced by Wedgwood to celebrate the 1951 Festival of Britain.

Available now from the St. Jude's online print store.

Posted by Angie Lewin on June 19th, 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

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

Jake Tilson
Posted by Simon Lewin

When Angie and I first met it was great to discover a shared passion for Jake Tilson's Atlas project.

Which made it even more of an honour when Jake agreed to contribute to our Random Spectacular publication which is in part inspired by the spirit of Atlas.

Later this year Quadrille will be publishing In At The Deep End, the follow up to the brilliant A Tale of Twelve Kitchens.

Bringing to mind the collections of material that Jake would create for Atlas, Creative Review have just blogged about the press pack for this latest book.

Posted by Simon Lewin on June 13th, 2011