A Nice Surprise! - 'Art of the Day' on Artfinder

Some good news to tell you about... I just received a nice email from Artfinder.com informing me that "A Dayglow Summer in Owlers Wood" is today's Art of the Day!

It's a screen print of Owlers Wood (in Slaithwaite) that I produced in 2012. I would tell you the full story behind the print, but you can read all about it over here :)

Screen Printed CD Covers for Matt Robson

I was busy at West Yorkshire Print Workshop on Monday, screen printing CD covers for Matt Robson's new album. It's very limited - only 20 copies available (with the decline in record sales that should be enough to get him into the album charts). You can also get it as a digital download.

I've been designing Matt's sleeves for many years now - since 2002 (back then he was recording as randomNumber).

I used to provide live video projections at his gigs too. The sleeve art and projections I was doing for him back in the noughties have had a big influence on the screen prints I produce now – so, it's nice that I'm now screen printing his sleeves.

Printing went like this...

And the finished product looks like this...

I'm very pleased with how they turned out :)

The album will be out very soon on Squirrel Records.

So, what was in the box?

What was in the box? It was the frame for the large "Raspberry Ripple" print that I did the other week (I did a smaller version of this for the 20:20 print exchange).

This is my contribution to the next Art Station exhibition at Huddersfield train station.

A Rather Tasty Screen Print

Today I was at West Yorkshire Print Workshop creating my contribution to the 20:20 Print Exchange.

I decided to use it as an opportunity to try something a little different to what I've been printing up until now. I came up with an Op Art inspired print with a Pop Arty kind of name (I did consider going a little prententious with the title, but instead opted to keep my feet very firmly on the ground!).

I present to you... "Raspberry Ripple"...

First step... print the Raspberry.

Raspberry printed.

Now for the Ripple!

Ripple printed (with registration aided by business cards).

Done!

"Raspberry Ripple"

Watch out for other fruit themed screen prints coming your way.

It's Research... Honest!

This might look like a tasty dessert, but it's actually research for my next screen print.

Watch this space.

A Very Good Day to Start a Blog

I thought it was about time I got this blog up and running (it's been on my 'to do' list for a few months now).

Today seems like a good day to start, seeing as I have something worth blogging about...

I was stunned and excited to be informed that one of my screen prints has made it through to the final of the neo:printprize. It'll be in the exhibition at neo:gallery22 over in Bolton. The exhibition runs from 13th September until 28th October.

I nearly didn't get around to entering this competition. Now I'm very pleased that I did!