It is all quiet, and then everything goes a bit donkey-shaped..

Hello there

Yes, January and February were both quite light on the announcements front, but March has started with a great load of events, plus THREE new prints! Phew....

NEW PRINTS

Firstly I'd like to introduce the 'Blackbird'. I've been meaning to do another bird linocut for a while, and top of my list was this creature. Some might say he is well suited to a linocut and I think I'd agree! He is a two-colour hand-pressed linocut in very dark grey and yellow, A4 size on 220gsm acid-free paper.

He is now in my Folksy shop, priced at £22, and will also be available at events

Next up are two screen-prints I've been working on for a while. I tried with these two to put donkeys in landscapes, rather than dominating the scenes, and also tried a more loose approach to composition. These are also the first two prints I have created in about five years that are landscape in orientation, so it felt quite new to be working this way round. Anyway, I hope you like them. I had a lot of fun designing and printing them (at Sheffield Print Club)! Oh, they are entitled 'Happenings In Donkey World No.1 & No.2'.

They are both 3-colour screenprints, A3 size, hand-pulled by myself and printed on 270gsm acid-free paper. They are both available in my Folksy shop, priced at £40 each, and at forthcoming events too:

Happenings In Donkey World No.1
Happenings In Donkey World No.2 



EVENTS 

March is a busy month for events. I'm taking part in the following:

Millennium Galleries Craft Market, Sheffield - Sat 14th March, 10am-4pm

The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair - Sat 21st March, 10am-5pm

Nether Edge Farmers Market, Glen Rd, Sheffield - Sun 22nd March, 12pm-4pm

Sheffield Makers Fair, St Marys, Bramall Ln, Sheffield, Sat 28th March, 10am-4pm

Hibernation..

.. would be an easier solution in the month of January, but no, us humans are gluttons for punishment. Those festive two weeks off can wreak havoc with our minds, and I always find it difficult to get back up to full-speed after the break. But I'm trying my best... so here goes....


NOTHS 

You might have noticed on the right-hand-side of the page that I have opened a NotOnTheHighStreet.Com shop. I am selling exclusive poster-print versions of some of my wildlife linocuts there. Have a nosey if you like.

My notonthehighstreet.com shop



EVENTS

24th January 2015 - Leeds Print Fair, Munro House, Leeds, LS9 8AG, 10am-6pm
It is my first time at this event, which is part of the Leeds Print Festival (now in its 4th year). Exciting stuff! Also there will be Elodie G, Hello Memo, Designers Republic, The Print Project and many more...


That's all for now..more stuff soon!!

Nearly there...

So as we creep towards the end of the year, I wanted to say a huge thank you to all those who have shown an interest in my work this year. It has been a fab 12 months with numerous highlights, most notably being the Pub Scrawl, where I was able to indulge myself in my donkey installation. Sheffield Print Fair 2014 was pretty darn special too!

I have one final new print of the year to show you, which is 'Sheffield City View No.5'. It is a hand-pressed linocut, of a view of Abbeydale/Nether Edge from Chesterfield Road. The print is a little taller than many of my other cityscapes, as I thought it fitted the composition. Hope you like it! It is now available in my Folksy shop, and at the various fairs/markets I'm taking part in.

Merry Christmas!! x

Seasonal happenings.. and screen-prints!

Howdy.

No idea where October went. It appears to be November now, and I thought I'd share with you the events I'm taking part in up until Christmas, and a couple of new prints I've created.

EVENTS

Autumn Craft Market
Sat 8th November 2014, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, 10am-4pm
To kick off the festive run, a fair at the mighty Millennium Galleries. 30+ stalls of hand-crafted wares from Sheffield makers and artists.

Sheffield Print Fair 2014
Sat 15th November 2014, St Mary's Church & Conference Centre, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 10am-4pm
I'm very excited about this (partly as I'm one of the organisers!). Our second annual event, with 36 artist/printmakers showing and selling their work, plus print demonstrations, info from Sheffield Print Club and, of course, plenty of food and drinks. Woodcuts, screen-prints, linocuts, monoprints, gocco prints, intaglio, digital and lots more... See who is taking part via the link.

The Art Market
Sat 22nd (eve) / Sun 23rd Nov 2014 (10am-4pm), Holmfirth indoor Market, Holmfirth HD9 3JH
Always fun to revisit this event! Top quality art and craft, plus music and all sorts of additional events and activities.

The Harley Gallery Christmas Market
Sat 29th / Sun 30th Nov 2014, The Welbeck Estate,Welbeck, Worksop, S80 3LW, 10am-5pm
I'm very happy indeed to have been asked back to this event after taking part last year. It is like a really impressive art fair crossed with a food market. What is not to like!?

Sheffield Makers Fair
Sat 6th Dec 2014, St Mary's Church & Conference Centre, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 10am-4pm
This will be their first event, and it is focussing on he work of contemporary designer-makers from the region. They have a pretty impressive line-up for this one, so should be good!

S1 Artspace Christmas Market
Sat 13th Dec 2014, S1 Artspace, 120 Trafalgar St, Sheffield, free entry, 12-6pm
Held in one of Sheffield best know art studios/galleries, a focus on Sheffield art and craft.  

Hagglers Corner Christmas Market 
Sun 14th Dec 2014, Hagglers Corner, 586 Queens Rd, Sheffield

My last event of the season, and it should be a busy one! The place is always buzzing with people.


NEW WORKS
You might have noticed that I have more than a passing interest in screen-printing. In the last few months I've been working on some designs, and I have a couple of new prints to show you (which I printed at the wonderful Sheffield Print Club).

Firstly there is 'Hello Red Donkey'. A simple celebration of the creature, essentially. It is a two/three-colour print, in an edition of 23. The size is around 24x32cm, and the paper is 35x50cm. It is printed on 280gsm natural cartridge paper.

and secondly, there is 'Pebble Study No.1'. This is the first print from an occasional new series I'm working on, of a more abstract nature.

It is a three-colour print, 22x36cm (paper 30x42cm) in an edition of just ten, and again printed on 280gsm cartridge paper.

Both prints will be available from event I'm attending over he next month or so, and soon in my Folksy shop.


and finally, I have a new seasonal greeting card. I like to produce a new one each year. It is called 'Winter Houses', and only available from events I will be taking part in before the end of the year.

Calm before the storm...

Well, when I say storm, I really mean Christmas. Not that it is a bad time of year or anything, just a very busy one!


PUB SCRAWL

August was a lot of fun, Pub Scrawl especially. I was amazed how many people came along and enjoyed my 'donkey-installation'. The people running the Bath Hotel were super-helpful too, and made me feel right at home. I wrote an article for the Folksy blog if you'd like to read and see more pics, but I also made a wee film of my wooden donkeys here:

The wooden/MDF donkey are now for sale, as is the 'Pub Donkeys' 3-colour screen-print I produced. Money from the sales are going to the Donkey Sanctuary charity in Sidmouth. Only 20 screen-prints were produced, and there are only about 7 left. All of the small donkeys have been sold, and I have a limited number of the larger donkeys left. They are all listed on my Folksy shop:

Wooden/MDF Donkeys
'Pub Donkeys' screenprint

NEW WORKS
I have one new linocut to show you. It is of a goose I came across whilst at the wonderful Yorkshire Sculpture Park. It is a two-colour linocut print, printed on A3-size paper, and is called 'Greylag Goose'.

EVENTS
I've no events coming up in October (the calm), but will report in my next blog about November/December happenings, including Sheffield Print Fair, The Harley Gallery and many more....

Quick August update...

Hello there. Just a quick update on a few happenings and a new print available..

FOLK FOREST NO.4
So the event came and went (and was a great success!), and I have a few copies of the limited edition (of 100) left, and they're in my Folksy shop

The Folk Forest No.4 A3 -poster-print 


EVENTS 
Wirksworth Festival, Derbyshire
Sat 6th/Sun 7th September 2014, 10am-5pm
This looks like a lot of fun. For this weekend during the festival the small town of Wirksworth in Derbyshire turns into a busy arts trail. Lots of artists get to display and sell their work in peoples homes and other locations, and for this year my location will be the Little Wonders Day Nursery (16 Coldwell Street, Wirksworth, Derbyshire DE4 4FB).

Makers' Fair, Saltaire
Sat 13th September 2014, Victoria Hall, Saltaire BD18 3JS, 10am-5pm
The Saltaire Makers Fair in 2013 was my favourite event of the year, so I'm very much looking forward to heading back there for this! Top quality art and craft, beautiful location and friendly people. What more could you ask for?




EXHIBITIONS

 




 













Pub Scrawl
Sunday 31st August 2014, 4pm-11pm, various locations, Sheffield
I'm currently very busy preparing for this, and feel very flattered to have been asked to take part. This is the second 'Pub Scrawl', and is organised by the 'Month Of Sundays' gallery in the city. In brief, 10 artists get given a pub each in Sheffield city centre, and they have to create in installation within the pub. It takes place on one-night-only on Sunday 31st August, and people can try and visit all the pubs, or take their pick. There is also a ticketed guided tour, but this has now sold out. My pub is the (lovely) Bath Hotel and my installation is top secret! Other artists include Nick Deakin/Tom J Newell, India Hobson, Jonathan Wilkinson, Studio Binky, Pete Mckee and 65 Days of Static.

Summer Scrawling...

Hello there...

It feels very strange to be designing a Christmas card in the July heat, but that's what I'm up to. I'll keep it under wraps for now, eh?

I have a couple of new poster prints and some (rather exciting) events to share with you:

NEW WORK

Firstly, since my 'Sheffield City View No.4' screen-print sold out rather quickly, I have decided to produce an A3 poster-print version in two colour variations. Here they are:

 























They're available in my Folksy shop at :

dark red / dark blue
emerald green / grey


I have also completed this year's design for the Folk Forest festival. It is a great music festival that has taken place since 2010 in Sheffield, as part of the city-wide Tramlines Festival. This year's festival happens on 26th/27th July 2014. Each year I produce a limited souvenir poster-print limited to 100 copies and here is the 2014 version:

If there are any copies left after the weekend, I will put them in my Folksy shop.


EVENTS

The Summer Fete - Buxton Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire
Sat 19th/Sun 20th July 2014, 10am-5pm, free entryLooking forward to heading back to the grand pavilion in Buxton again, for this two-day event. Artisan food and drink and arts & crafts. It is taking place on the same weekend as the Great Dome Art Fair in Buxton too!

The Folk Forest Fair - Endcliffe Park, Sheffield
Sat 26th/Sun 27th July 2014, 10am-7pm, free entry
'The Folk Forest' is now an established part of the Tramlines Festival in Sheffield each year. Set in the beautiful Endcliffe Park, it is a family-friendly music festival, with a nod towards the more folk/acoustic end of the musical spectrum. There are loads of activities too, as well as real ale, organic food and an 'arts/crafts/vintage fair'. I'll be taking part in the fair, along with another 30-or-so stallholders.
 
Yorkshire In Yellow
 I'm currently taking part in an exhibition to celebrate the Tour De France coming through Yorkshire, entitled 'Yorkshire In Yellow'. Each contributor has created some cycling-based artwork to be displayed on yellow jerseys hung in the Millennium Galleries, Sheffield. It runs from 31st May until 7th September 2014.

Pub Scrawl 2014
I'm chuffed to have been asked to take part in 'Pub Scrawl 2014'. In basic terms, ten artists are given ten pubs in Sheffield in which to install some brand-new art. It is an Arts Council funded project organised by 'A Month Of Sundays' gallery, based in Sheffield and takes place for one night only on 31st August 2014! Other artists involved include Pete Mckee, Jonathan Wilkinson, India Hobson and musicians 65 Days Of Static. I have all sorts of plans up my sleeves, which I'm keeping very quiet about for now. I'll keep you posted...