Long Live The Art School- The book

Last week was the book launch and supporting exhibition for Long Live The Art School, the graduate show for the Graphic Design course I work with at UCA Epsom.

The book (click for online edition) celebrates the opening of the original Epsom School of Art by Lord Rosebery in 1898. The book features the events on the course over the past year, including workshops, visiting speakers, exhibitions, publications and the Print Area which I run. Long Live There are essays on the subject of the Art School from guest writers, artists, lecturers and designers including Adrian Shaughnessy, Andy Altman (Why Not Associates), Ken Garland, Martin O'Neill and Vaughan Oliver.

The book also acts as a catalogue of graduate work from the course and is supported by the exhibition of graduate work at The Gallery on Redchurch Street, London. I worked with the curatorial team to design and hang the exhibition, my main role being to curate a salon hang of 55 A3 frames, each one representing a graduate.

The website designed and built by Aaron Nicholls includes a digital version of the salon hang which links you to the graduates portfolios when you roll-over.

The book features a number of my own prints made in the Print Area alongside students prints from the past year. As well as featuring projects I have worked on such as Acne Paper, Minotaur and Elephant magazine. I also printed a letterpress quotation from a lecture Andy Altman gave at epsom earlier in the year and the back cover features a letterpress print I did for the book saying Long Live The Art School. Pictured aboved (photo credit to Bob Wilson)

As well as celebrating and exploring the notion of the Art School the book has collated all the interesting, intriguing, inventive and intelligent work which has been done by both staff and students this year and truly expresses the nature of the course.

Long Live The Art School!

Long Live The Art School

Invitation for the book launch by Graphic Design BA at UCA Epsom; where I run the Print Area. I printed the letterpress quote on our Farley proofing press along with other quotes inthe publication relating to the Art School. The photograph is of Lord Rosebury, who opened the original Epsom School of Art. More information about the book launch from Design Week.

The launch will feature a publication containing a range of student work as well as a feature on the Print Area and student prints.

jotta's photos from the Dazed Live zine exhibition

In the last post I wrote about my zine Adventures in Newsprint being part of Dazed Live festival.

jotta, who curated the exhibition have some good photos of the event on their flickr.

Dazed Live Zine exhibition

Last weekend saw the Dazed Live festival take over several venues in London. As part of Dazed Live jotta held an exhibition "celebrating the best London zines of past and present, alongside a selection of iconic international titles."

A zine I made to represent the Print Area at UCA Epsom was entered into the exhibition alongside students zines printed in the Print Area and many a zine from the depths of self-publishing history.

Here are some photos from 'Adventures in Newsprint' which was created from a selection of scrap prints produced in the Print Area at UCA Epsom (GDNM.org). Screen Prints by Students- Ben Ewing, Danielle White & Depinder Sidhu and Staff - Rose Thomas, Brian Whitehead & Tim Ellis.

left hand side: Rose Thomas. right hand side: Ben Ewing

left hand side: Ben Ewing. right hand side: Danielle White

Ben has photos on the exhibition on his blog.

Still Reverting to Type

The Reverting to Type exhibition is on at Standpoint Gallery until 22nd January.

Two of my prints feature in the show, which is one reason to see it, but really there is an amazing selection of innovative and beautiful letterpress work from printers the world over.

The opening night was rammed full of people amazed by the work, so I'm not just shamelessly promotion my work, it's a very good show.

If you don't believe me, then try this review from Eye Magazine.

Below is a video from New North Press who organised the exhibition , which gives interesting insight into their ambitions, as well as some lovely footage of the studio.

Reverting to Type from Lima Charlie on Vimeo.

Reverting to type exhibition

Today I am busy framing and preparing some letterpress prints I printed for Reverting to Type at New North Press, which opens this week. Click on the image above to see the amazing line-up of contributing letterpress printers! Below are my framed prints for the show, some of my unframed prints will be on sale too.

Pixies Minotaur Exhibition and secret gig! UPDATE

As promised here are some more photos from the Minotaur Work in progress exhibition a few weeks back. More info in earlier blogs.

above: A shot of the Minotaur boxset content.

above: My photograph of Pixies spelt out of small metal type in a spread for the small book.

above: Photo I took as part of a shoot Art Directed by Vaughan.

above: the image on the right is from the same photo shoot.

above: and another from that shoot. The shoot also features in the Minotaur Digital Press Release number 2 (posted below).

All work has been Art Directed by Vaughan Oliver.

Post Degree post

Ok so what now? Since my Degree Show Lexicon I have been chosen for the D&AD New Blood Exhibition, which I'm working towards at the moment.

Me and my work will be at National Hall, Kensington Olympia, Monday 29th June private view from 6pm-10pm and Tuesday 30th June 10am-9.30pm and Wednesday 1st July 10am-4pm.

I have also been working on more Pixies things with Vaughan Oliver, details to follow very shortly, after tomorrows exhibition of the work!

I have been involved in talks about being in a collective involving artists from a range of backgrounds and working in lots of different mediums, our first exhibition is set for the end of July at Foundry on Old Street.

Phew, three Exhibitions in one post! Busy times.

Lexicon degree show

Well this week brings my degree show LEXICON at Truman Brewery, Brick Lane in London.

Come along from Friday 29th May until Monday 1st June, 10am - 7pm.

Take a look at my work on the official LEXICON website. I'm also represented at the Free Range website.

The skull symbol was designed by fellow student Phoebe Richardson