I gave you a little cheeky peek of the large 3D match box series I was producing for the exhibition a while back, so I thought it was high time to show you the finished articles. All hand painted, screen printed and varnished, these three came out so much better than I could have hoped for, which is always a relief! As they were built to reflect the skewed angles of the original prints, it's fairly tricky to tell if they are 3D at all, so the below photograph should make it a touch easier....
For the budding philatelist, I present to you the complete collection of wildlife stamp books. The 'Birds of the British Isles' has now been joined by six types of pond life and six proud mammals. Hand screen printed in four colours on lovely Somerset paper in editions of 50, be sure to add one, or all of them, to your collection today. Put them under your magnifying glass here. These prints will also become individual stamps in the not to distant future, so look out for eighteen new prints very soon!
Earlier this week I helped friend and fellow illustrator, Emma Dibben, with a spot of screen printing. It took no longer than an hour, but was presented with the most beautiful veg box I have ever seen in my life (plus some cider) for my troubles! The screen print in question is being featured in the new Antlers show taking place a few doors down from us here at Snap. Also well worth a visit is Emma's lovely work to be found here, and her blog following the seasons on her amazing allotment, where all the crisp, fresh veg was grown with love. My belly thanks you Emma!
I am gradually updating the shop with the new prints I produced for the show at the Here Gallery. The three screenprints above are a fresh set of nautical matchboxes. I hope you like them, and if you would like to become the proud owner of any of them, they are for sale here.
Skye! The radio silence of late has been down to a week of wild and windy camping on the beautiful Isle of Skye. Truly stunning and a great place to recharge the old batteries before ploughing back into work. The exhibition went swimmingly in the end, even after a frantic race to the finish, and I will be posting images of all the new work here very soon and in the shop as well. Don't let the photo fool you with its blue sky either. It was Scotland after all!
Thanks to Joe over at the Venue (Bristol's finest whats-on guide) for running a lovely full page piece about mine and Teresa's imminent exhibition. Having the dates in print has hit it home that we are hanging our work tomorrow! To read the article, go here.
This has been my world for the past few weeks, churning out new screen prints down in Snaps printing basement. I should have six new prints to preview at the exhibition and a few 3D numbers as well. Right, back to the grind stone, and pictures of all the new work and the final show to come soon.
Well, what a bloody lovely bank holiday weekend. Sun shining, flowers blooming, alfresco dining. Perfect! But with the exhibition looming and plenty of work to be done, our garden was turned into an open air workshop to turn the matchbox prints like this one.....
....into something a little bit more tangible. The sawing, gluing, filling, nailing and screwing is now complete, leaving a good deal of painting and varnishing, but for a lazy bank holiday, not too bad!
