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May 16, 2013
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Screenprint Workshop

Hey you, would you like to learn how to screenprint your own prints and posters in a fun and exciting environment?  Well I have just the thing!

2 Day Screenprinting Workshop – 15/16th June 2013

The 2 day course is held by myself and fellow print artist Cameron Steward, and covers the entire process of getting your design ready for print, preparing and creating screens, and screenprinting prints and posters; specific topics to be covered will be:

- Designing work using graphics software or by hand
- Making your design ‘screenprint friendly’-understanding the pros and cons of the medium
- Registration tips and tricks
- Using such techniques as trapping and overprinting
- Screenprinting accurately and at speed
- Paper types and weights

The course takes place at the West Yorkshop Print Workshop, in Mirfield (easy to get to from Leeds, Huddersfield, Bradford, Wakefield, etc.).

We’ve had some great feedback from previous course attendees so it is as educational and it is fun.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE!  And please spread the word!

*Cue inspiring process video*

 

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April 25, 2013
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The Official Bad Robot Art Experience – Gallery 1988

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I am excited to be involved in the The Official Bad Robot Art Experience exhibition taking place at Gallery 1988, in Los Angeles.

G1988 have teamed up producer, director and all round movie mega-maker JJ Abrams to celebrate and commemorate some of the work he’s been involved in creating.

My contribution is a 3 colour, hand-pulled screenprint, entitled Enterprise Down. It’s a 24” x 13” print in a very limited edition of 30 – signed, numbered and titled at the bottom.

You can see some process pics of the printing over on my Tumblr.

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March 6, 2013
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Flatstock #38 – SXSW / Austin, Texas

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Flatstock 38 – Free and open to the public!

Co-presented by the American Poster Institute (API) and SXSW, Flatstock 38 will display the works of the world’s top gig poster artists. The show runs March 14-16 and will feature posters of varying styles, colors and techniques for sale by the very artists who created them.  The best concert posters have always captured both the essence of the music they promoted and the spirit of the time in which they were produced. Flatstock provides an ongoing series of opportunities to see fine poster art in person and to meet the artists who created it.

Thursday, March 14 2:00pm – 6:00pm
Friday, March 15 11:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday, March 16 11:00am – 6:00pm

Location:  Austin Convention Center Hall 4

Lots more info on the Facebook Event page here.

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March 5, 2013
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Flyposting Exhibition #2

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FLYPOSTING #2
THE Gallery at Flannels (and other venues)
68 – 78 Vicar Lane, Leeds   /  March 1st – May 11th

 I’m very pleased to be involved in the FLYPOSTING poster exhibition once again, here in my home city of Leeds.  This time it’s bigger and better than before, with more artists from around the globe and work displayed in more venues around the city.
There’s a great mix of gigposters, event posters, and art prints, and everything is beautifully framed. If you’re out and about in Leeds the main exhibition at the Gallery at Flannels, where the bulk of the work is exhibited, is certainly worth a visit to see many great prints close up with your personal eyeballs. Go do it friends!
Lot’s more information on each artist, as well as directions and other informationalisms at the website here: flyposting2.blogspot.co.uk
Thanks to Tony Baker and everyone else involved in organising the exhibition.
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December 12, 2012
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New ETSY Shop

Slightly delayed announcement as it’s been up there a couple of weeks now, but I made the switch from a Big Cartel store to an Etsy Shop.

To celebrate the opening I added some rare and out of print stuff – some of which has gone already!

Swing by and have a look: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArmyOfCatsPrints

 

 

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November 26, 2012
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UKPA / Black Heart Gigposter Gallery Launch & Pop Up Shop

More event news – since not everyone can make it over to LA, this one is for my London friends:

In collaboration with The Black Heart in Camden, UKPA is pleased to announce the launch of its series of ongoing gig poster exhibitions inside the pub. UKPA Gig Poster Gallery will be a permanent exhibition space showcasing the best screenprinted gig poster work the UK has to offer.

The inaugural show will take place on Thursday 29th November and feature 31 selected works by:
Adam Pobiak, Cameron Steward/Twoducksdisco, Craig Robson, Diego Mena, Drew Millward, Gary McGarvey/Horse Design, Graham Pilling/Army of Cats, Luke Drozd, Michael Cowell, Nick Rhodes/Switchopen, Petting Zoo Prints and Collectables, Sean Mort, Telegramme, Tom Lacey & WeThreeClub

The night will also see the launch of the brand new UKPA website, an online resource to keep you up to date with everything the UKPA is organising, as well as information on commissioning and making gig posters and a directory of active UK artists.

This will also be everyones last chance to get down and greasy as the Mother Flipper burger residency at The Black Heart comes to an end. So come for the posters, stay for the burgers! http://motherflipperburgers.com/

And if that wasn’t enough, theres a really great show happening just upstairs with Triple Jump Records putting on Dead Rider (ex US Maple – as a warm up to their performance at Shellac’s ATP) with Silent Front, Joeyfat and Stnnng.

http://ukposterart.com/
http://www.ourblackheart.com/

UKPA Pop Up Gig Poster Bazaar

Saturday 1st December
At The Black Heart, 2-3 Greenland Place, Camden, NW1 OAP
13.00 – 19.00

For one day only, pop along to the UKPA’s Pop-Up Gig Poster Bazaar! In the surrounds of the Black Heart pub and the new UKPA Gig Poster Gallery, it’s a chance to buy some amazing, limited-edition, screenprinted gig poster work from a selection of the UK’s best poster artists, alongside other artisan wares all at great prices. Bring that folding cash and pick up a bargain just in time for Christmas.

http://ukposterart.com/
http://www.ourblackheart.com/

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November 26, 2012
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Tribute to Judd Apatow – Gallery 1988 Exhibition

I am very honoured and excited to have been asked by Gallery 1988 to be invovled in their forthcoming Tribute to Judd Apatow exhibition.

Judd is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter and you will have undoubtedly have come across some of the comedy films with which he’s been involved.  Whether it’s Freaks and Geek, Cable Guy, Knocked Up, Anchorman, Superbad, or 40-year-old Virgin, Judd’s comedic career has been incredible and G1988 have assembled a wide variety of artists from across the globe to pay tribute with funny pictures and arts and whatnot.

Judd will be there in person hosting the opening night, which takes place on Tuesday 4th December from 7-10pm at Gallery 1988′s Melrose, LA venue.

Followers of my social media channels may have already seen the work I’ve produced for this exhibition (oops, I think I was meant to keep it secret) but for those that haven’t: if you’re a fan of weathermen with comedically low IQs then I think you’ll be in for a treat.

 

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November 26, 2012
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Thought Bubble Recap

Thought Bubble Festival was great fun! Thanks so much to all the nice folk who bought some of my stuff or just took flyers or asked questions. Considering I didn’t fully know what to expect, as to whether comic event goers would be aware of screenprinted work or understand what makes it so lovely (especially compared to boring old digital prints), but I was pleasantly surprised at the interest people had, and I even had some great chats with other screenprinters.

Overall it was definitely worth my time and hopefully I’ll be making appearances at future Thought Bubble events!

Huge thanks of course go out to the OK COMICS Team who made me very much feel part of the family.  Give those guys some love.

PS – Thanks also to the lovely House of Betty peeps for their kind mention in their TB update here: http://blog.houseofbetty.com/moar-hob-at-thought-bubble-2012/

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November 16, 2012
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Thought Bubble 2012 – Leeds Royal Armouries

Thought Bubble is probably the best event of it’s kind in the UK – not just a comics convention but a true celebration of sequential art and culture of all kinds.  It’s taking place this weekend and I’m delighted to say that I’ll be present selling some of my printed goods at the OK COMICS stand.

I will have a selection of my screenprinted posters for people to browse and buy, including a few choicely framed items, and I’ll also have notebooks, sketchbooks, and a few other things.  If you’re going to be in attendance please come by and say hello – we’re right by the entrance!

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October 26, 2012
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Where I been / Where I’m goin’

EXHIBITIONS:

Well it’s been a whirlwind past month or so. As usual Flatstock in Hamburg, Germany was a blast, and it was great to be a part of the Coloured Gigs exhibition in Dresden. Since then my work has also been shown at an exhibition in Rome, Italy called Posters Rock which you can see a little more about here.



WORKSHOPS:

Last weekend I taught a 2 day Screenprinting Workshop at the Bluecoat Studios in Liverpool which was a lot of fun.  There has been a lot of interest in the printing workshops I’ve been involved in and further workshops held at the studio where I print, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, are in the pipeline.  If you’ve like to be informed of when future workshops are confirmed then drop me a line using the contact form and I’ll keep you in the loop.

OTHER STUFF:

I’ve created a TUMBLR account as an easier way to update the progress of new work as well as share other stuff I find interesting on the web. This main blog you are reading now will still be used for more formal news and events.

Finally, in case you haven’t visited in a while, there’s lots of new stuff in the Shop please take a look.

Until next time, stay warm friends!

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