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  • December 2012
  • November 2012

  • Hunter Hunted Hunter Hunted is inspired by the sound of blasting shotguns ringing out across the Dorset countryside. Paul Blow’s favorite colour is accountant blue. He can be found staring at blank paper with bleeding eyes. His glasses are his most treasured possessions, they are with him at all times. Words he lives by - blood, sweat and tears. Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm. 584 x 410 mm

    Paul Blow

    Hunter Hunted


    Hunter Hunted is inspired by the sound of
    blasting shotguns ringing out across the
    Dorset countryside.


    Paul Blow’s favorite colour is accountant
    blue. He can be found staring at
    blank paper with bleeding eyes. His
    glasses are his most treasured possessions,
    they are with him at all times.
    Words he lives by – blood, sweat and
    tears.


    Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto
    GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm.
    584 x 410 mm

  • Stripy Day “For me drawing is a thinking process. If I want to think about something - I just start drawing and then all the real and imaginary creatures start creeping out from somewhere. Same as thoughts they end up being tangled and mixed up in one big mess”. Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm. 584 x 410 mm

    Giedre Domzaite

    Stripy Day


    “For me drawing is a thinking process. If
    I want to think about something – I just
    start drawing and then all the real and
    imaginary creatures start creeping out
    from somewhere. Same as thoughts they end
    up being tangled and mixed up in one big
    mess”.


    Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto
    GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm.
    584 x 410 mm

  • Confetti Based on a reworking of the handmade paper "Confetti". A pattern developed with Sarah Gottlieb. George Wu is a multidisciplinary artist born in Manchester. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art, her work ranges from graphic design, video works to installations with a strong focus on human participation. Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto GFSmith Colorplan Sapphire, 250gsm. 420 x 297 mm

    George Wu

    Confetti


    Based on a reworking of the handmade
    paper “Confetti”. A pattern developed
    with Sarah Gottlieb.


    George Wu is a multidisciplinary artist
    born in Manchester. Since graduating
    from the Royal College of Art, her work
    ranges from graphic design, video works
    to installations with a strong focus on
    human participation.


    Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto
    GFSmith Colorplan Sapphire, 250gsm.
    420 x 297 mm

  • Stripes Stripes is a typographic piece based on Andrés initials, created on a vector program. Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto GFSmith Colorplan Azure Blue 250gsm. 584 x 410 mm

    André Beato

    Stripes


    Stripes is a typographic piece based on
    Andrés initials, created on a vector
    program.


    Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto
    GFSmith Colorplan Azure Blue 250gsm.
    584 x 410 mm

  • Mothers Deamon’s - The Crow The marriage of Vicki's British nationality and Chinese ethnicity provides the inspiration for her work. Many of her significant childhood memories emerged from the stand-off between her Chinese heritage and her diametrically opposed Western upbringing. "Mother’s Demons" explores the wildlife and nature that threatened Mrs Fong’s Feng Shui harmony and balance. Mechanical drawing onto GFSmith Colorplan Azure Blue 250gsm. 584 x 410 mm

    Vicki Fong

    Mothers Deamon’s – The Crow


    The marriage of Vicki’s British nationality
    and Chinese ethnicity provides the
    inspiration for her work. Many of her
    significant childhood memories emerged
    from the stand-off between her Chinese
    heritage and her diametrically opposed
    Western upbringing.

    “Mother’s Demons”
    explores the wildlife and nature that
    threatened Mrs Fong’s Feng Shui harmony
    and balance.


    Mechanical drawing onto GFSmith Colorplan Azure
    Blue 250gsm.
    584 x 410 mm

  • DB London 12 Hawaii is a leading design agency specialising in realising ideas through beautifully crafted design in multiple media. The agency is employed by a broad range of international corporate and retail clients and is renowned for its originality, diversity and transparent working methodology. Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm. 584 x 410 mm

    Hawaii Design

    DB London 12


    Hawaii is a leading design agency
    specialising in realising ideas through
    beautifully crafted design in multiple
    media. The agency is employed by a broad
    range of international corporate and
    retail clients and is renowned for its
    originality, diversity and transparent
    working methodology.


    Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto
    GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm.
    584 x 410 mm

  • Cooking With a Vietnamese Community Group This artwork is from a series of drawings working with a Vietnamese community group in Hackney, London. David Sparshott is a freelance illustrator based in London having graduated from Bristol School of Art UWE in 2006. David’s illustrations are created using the traditional medium of graphite and coloured pencil and retain a balance between playful observations and detailed line-work. Reportage and observational drawing form an integral part of David’s practice. Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm.

    David Sparshott

    Cooking With a Vietnamese Community
    Group
    This artwork is from a series of drawings
    working with a Vietnamese community
    group in Hackney, London.
    David Sparshott is a freelance illustrator
    based in London having graduated from
    Bristol School of Art UWE in 2006.
    David’s illustrations are created using
    the traditional medium of graphite and
    coloured pencil and retain a balance
    between playful observations and
    detailed line-work. Reportage and observational
    drawing form an integral part of
    David’s practice.


    Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto
    GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm.

  • S Silvia Baz is a graphic designer who believes in considered and crafted creative responses. Her experimental practice looks at typography and visual perception. Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm. 584 x 410 mm

    Silvia Baz

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    Silvia Baz is a graphic designer who
    believes in considered and crafted
    creative responses. Her experimental
    practice looks at typography and visual
    perception.


    Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto
    GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm.
    584 x 410 mm

  • Squiggle Designed as a digital print for a range of head scarfs as part of my C.H.A.F. (council house and fabulous) collection. Based on 50's and 60's wallpaper patterns, upholstery fabrics and lava lamps. Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto GFSmith Colorplan Azure Blue 250gsm. 420 x 297 mm

    Timothy Andrews

    Squiggle


    Designed as a digital print for a range
    of head scarfs as part of my C.H.A.F.
    (council house and fabulous) collection.
    Based on 50′s and 60′s wallpaper
    patterns, upholstery fabrics and lava
    lamps.


    Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto
    GFSmith Colorplan Azure Blue 250gsm.
    420 x 297 mm

  • A Bee In My Bonnet With A Honey Hair Comb Mechanical drawing and Digital embroidery. 100%polyester thread onto GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm. 584 x 410 mm

    Fred Butler

    A Bee In My Bonnet With A Honey Hair Comb


    Mechanical drawing and Digital embroidery.


    100%polyester thread onto GFSmith Colorplan Bright
    White 250gsm.
    584 x 410 mm

  • Wondering Lines INK Illustration explore the role of drawing through their collaborative practice. Making marks and forming lines in response to observations, imagination, memory and feelings, they draw to discover, invent and visualise their thoughts. INK Illustration use modest materials to draw and work prolifically in sketchbooks where they develop. Mechanical drawing onto GFSmith Colorplan Bright White, 250gsm. 584 x 410 mm

    Ink Illustration

    Wondering Lines


    INK Illustration explore the role of
    drawing through their collaborative
    practice. Making marks and forming lines
    in response to observations, imagination,
    memory and feelings, they draw to
    discover, invent and visualise their
    thoughts.


    INK Illustration use modest
    materials to draw and work prolifically
    in sketchbooks where they develop.


    Mechanical drawing onto GFSmith Colorplan Bright
    White, 250gsm.
    584 x 410 mm

  • Maude & Arthur - The Big Debate This piece is based on two of David’s characters Maude& Arthur debating(politely for now) who is the more famous of the two. Maude is the fabric fashion mouse made originally by David Longshaw whilst at St Martin’s. Made of 100% cashmere, the finest available, given to David by the Savile Row Taylor Richard James. Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm. 584 x 410 mm

    David Longshaw

    Maude & Arthur – The Big Debate


    This piece is based on two of David’s
    characters Maude& Arthur
    debating(politely for now) who is the
    more famous of the two.


    Maude is the fabric fashion mouse made
    originally by David Longshaw whilst at St
    Martin’s. Made of 100% cashmere, the
    finest available, given to David by the
    Savile Row Taylor Richard James.


    Digital embroidery. 100% polyester thread onto
    GFSmith Colorplan Bright White 250gsm.
    584 x 410 mm

  • PENS & NEEDLES An exhibition of tactile embroidered posters Print House Gallery 18 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL 6 Dec – 14 Jan, Private View 6 Dec, 6pm – 10pm

    PENS & NEEDLES EXHIBITION

    PENS & NEEDLES
    An exhibition of tactile embroidered posters

    Print House Gallery
    18 Ashwin Street,
    London, E8 3DL

    6 Dec – 14 Jan,
    Private View 6 Dec, 6pm – 10pm


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