Saltaire Arts Trail and a screen printing workshop

Memo table at Saltaire Arts Trail this weekend

New banners!

New business cards!

Day 2 of the screen printing workshop I taught at the Bowery Leeds 11th & 12 May 2013

T shirts and tote bags printed at the workshop

 

I've spent the last three days selling my wares at Saltaire Arts Trail Makers Fair.  I've been busy preparing new work for this over the last couple of months and it finally arrived!  

Now the fair is over its time to pack up my house!  Me and my chap Sam are moving to Kendal on Thursday.  Sam has an exciting new job and I am finally going full time with Memo and setting up a screen print workshop at home.  I've been working towards this since I graduated in 2007.  A little bit more preparation and I'll be up and running towards the end of June, so excited!

Also above are a few photos from a two day screen printing workshop I taught at the Bowery in Leeds on the 11th & 12th May.  We spent a day printing onto paper- notecards, gift wrap, tags and gift boxes.  Then a day printing onto fabric- t shirts and tote bags.  I won't be leading many more classes at the Bowery due to moving away, just one more screen print workshop on Saturday 23rd November.

I have new work I need to photograph, this will be one of my first tasks when I've unpacked at the new house.  News from Kendal soon!

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Drawing & Illustration evening class

Here's a few images from the Drawing & Illustration class I taught at the Bowery in Leeds last night.  We looked at birds and animals and had a go at drawing them in a variety of styles.  There were some great results!  This is the last of the evening classes I will be teaching for now.

The next workshop I am leading is a two day screen printing class, again at the Bowery in Leeds on Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th May.  It will involve printing onto both paper and fabric, greetings cards and tote bags!  More information about that class is available here.

A few new things

'Kitchen zine' a little 1 hour drawing project, A7 screen printed zine.

'Fjord zine' a mini A7 zine about a recent trip to Norway, screen printed.

'Dreamboat' screen printed postcards

Here's a few new items I just added to my Etsy shop.  Mini zines and postcards, all hand screen printed.  Lots more on the way, I'm off to my print workshop now to get on with it!

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Pattern drawing in progress

Pattern printing in progress

I am conscious its been a while since I updated my blog.  This is not because I have nothing to tell, I have plenty on the go!  Lots of work in progress, new products, branding, lesson planning, and a potential move from Leeds on the horizon!

Lots going on that's for sure.

Here's a little glimpse of one of my new pattern themed products, almost fully screen printed now.  More about new products soon.

For now I'd like to share a link to a day dedicated to traditional print making methods taking place next week on Wednesday 24th April.  Small Town Ink will be held at Leeds University from 10:30am-5pm, lots of prints on display and talks alongside a little print market.  I'll be there with a selection of printed products.  Come down and say hi!

smalltownink.co.uk

Farewells and exhibitions

Since returning from Norway its not been the easiest time at Memo HQ.  My lovely greyhound Eli had been getting slower for a while and after getting quite poorly we had to say goodbye. 

Having a dog is one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done, he was my studio companion, listened to everything I had to say and was always happy to see me.  In return for a comfy bed, nice food and lots of little walks he gave me an unfailing friendship and a very calming presence that made everything better.  I'm really going to miss him, he was a lovely old chap.  So long Eli xx

I've been making a zine about the little fellow, that will be finished and screen printed soon.

Now that Eli has gone me and Sam are in need of a fresh start, we're both really sad and home doesn't feel the same anymore.  Memo could be on the move pretty soon...

I made a little zine about Norway on returning to Leeds, here's the printing in progress.

 

The first batch of 'Fjord zine' flew out the door at the Leeds Artist Book Fair last weekend.   I'll screen print a new batch in the next couple of weeks and have those available online soon! 

Talking of the book fair here's a couple of images of my table at the event.  I unveiled a few new zines and products which I've been working on recently.  More news of new products to follow very soon.

The final thing I'd like to mention is an exhibition I'm currently part of with the Girls Who Draw.  'Mythical Creatures' is on show at Here Gallery in Bristol until Saturday 6th April.  Here's the amazing flyer created by the very talented Kristyna Baczynski.

Artists featuring in the show are Karoline Rerrie (who curated the show), Mina Braun, Lee May Foster-Wilson, Ruth Green, Kate Hindley, Kristyna Baczynski, Yee Ting Kuit, Christina Lamb, Sarah Lippett, Esther McManus, Beth Morrison and me.

I created two new limited edition screen prints for the show, 'Robo Guy' and 'Robo Gal', each an edition of 10 and A3 in size.

Robots in progress

There's my two robots at the top on the left!  This exhibition will be moving on to a new location after April, more information to follow.

For now I'll leave you with a little look at a new pattern project I'm working on...