Monday, April 12, 2010 at 11:11PM I worked on it, I looked at, I put it down. Repeat. I looked at it. And again. And again. I worked on it... and so on!
A Strange Magic, 2010
Available on Etsy as a limited edition of 5.
It's been a hectic, but brilliant, few weeks. Just need to crank up the pencil action a bit more and knock procrastination for six!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 9:42PM A few bits and pieces to update you about the Created in Birmingham shop....
My A4 Georgie prints all disappeared through the magic of purchase, which tickles me happy, so I've restocked the shop with some more plus hand-finished A4 prints of Coralie, One Fine Day and two of the ten limited edition Sojourns.
The shop's looking for new work, so if you're in Birmingham (or in close proximity) and have work to sell, check out what they're currently looking for here. It's really come on leaps and bounds in such a short space of time. See for yourself!
Created in Birmingam shop walkthrough from Pete Ashton on Vimeo.
The Created in Birmingham shop is a pop-up shop and, as such, may close as early as May 1st. Why not give it a whirl as either an artist or a shopper. It won't be there forever....
Buy Prints, art, cib, cibshop, illustration, sale in Talk Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 6:44PM This afternoon's offering is Sojourn. Visits may be brief, but beautiful.
Sojourn, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 5:50PM I've continued to work with the accidental technique I discovered when producing my prints for the Created in Birmingham shop. To cut a long story short, I'd intended the prints to be a straight forward print onto photo paper and that was it. Unfortunately, an incident with a shard of metal and my finger inadvertantly saw the photo paper prints ruined.... at the point where I'd run out of paper. So, I pulled out some Stonehenge paper and saw whether the prints would work on it. They did. Adding final white highlighting by hand and some darkest darks where necessary produced something I was really pleased with. So I've stuck with it......
Coralie, 2010
There are a couple of new pieces in my Portfolio if you fancy a peak.
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 6:25PM 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.
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