Print Van Paris is a brand new concept inspired by the idea of buying a classic 1970?s ice cream van and turning it into a mobile screen printing van. Why wouldn’t you want to do that? Born in the USA, raised in Australia, influenced in Switzerland and having spent 10…
Nathan Carter is an Artist that lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Nathan creates amazing abstract graphic sculptures and imagery that embodies a vast selection of materials and including wood, steel wire, plastic, string, coins, enamel, acrylic paint, paper, ink, found objects and acetate. With his sculptures looking like…
This year’s summer is going to be a bit more joyous with some of Carl Partridge’s new London Fields Lido inspired embroidered patches produced in collaboration with Hoxton Mini Press in support for the celebratory launch of ‘East London Swimmers’ – the recently published hardback featuring 50 colour photographs taken…
Still a Fine Art student at Kingston University, after spending a year in Vienna, Megan Ross already has an impressive body of work. Her work concentrates on the uneasy relationship between video and paint.
Another illustration prodigy known for his brilliant use of colour and his bold stroke of confidence. Magnus Voll Mathiassen aka MVM is an independent Norwegian graphic designer and illustrator running his own practice MVM alongside Grandpeople, a multi-disciplinary studio he co-founded in 2005. MVM: Magnus Voll Mathiassen was last modified:…
As part of her final year project for London College of Fashion, Rachel Hodgson has produced a newspaper called ‘Girls on Tumblr’.
Normally when you think of ‘papercraft,’ cutesy woodland creatures and swirling florals normally spring to mind. However, Owen Gildersleeve’s cuttings are sophisticated and refined, often designed to play with light and shadow between layers of elegantly cut texture. With a wide selection of international clients, Owen manages to apply his…
Acknowledged as ‘the leader of a contemporary Californian psychedelic-pop aesthetic’ Steven Harrington is best known for his bright playful imagery that encourages a conversation between the viewer and his artwork. With his portfolio demonstrating a multi-media approach Steven’s wicked illustrations are applied across a wide range of mediums including installations,…
Yijun Liao is a photographer that was born and raised in Shanghai, China and is currently based in Brooklyn NY. Having exhibited internationally from New York to China, Taiwan, Korea and Germany Yijun’s work describes places people and relationships telling stories of unseen films and her travels / life in…
Lennard Kok is a freelance illustrator based in the Netherlands. Lennard’s artwork plays with both line and block colour as he translates his imagery through zines, screens prints and risograph. I love his ‘Falling Objects’ zine a 16 page A5 publication accompanied with a 3 colour A6 risograph print (available…
The most recent work from Kutsaa Saksi is the beautiful artworks made with jacquard weaving techniques. Using this technique it has resulted in Kustaa’s intricate designs being given a new dimension, produced on a large surface area with a mixture of fabric from alpacha wool too acrylic thread. His work…
Last week I had the pleasure of checking out the Edgar Martins exhibition at The Wapping Project, Bankside. ‘The Rehearsal of Space and The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite,’ is a collection of photographs and the result of a long term collaboration with the European Space Agency. The highly…
Gathering inspiration from his architect Father, Drew Tyndell specialises in creating colour-block wooden structures. Precise yet playful, a combination of punchy colours and emerging woodgrain perfectly blends modernity with a fresh, organic twist. Experimenting with paint and collage, slanted angles and jaunted lines provide the puzzle like fundamentals to each…
Multi-award winning printmaker Louise Stebbing is holding her solo exhibition, offering a rare glimpse of unseen works and hand-printed originals. With over 30-year experience in printmaking, Louise Stebbing’s limited edition linocuts and etchings reflect her fondness for atmospheric landscapes and her attempt to capture the essence of a place. The…
Aron Vellekoop León is a Spanish designer and illustrator currently based in the Netherlands. Inspired by traditional printmaking techniques, Aron maintains a handcrafted look and feel to his imagery that is best described as a mixture of symmetrical shapes, reused textures and elementary colours. I love his series of prints…
Gino Bud Hoiting (aka GBH) is a Dutch illustrator currently based in Paris. Drawing in line with pen and paint on both paper and walls (also often translating imagery digitally) Gino creates clear tangible imagery distinguished for an analogue approach. Founding his studio in 2009 to work on both commercial…
The Zodiac series is a new collection of screen prints by french born London based illustrator Malika Favre. The series was originally created over a year for the French magazine Be as an editorial commission. “I always felt that the Horoscopes were treated in a very obvious and almost cheesy…
Clara Lacy is an illustrator who encompasses raw ability with an individual take on observational drawing. Using minimal materials and minus colour, the texture within the strokes of graphite make up for the lack of palette. Leading clothing brands such as Goodhood and Soulland are keen to channel her effortless…
Yann Faucher is a French photographer currently based in London and represented by God & Man agency (NY) Yann’s beautiful imagery communicates ‘a sort of simplicity with casual intimacy’ as he expresses individualism through portraits and fashion photography.
I generally have a huge amount of respect for any Artist that embodies almost obsessive hand-rendered techniques in their practice and last week I read the most amazing article via Colossal’s website I just had to share. 271 years before Pantone, an Artist only known as A.Boogert created the most…