Sara Pope

Art in Mind

Brick Lane Gallery

Exhibition: 28 April - 10 May 2010

Private view: 28 April 6.30 - 8.30pm

Sunny Sunday in East London

Columbia Rd Bric-a-Brack

Items from Shelf on Cheshire Street off Brick lane.

Pick Me Up: Contemporary Graphic Art Fair

23rd April - 29th April 2010

Rob Ryan will be hosting an open studio throughout the event!

Print Club London's Live Studio

"Over the course of the fair, Print Club London and Somerset House are inviting some of their favourite designers to print a poster live in their workshop."

Nicola Killen - Children's Illustrator

I worked with Nicola a few years ago. Nicola recently won Egmont's best new talent award! Her first Children's book is published next month! Here is a sneaky peek!

Check out more of Nicola's work here on her blog and website

....... everyones gone Quilt crazy!

I promise this is the last post about Quilts .................... but London has gone Quilt CRAZY!! A few pics from my Saturday morning trip to Liberty!

Sooo cute!

I love the idea of displaying fabrics in Embroidery hoops.

Quilts, Quilts, Quilts!

....so....yes I really did get inspired by the V and A Quilt exhib!!

Quilts, Quilts, Quilts

I have just got back from the V and A Quilts exhibition.

The Quilts on display date back to 1700 - yes that means all hand stitched.

Featured in this exhibition are quilts created by Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry, Sue Stockwell, Caren Garfen and even the inmates of Wandsworth Prison.

Below is my favourite from the exhibition.... 'Liberty Jack' by Janey Forgan

Below are a few purchases I made from the lovely V and A shop.

Wayne Pate

I discovered Wayne Pate's work today! I love his retro silk screens. Click here to view more of Wayne's work and visit his online shop.

Mike Giant exhibiting in Milan!

All photos from Wild Stylers / Arrested Motion

David Choe Haitian Girl Print!

I have featured David Choe's work before on my blog. It has come to my attention that Hemway Industries have launched the above print. All proceeds are being donated to benefit the Haitian Relief Effort.

"Personally paying for the cost of the prints, David Choe has requested that all proceeds go to Yele Haiti, a foundation created by Wyclef Jean. This print measures 18″x24″ inches and is a Giclee print on archival paper and costs $300. Limited to 50 editions, the print is hand-signed by David Choe.
The print is available now for pre-sale only but will not ship until February 21, 2010."
http://www.hemwayindustries.com/p/DAVID-CHOE-HAITIAN-GIRL/HW69110PT#view=details&item=HW69110PT&search=*&currIndex=0&pageSize=32&currSort=sort_order&sortDirection=desc

The Tribal Look!

Kenzo

Diane Von Furstenberg

Paul Smith

Giambattista Valli

....some goodies from We Heart It!

Lovely Liberty!

When I was growing up, my Mum, being the creative soul that she is, LOVED Liberty fabric. I didn't see what the fuss was about myself! However tables have turned!! Over the last 6 months I have been scouring ebay for Liberty off cuts to make crafty things! And I am pleased to announce that in Feb 2010 Patch Rogers will be restoring an "important piece of Liberty heritage to the store" this being in the form of an Art and Crafts Department! Yay!

For all you craft geeks Liberty are setting up knitting and sewing workshops, follow the link to find out more!

http://www.liberty.co.uk/fcp/content/NewsArchiveItem5/newsarchive

Liberty has been a great source of inspiration for many over the years. Below are a few of my favourites.

Last year Liberty prints made their way onto Nike trainers!

For Spring 2010 Liberty have collaborated with (MAC make up)

I have recently discovered that Liberty are collaborating with Target (US) to bring a new collection in March 2010! Follow the link below and download for free Liberty patterns for your desktop or phone!

http://www.target.com/b/?node=2241595011&ref=sr_shorturl_liberty

Below are some of NEW Liberty fabrics for this Season!