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Friday
Jun112010

Art is Easy II (Birmingham)

No name. Yet. Back to the Stonehenge paper and back to basics. Oh, we love dem pencils. Still shonking capture of progress through a phone camera....

 

Not much more to do now, so will reveal all soon.

However, more to the point, Mr Danny Smith Esq. will be hosting the next Art is Easy night just as soon as we've nailed down a date for it. I went to the first one and can vouch for the relaxed, no pressure attitude and environment people could draw in. We had complete beginners and creative pros sitting side by side throwing graphite around some paper and beers down their necks. What is Art is Easy? I can express it no better than in the carefully chosen words of Mr Smith himself:

"...We all show up at a place, I try and show everyone that drawing is a skill that can be taught. we drink, the better amongst us help the ones less able, we draw, we laugh, and I try not to stab anyone with my lovely sharp stabby stabby mechanical pencil."

Fortunately, I've invested in a mechanical pencil too, so I'll be on hand on the evening to make sure that Danny doesn't climb up the curtains or wee in the ornamental houseplants. 

If you're interested in drinking and drawing, or one or both, whether you're an expert or a complete novice, please let us know if you can make it by indicating your availability here. We already have some lovely rum sorts who have expressed an interest, so don't be shy. You have until next Friday to throw your name into the arena before we confirm a date. I thank you....

 

Saturday
Feb272010

Created in Birmingham Shop Launch

The Created in Birmingham shop opened on Thursday evening. I'd dropped my work off at around 11am that morning, greeted by the lovely Ian Ravenscroft, and saw the mammoth task that they had on their hands to get the shop ready for opening. However, they did it - through lots of hard work and people chipping in and helping out!

What struck me when I arrived is that it wasn't all about the usual suspects; curious shoppers ambled in to see what this was all about, too. And busy it was - with sales made on the first night.

 

 

Smile have curated part of the wall on the right hand side as you walk in, and I love it. It's typographical loveliness - bold and Brummie. I really liked Joe Rogers' little Colourbox postcard books which were tucked neatly in the prints/mags/books/CD stand and Pete Ashton's framed TTV photos were boldly beautiful. Actually, let's be sensible - there was a rather overwhelming amount of lovely stuff there.

 

My 'CC' piece was up on the wall. It was quite a surreal but warming moment to see her perched up there, peering out at the shoppers in one of Europe's busiest shopping centres. It reminded me that all the hard work is worth it. I felt excited, lucky and humbled all at the same time. I forgot to thank Chris Unitt for giving me the chance to be part of this, so I'm doing it now :)

From an idea to fruition. Doesn't take endless talk. It takes people. The Created in Birmingham Shop is the epitome of this. So, how was the first night for the people running the joint? I'll let them tell you....

Created in Birmingham shop opening night from Katchooo on Vimeo.

Friday
Jan012010

Etsy Shop Now Open!

My Etsy shop is now open - please pop on over and have a peak at the Summer Series A4 prints that are now on sale. They're priced at around £18 ($30) each.

 

Happy New Year!