'Carton'

I meant to blog about these innovative cardboard wallets on my return from Tokyo... then I managed to delete the photographs. Having remedied this situation, here they now are. I had the good fortune to meet their maker, Shimazu Fuyuki at 'Arts Chiyoda', also the home of '+81' Magazine. For a young guy his ideas are forward thinking, aesthetically pleasing and environmentally friendly. I came home with a wallet in my suitcase which was instantly re-housed in the back pocket of my boyfriends jeans. Three months later its looking better than ever, with additional creases & added distress that only 90 days in a pair of good denims can conjur up. It literally is the wallet that keeps on giving! Learn more about them & his other design works here..

My first 'Pop-Up' Shop

Kind of by accident I indulged in my first 'pop-up' shop last weekend, for our

bi-annual Open Studio event. Whilst frothing umpteen hundred cappuccino's

for the Studio visitors in our beautiful restaurant, it made sense to pin up

some prints in the adjoining meeting room. A few hours later with a

piece of chalk in hand, it dawned on us that we'd finally joined

the Pop-Up Revolution. And by the way... I'm all for it.

'Open Studios' this Weekend...

The coming weekend sees the studios officially Open to all, the third time for our new building. Not having made the previous due to work, I felt it time to generate some festive fun and enter in to the spirit of the occasion. As well as helping Steve man the cafe, we've gotten together and collaborated on a few new prints which will adorn the walls of the adjoining meeting room.

Please come see us, both days from 12pm til' 6pm.

'Never Judge.. '

'Never Judge..' is a group exhibition celebrating the art of the book cover, in conjunction with Penguin Books. Previewing this coming Thursday at 'The Stolen Space Gallery', the Old Truman Brewery off of Brick Lane, it runs til' December 19th.

Click here for more information.

And there's more...

Proof?

My blog has seemed a little lame of late, mainly due to the fact that projects I've been working away at are not due out until later next year. Desperate to keep up some sort of visual diary I am reduced to posting out 'snaps', simple tasters of things to come.

"And then there was light..."

It's finally happening ... formerly known as 'The Lost Goods Building' the original Great Western Studios is being toppled as I type. I imagine this is good news for the new studio dwellers on the west side, their view having been slightly blocked until now. However for me it's a sad, sad day.

'Pick Up a Penguin'

Here's the one that didn't make it ... the one that did will be 'outed' next Spring.

Just the Winter to get through then ... Brrrrr!