All Things Considered

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

The Food of Art
Posted by Simon Lewin

Our friends at Cortijada Los Gázquez in Andalucia are launching a new creative course this September.

The Food of Art is a creative course for those who enjoy creative activities around food such as food presentation, illustration and photography. As an eco-guest house the food is seasonal, fresh and local. 

Activities will include visiting the local markets and the jamon and embutidos emporiums to purchase the freshest and best looking products. Back at the kitchen/studio you'll consider their form and colour.

To find out more, visit the Cortijada Los Gázquez website.

Posted by Simon Lewin on June 17th, 2011

Mark Hearld & Another Country
Posted by Simon Lewin

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

Christopher Brown tote bags
Posted by Simon Lewin

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

The Book Hive – Norwich
Posted by Kate Sullivan

The Book Hive, an independent book shop in Norwich, has won The Telegraph ‘Best Small Shops in Britain’ award. And rightly deserved too. It was a brave move deciding to set up a book shop in 2009 in the middle of a recession and closely situated to a number of well known high street book shops. However, owner Henry Layte has worked hard to gather a collection of desirable, interesting and unusual titles for both adults and children.

The Book Hive hosts many book signing events throughout the year and will be the only place where you can get a copy of Street Hunt - ‘A visual crosswod puzzle’. Street Hunt is a poem about Norfolk streets that holds the clues to missing street signs that have been removed from the accompanying photographs. Wander the streets and find the answers for a chance of winning £10,000. One thousand copies will be available from May 6th - pre-orders are available online. This event is part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival which has just announced this years line up.

 

Posted by Kate Sullivan on March 11th, 2011

A Rob Ryan print for Haiti
Posted by Simon Lewin

A message from Rob Ryan...

"As you know, just over a year ago on 12th January 2010 Haiti was hit by a catastrophic earthquake and 13 months later, the country is still in need of so much help. 

To try and do my bit to raise some money, I’ve designed and printed a brand new limited edition screenprint which will be sold on Etsy and in my shop, Ryantown on Columbia Road. 

The price will be £200 and with Paypal and Etsy fees subtracted, this leaves £186 per print sold going straight to the Haiti cause. If we can sell the whole edition of 200 of these, we could raise a massive £37,200."

The print reads: ‘We are all part of each other and this is my promise, I won’t pass you by and I won’t ignore you and look the other way but I’ll help you build your nest again. This is my promise’

Each print measures 54.3cm wide by 39cm high, printed using water based inks onto Heritage Woodfree 315gsm paper which measures 68.5cm wide by 51cm high.

Purchase your copy online from Rob's Etsy shop.

Posted by Simon Lewin on February 17th, 2011

Liberty and Comic Relief
Posted by Angie Lewin

If you're aware of my work, you'll realise that I'm more likely to include red berries in my prints than red noses.

But Liberty have produced this variation of my 'Winter Stem' fabric design (launched at Liberty in 2010) for these coated canvas shoppers which are being sold to raise funds for Comic Relief.

Purchase your fundraising canvas shopper online from Liberty or TK Maxx.

Posted by Angie Lewin on February 3rd, 2011

Typoretum letterpress
Posted by Simon Lewin

Returned from an extended trip north to discover various gems in the postbox. More on these over the next few days. Here's a New Year greeting received from Justin Knopp at Typoretum.

As a fledgling letterpress printer (me, not Justin) it's inspiring to see what can be achieved, in this case, using four transparent colours.

Copies of the card can be purchased via the Typoretum website.

Posted by Simon Lewin on February 2nd, 2011

Riess enamelware
Posted by Kate Sullivan

This Christmas I received a beautiful powder blue milk pan made by Riess for Labour and Wait. It’s perfect for hot chocolates, morning porridge and the odd hot toddy.

Riess is a family run business that has been making a selection of kitchenware in the same hillside town in Austria, Ybbsitz, for over 200 years. Riess is now producing hydro-electic power from the stream that runs alongside the factory. The surplus electricity is then used to provide power to ten homes which are provided free of charge to the factory’s employees.

Each piece of cookware is produced and shaped from one single piece of steel in a series of pressing machines. The pots are given a black undercoat of enamel paint, (ground glass flakes), then given a coat of white before being hand sprayed with the traditional cream interior and finished with the chosen pastel exterior enamel shade. The pots are fired in a kiln after each layer of paint has been added. This quadruple firing and paint layering process helps to achieve their long lasting use and individual character and style. Available from Labour and Wait.

Posted by Kate Sullivan on January 28th, 2011

Mark Hearld for Tate Britain
Posted by Simon Lewin

One of the joys of setting up St. Jude's has been the opportunity to work with artists such as Mark Hearld. He has the ability to inject enthusiasm into the dullest of days.

Mark has recently designed a range of products for Tate Britain which are now available, including the ceramics and tote bag pictured below.

We hope to be adding to Mark's fabrics for St. Jude's over the coming months. If you'd like further details nearer the time, please sign up for our e-mail newsletter.

Posted by Simon Lewin on November 16th, 2010