All Things Considered

Light Traffic Only
by Simon Lewin on July 9th, 2010

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

Jonny Hannah’s Dibitty Dabitty
by Simon Lewin on July 8th, 2010

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.

Angie Lewin’s latest linocut
by Simon Lewin on July 4th, 2010

Here's the first block of a new large linocut that Angie is working on for our St. Jude's in the City exhibition at the Bankside Gallery in November. To receive further details nearer the time and an invitation to the private view please do join our mailing list.

Julia McKenzie
by Simon Lewin on June 21st, 2010

Here's a wonderful drawing by Julia McKenzie. 'Urchin' is created with ink, shellac and paper cutting, 56cm x 56cm. You can find out more about Julia's work via her Tumblr page.

More from Mark Hearld
by Simon Lewin on June 13th, 2010

Here's one of the two new prints Mark delivered on Friday. His exhibition at St. Jude's opened yesterday and within an hour or two of opening more or less all of the unique collages had been sold.

'Papercut Squirrels' is a screen print, priced at £175.00 for the unframed, unmounted print. Copies are available from our online print store.

Mark Hearld
by Simon Lewin on June 10th, 2010

Join us from 10am on Saturday 12th June 2010 for our exhibition of unique collages and limited edition prints from Mark Hearld.

We've not seen all of the work yet - we'll be hanging late into the night on Friday - but it's looking like being a stunning show. Further details

Picasso at the Gagosian Gallery
by Angie Lewin on June 9th, 2010

We had our first visit to the Gagosian Gallery today to see 'Picasso - The Mediterranean Years'. 3D works ranging from a plywood flute-tooting faun to a Mark Hearld-ian flat faced ceramic owl sit amongst paintings, prints and drawings (did he ever stop working?). The wit and playfulness in some of the work was dulled somewhat by the dark-suited security guards looming at every turn. Well worth a visit though.

The exhibition runs until August 28th 2010 at the Gagosian Gallery, 6-24 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JD Further information

Ed Kluz – Follies
by Simon Lewin on June 9th, 2010

Latest: We're delighted that Ed is currently working on his first fabric for St. Jude's. If you'd like to receive further details, do sign up for our e-mail newsletter.

Ed Kluz has a new exhibition of work opening at Potterton Books in London on 11th June 2010, including 'Clavell Tower' (below).

"The term folly encompasses a vast range of building types. Grottos, tea houses, towers, pavilions, gazebos, pagodas, triumphal arches, gatehouses, castles, mausoleums, chapels, temples, belvederes, pyramids, townhouses, cottages, mansions...

These pavilions of pleasure occupy a place between reality and fantasy, transporting, delighting and sometimes unnerving us. Their seemingly whimsical appearance often disguises a very practical purpose: Gothick fantasy summerhouses, pigsties resembling Greek temples, and glass domed ballrooms sunk beneath the waters of a great lake."

We're delighted that Ed is currently working on his first fabric for St. Jude's. If you'd like to receive further details, do sign up for our e-mail newsletter.

The exhibition runs until 3rd July at Potterton Books, 93 Lower Sloane Street. London SW1W 8DA.

A Is For Accordion
by Simon Lewin on June 8th, 2010

Here's a wonderful new screen print by Emily Sutton, "A Is For Accordion". Emily is dropping in some copies of the edition this weekend - we'll add to our online store early next week. In the meantime, you can view these other prints by Emily.

Winter Persephone
by Angie Lewin on June 6th, 2010

My wood engraving Winter Persephone has been selected to be part of the RA Summer Exhibition 2010. The last 20 copies of the edition will be available there.

The exhibition runs from 14th June until 22nd August 2010 at the Royal Academy, London Full details