Friday 29 January 2010

YELLOW OWL WORKSHOP SF

SAN FRANCISCO - the tour continues to the west coast. I have seen some fantastic stores, prints, murals and characters since being here. I've learnt about Anna Conda the drag queen running for Supervisor and becoming the next Harvey Milk. I've seen more evidence that people care about the environment than ever before. And some seriously lush vintage furniture stores. (I spent an hour looking through old postcards and ancient faded photographs from over the decades in a store just off Valencia) I'm ready to move here and that's after a day and a half.

Images below I found in a store called the Eco Citizen and they are all environmentally friendly cards (on recycled paper) by a talent local San Francisco artist at the Yellow Owl Workshop





















Wednesday 27 January 2010

CHICAGO 2

The view from 18th floor on to Navy Pier Chicago
The Boring Store Wicker Park Chicago, sells everything for your secret agent needs but sshhhh don't tell anyone. Less secretly it uses the back room for a non-profit writing and tutorial centre. and this friendly pigeon greets you on the way in.

I love all the old signs in Chicago.
Offically the best burgers in Chicago come from Hackney's, which also happens to be on Printers Row - this street just keeps getting better.

Tuesday 26 January 2010

CHICAGO

Below is Printers Row in Chicago. These great old buildings used to house the cities printers and now there's some great book stores in their place.


This is the Bongo Room down in the South Loop of Chicago - I just love the colours and I can't say anymore about it.

TORONTO

Just visited Toronto, and met some friends.

Tuesday 19 January 2010

New Dewolf Prints t-shirt printed this weekend in my first try at teaching 'print class'.

Monday 18 January 2010

CURWEN AND NEW ACADEMY GALLERY

The Curwen Gallery has a new show featuring some of my Pigeon prints. These same prints also popped up in Printmaking Today magazine. Pigeons get everywhere.
The show is on until 30th Jan.


Below are photographs from the private view at The Curwen Gallery on Windmill St. Thanks to Ros Morley for the photographs.





Below are photos from the Rectory Road Gallery private view. The Gallery is in one of those beautiful Victorian houses, in between Spitalfields market and Brick Lane, that I dream about owning one day. I often press my face against the windows to look inside. So it's a double treat to go inside the property and have my work on the hanging on the walls.







Please see The Curwen Gallery for more info on prints shown above.

Friday 15 January 2010

IF I COULD COLLABORATE

I have blogged about these guys before because they did a print collection in previous years. Last night If I Could Collaborate Private View was packed. The truely great curatorial talents of Alex and Will also behind the blog Its Nice That

Some photos below, I would strongly recommend getting down to see the show before it ends on 23 January 2010, 12–6pm
(open late on 21 January, 12–9pm)
A Foundation Gallery at Rochelle School, London E2 7ES.

above Craig Ward & Sean Freeman & Alison Carmichael


Fred Butler's work above was a collaboration with the very talented graphic design duo No Days Off It was a campaign for an eighth day in the week - their badges and manifesto get my vote any day.
above Jorre van Ast & Damien Poulain


above Sam Messenger & Bart Long


above Jesse Auersalo & Jesse Pietilä


above the beautifully crafted “Op-Art medieval-like tapestry" by Hvass&Hannibal & Anne Werner (oh and the back of Max Lamb's head)



above Praline & The Model Shop




above and below the amazing work of Oliver Jeffers & Aaron Ruff You can find all contact details, more info on each person and piece from If I Could Collaborate