BOX OF CRACKERS

The new cracker coasters are in sets of two of the same colourway, supplied in a box with two tissue hats. Choose from yellow, red, black or pink cracker designs.

GARAGE SALE

New Cracker coaster designs available and will be on sale this weekend during the Front Room Art Trail, Totterdown Bristol 12 to 6pm, 15 to 16th November. Lucie Sheridan and myself will be sharing and selling at our Garage Sale on 1 Upper Street BS4 3BU. Pop in and say hello and maybe pull a cracker.

CHRISTMAT

Cracker coasters for your Christmas drinks. They will be available in four colour ways and two to a box for sharing and pulling. I could mix and match as it will be the season for giving. They will hopefully be available next month and on sale at various markets and pop-up places, please contact me to find out more.

A WINTER'S NIGHT/DAY

New prints for the winter season combining three silk screen printed colours and a foil blocked metallic winter moon and sun. They will be A4, limited edition and available early November.

WINTERLAND

Winter is next and I'll be finishing off a series of four Christmas cards for 2014 featuring scenes from Winterland. Both the Winter Moon and Sun will be printed as a silver and gold foil respectively and the rest of the scene will be hand screen printed in a second colour including mountains, forest, a town and icebergs. The designs will be adapted for A4 prints also with a few more colours.

ZOORAMA

Zoorama is work in progress, but will consist of a series of fun size and affordable prints featuring the more interesting, colourful and decorative species from the animal kingdom. Tortoise, lizard, crocodile and snake will be first on the ark and I will update you when they are available.

NIGHT OWL

'Night Owl' is an exclusive print for Nook Shop, London as part of the the London Design Festival 13-21 September 2014. On Twitter Nook Shop said 'Tweet Twoo' so I guess on here it would be...nothing connected worth trying actually. Try and make a visit to all that is LDF it should be design heaven fun. 

LOVE OWL

Do Love Owls lay Love Eggs? New design work in progress.

SEASON'S GREETINGS

The sun has got his face on...four new cards depicting the sun in each of the four seasons. Spring is slightly surprised and Winter is positively frost bitten. Take your pick online

FUN IN THE SUN

Seven new greeting card designs featuring colourful graphic illustrations based on the British Summertime, be it in the city or on the coast. They are supplied with a bright canary yellow self-seal envelope and a little sunshine. Available now online.

HELLO SUNSHINE

Summer greetings. This design is one of four featuring the sun in each season. Autumn is a bit sad, Spring looks surprised and winter has a cold nose. They will be available soon.

NEWS FLASH

On trend - Peacock Fluorescent print is featured in August issue of Elle Decoration UK.

PROMENADE

A night time stroll at the seaside can be just the ticket. Promenade Night is one of a new range of greeting card designs based on the British Summertime. They will be available soon online but in the meantime they will be on sale during our joint show 'Summertime' at Unlimited, Brighton 5-26 July.

BLACK BEAUTY

Painted Lady Black will also be on show at Summertime. She is one of three prints based on the Merry- Go-Round horse. 

POPPY POP

Poppy is the second design from my Bloom range to be printed as a large format screen print. It will be on show at the joint show 'Summertime' between myself and Lucie Sheridan at Unlimited and available also to buy at my online shop.

PRINTS IN BLOOM

The joint show will also feature large format, limited edition screen prints of a selection of flower head designs from my 'Bloom' range. Flower and Poppy will be on show and will soon be available online to buy.

AHOY

'Regatta' is one of six new greeting cards from a collection titled 'Summer' out soon. The abstract designs all feature shapes based on the British Summer and being beside the sea. They will be on sale at the joint show in Brighton.

INVITE

Summertime joint show is happening next month and the invites are out - screen printed onto a blank beer mat and letter pressed on the reverse by The Letterpress Collective. Good for the cocktail or skimming.

JOINT SHOW

SUMMERTIME IS COMING

A joint show of limited edition screen prints by myself and Lucie Sheridan will be previewing on July 4th at 6.30pm at Unlimited in the North Laines of Brighton. Further details to follow.

IN ELLE

The June issue of Elle Decoration UK features Fox cushion as part of a shop feature on Unlimited in Brighton and the Butterfly card range.

WORLD OF PAPER

Choosing Keeping on London's Columbia Road invites you in to a world of stationery including writing/office equipment and decorative desktop accessories. The background, manufacturer and history to each product is made available. The Astier Villatte letterpress 2014 Diary caught my eye. 

CAPTURED

Certainly was - when on a trip down Columbia Road in London's E2, I came across many independent pioneering stores and one stood out. Captured by sells a select collection of well designed and aesthetically pleasing products for the home as well as jewellery and clothing. It was a homely shrine devoted to good pure design and coffee served from a window. 

SOMETHING ELSE

Go buy at Something Else, Bristol. I popped in for the first time recently and was impressed by the collection of paper products including richly designed books, wrapping paper and stationery gifts. Happy to be stocking a few card designs there. It certainly had the clout of a contemporary London store, one that is quite unique to Bristol and about time.

CUT-OUT + KEEP

It has to be the art event of the year - Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs. This landmark show explores the final chapter in his career in which he began 'carving into colour' and his series of spectacular cut-outs was born. It open tomorrow, 17 April until 7 September at Tate Modern, London.

HARP ON

I didn't know that this marvel existed. It's described as a hidden gem found in Cincinnati. Tucked inside the John Weld Peck Federal Building is a spectacular mural created by Charley Harper. This enormous ceramic tile mosaic spreads over two walls and features over 100 beautiful beasts.

NEXT WEEK

Just a gentle reminder...Unlimited will be setting up shop for the second year running at Pick Me Up held at Somerset House, London. It is the UK's leading contemporary graphic arts festival. It opens next week from 24 April to 5 May.

RARE

There's only a handful of the Fluorescent Peacock left in the country. There are three species released as mini A5 prints. Each design is printed using two contrasting fluorescent inks. This rare find will be no more once the last has gone but you can spot them in their natural habitat which is Pick me Up, London at Unlimited's stand and online.  

FLOWER POWER

Above is a preview of one of six new cards from a new range titled 'Bloom'. The artwork has just left my desktop which will give me just enough time to think of other flower puns. 

PRECIOUS

Peacock Chrome Red and Green are two new prints inspired by the forthcoming Pick Me Up event at Somerset House, London on April 24th. I also created an exclusive yellow edition for Unlimited of Brighton who will be there. The designs are part foil blocked in mirror silver and hand screen printed.

IN BLOOM

Work in progress 'In Bloom' is all about flower heads with a series of cards soon and a 'Flower Box' set of all six. Limited edition screen prints are planned and will feature at the joint show 'Summertime' this July with Unlimited.

BUTTERDIE

That's enough of puns and Peacocks, but before I go, the image above is of a recently made metal die that has been used to make an impression and foil block print my Peacock design in mirror silver foil as a limited edition print. The second part of the process is to screen print the second colour. They will be available soon at my online shop and at Pick Me Up, London with Unlimited.

PICK ME UP 14

Now in it's fifth year Pick Me Up is as usual being held at Somerset House, London. Unlimited of Brighton have been accepted to exhibit there once more and will be including new and current work of mine at their stand along with many other artists and designers. The graphic feast will run from 24 April to 5 May. 

FOXY FEET

Our daughter Belle paraded her new slippers. Completely made of felt this Fox version is available from Sew Hear Felt

PEACOCK PROCESS

Printed in process yellow and cyan this version of my Peacock design 'Peacock Yellow' is available to buy now online.

MOUNTED

I've always thought that a butterfly entering a room is like being visited by a spirit or lost soul. It's a good feeling so bear with me and always try and let one escape if it happens to you. Peacocks are emerging right now in houses and gardens as they are one of Britain's few species that hibernates over the winter.

NEW SPOTS

I wanted to print a few favourite colour combinations and so used my new Peacock design for this. Both A3 limited edition prints have been printed onto Fabriano 5 Smooth paper. Peacock Pink is printed in a dusty pink and bright cyan whereas Peacock Green, top, displays a bright sage green and deep red. Both are available at my online shop.

STRIPES

Red Admiral is the second design from my Wings series of British Butterflies to show itself. A two colour, limited edition screen print available from my online shop. An A4 edition will follow.

ALL ABOARD

These are a few more designs that complete the series of carousel horse designs that will feature as screen prints at our joint show 'Summertime' opening on July 4th 2014 at Unlimited in Brighton.