Showing posts with label Silkscreen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silkscreen. Show all posts

Friday 24 March 2023

Like No Other

Yesterday evening, I attended the private view and launch of  ‘Like No Other’ an exhibition by paper artist Owen Gildersleeve and Harvey Lloyd Screens showcasing an array of uplifting and one-of-a-kind artworks that celebrate hand-crafted individuality, the beauty in imperfection and the magic of collaboration.

This distinctive body of work will be on display at Phoenix Art Space in Brighton (UK) from March 22 – April 9 2023. The collaboration is a unique coming together of handcrafted techniques, and combines mono-screen prints – inks hand painted directly onto the screen creating endlessly unique results – with hand cut paper designs, created by Owen in his signature graphic style.
The designs celebrate light, colour, space and form, exploring themes of beauty in individuality, wonder in the everyday and finding perfection in imperfection. The spark of ‘Like No Other’ originated during the COVID lockdowns of 2020, where Owen suddenly found himself faced with the freedom to experiment with different approaches to his work. This included creating watercolour washes, exploring gradients and in turn, combining these with his hand-crafted paper artworks.
This opportunity of exploration led to Owen reaching out to Harvey Lloyd to collaborate on a one-off piece, who in turn took the idea and evolved it into something completely new, creating an array of wonderful test prints and experiments inspired by Owen’s initial concept. Through this creative ‘call and response’,
Harvey Lloyd helped grow this seed of an idea into an amazing array of printed possibilities. The exhibition tells a story of human connection and collaboration, stepping out of one’s comfort zone with the exchange of techniques and ideas, and the freedom that comes with embracing unexpected results.
Owen’s papercut elements are created using the very same paper stock as the monoprints, which is our Matrisse 250gsm 

The show will be a take over of the gallery’s Project Space room, featuring over 50 completely one-of-a-kind original pieces of artwork, guiding viewers through the collaboration and its themes, from the small details to large scale immersive interpretations.

Printed by Justin Hobson 24.03.2023

Thursday 3 November 2022

Jobs from the past - Number 156

Regular followers of this blog will know that my first post of every month is a "job from the past" so that I can show some of the really good work from years gone by and this one is from 2015...

Aaaaaaaaah! film poster 2015

This is the promotional poster for Steve Oram's directorial feature debut, Aaaaaaaah! (that's eight "A's"). The film has been written and directed by Steve Oram and the cast includes Julian Barratt, Toyah Wilcox, Julian Rhind Tutt and Holli Dempsey.

This poster is A2 size (594x420mm) and is silk-screen printed in six colours, a combination of tonal work and solid colours - the zip is printed in shiny metallic silver. It is produced using our Colorset, Bright Red 270gsm.
The posters were printed to coincide with the film's premiere in Leicester Square as part of Frightfest 2015. More information on the film can be found at both the Rook Films and Lincoln Studios sites. You can see the trailer below...
There is a review of the film here: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/10/aaaaaaaah-review-satire-of-beastly-behaviour
The prints were screen-printed by Gary Parselle at Brighton based silkscreen studio, The Private Press, and the above picture is from from the studio when they were in the drying rack.
 
Design is by Jay Shaw. Above is a picture of Steve Oram and Holli Dempsey pictured with the poster at the premiere!

Posted by Justin Hobson 03.11.2022

Tuesday 19 July 2022

Orla Kiely Ltd Editions...

Today is the hottest day ever in the UK apparently, so here is some hot news!

Harvey Lloyd Screenprint is a silkscreen print studio based in the South East of England and their work has appeared on this blog many times over the years. Established 40 years ago, they produce work for some of the best names in the industry, Harvey Lloyd have gained a reputation for having artists at their studio and working together to produce their artworks.

At the end of last year, Harvey Lloyd Screens printed three Limited editions for Orla Kiely - within 2 hours of launching the print, it sold out!
This image 'Colour Block Stem' is printed silkscreen in 4 colours and is printed on our 100% recycled Creative Print Champagne 270gsm...
Size is 297x420mm (A3)
The prints are produced in an edition of 100 copies. and have been beautifully printed by Harvey Lloyd Screenprint, who are based in Wadhurst, East Sussex.

https://orlakiely.com/
https://www.harveylloydscreens.co.uk/
Posted by Justin Hobson 19.07.2022

Tuesday 5 July 2022

Banknotes printed on PaperWise

POWER is a show and do project—tracking the real-time progress and pitfalls of building a solar POWER STATION across the rooftops of North East London via enacting a grassroots Green New Deal. It involves mass participation art, documentary film and cooperative energy as a diverse community come together to recognise our collective power and quite literally create it—moving from consumers to producers of energy. This is a public work of art involving practical thinking through making—collaborating with people and photons to explore and expand our relationships with each other and the sun we all live under.
In 2018 they opened a ‘rebel bank’ in a former high street bank and printed paper money. This was part of a Bank Job. Find out more here. In May 2022 the bank will be issuing a new form of currency—the Greenbacks. The plan - to raise £100,000 by end of July 2022 and carry on to £1Million.
The original Greenbacks that became the dollar were a form of sovereign money creation. POWER’s Greenbacks are a form of money creation and economic stimulus that will directly back a grassroots Green New Deal now as the proceeds of their exchange for sterling will be fed directly into POWER—shared 50/50 between building the (solar) POWER STATION as template and demand and building community wealth working with an ecosystem of organisations both doing this and fire fighting cuts and their consequences.
The greenbacks were printed in public in May 2022 in Walthamstow, NE London by a team of local people trained in the methods used and paid at London Living Wage. The printing processes used is a combination of offset litho, Riso, Silkscreen (UV ink) and hot foil blocking - amazing!
A wonderful project! ...and what about the paper?

These special banknotes are printed on our PaperWise Natural 90gsm, which is manufactured from 100% agricultural waste and you can read about HERE As you can see from the image below, PaperWise is a natural shade and is completely unbleached...
You can read more about the project here: https://www.power.film/

With thanks to Hilary Powell for the images and the introduction to the project.

Posted by Justin Hobson 05.07.2022

Tuesday 1 March 2022

Jobs from the past - Number 148

Regular followers of this blog will know that my first post of every month is a "job from the past" so that I can show some of the really good work from years gone by and this one is from 2014...

Bristol Coffee Map 2014
The Bristol Coffee Map is a project instigated by Bristol based Studio Baum ...produced in celebration of coffee, Bristol and the art of print design.
The studio worked with a team of coffee aficionados over 9 months touring Bristol’s cafés and meeting the city’s talented baristas. The final result is this beautifully produced piece of tactile print.
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The size of the map is 350x487mm folding down to175x122mm. It is produced on CRUSH, Coffee 120gsm from FAVINI, made using up to 15% residues from agro-industrial processes, recycled fibres and FSC fibres. Read more about Crush here: https://justinsamazingworldatfennerpaper.blogspot.com/2020/04/crush-truly-sustainable-paper.html
The map itself is printed offset litho in silver with an overprint silk-screened in turquoise. The project is illustrated in by a local Bristol illustrator Naomi Wilkinson - illustrations are just superb.

Design and production is by Sam Baum at Studio Baum. You can read more about it here:
Print is by Zone Graphics, based in Paddock Wood in Kent.
 
https://studiobaum.com/
https://www.naomiwilkinson.co.uk/
http://www.zonegraphics.co.uk/
Posted by Justin Hobson 01.03.2022

Wednesday 23 February 2022

ARKET

ARKET is a modern-day market offering essential products for men, women, children and the home. ARKET’s mission is to democratise quality through widely accessible, well-made, durable products, designed to be used and loved for a long time. ARKET opened its first store on Regent Street, London and this is the launch invitation...
Size of the invitation is 148x105mm, which is concertina folded out to a finished size of 592x420mm. Below is a birds eye view...
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The invitation is printed offset litho on our Offenbach Bible 60gsm ...and it looks and feels absolutely superb - it flops and folds in a delightful way when handling as I hope these images demonstrate. The above image shows the way it concertina's from top to bottom.
First fold, which concertina's out to 148x420mm
Fully unfolded to form a 32pp broadsheet...
The invitation is printed in just black, offset litho on one side only, although you might just be able to see ARKET as a shadow in the top quarter, which I hope you will be able to see better in the pictures below...
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It is a very subtle effect, so how is it created? …the white letters are silkscreen printed by K2 Screen. Mathias Clottu worked with Mark Jenkins at K2 to create a bespoke white colour to match the tone of Offenbach Bible -  a pure white silkscreen would have been too visible. The below image shows the silkscreened reverse.
The below image shows how it looks with light behind it, although it was the subtlety of the matching white shade that was required and which works so beautifully on the finished piece...
Design is by Mathias Clottu Studio. Litho printing is by Xtraprint, silkscreen is by K2 Screen and it was concertina folded by ABS Finishers.

https://www.arket.com/
https://hmgroup.com/brands/arket.html
https://www.mathiasclottu.com/
Posted by Justin Hobson 23.02.2022

Monday 1 November 2021

Jobs from the past - Number 144

Regular followers of this blog will know that my first post of every month is a "job from the past" so that I can show some of the really good work from years gone by...

Heart of Glass - November 2002
This is the private view invitation for an exhibition at the Crafts Council Gallery in London. The invitation is the the opening of an exhibition titled Heart of Glass, featuring work of the artists Jean-Michel Othoniel, Tony Oursler, Katy Schimert, Kiki Smith, Jan Vercruysse, Not Vital and Robin Winters. 
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The size of the invitation is A5 (148 x 210mm) Landscape and is silkscreen printed on one side in one colour (red). The viewing apertures are die-cut, providing eyeholes to look through which is really effective.
The invite is printed on our Kemikal, Cotton White 1500mics which is a natural feeling, neutral white thick board - 1.5mm thick. so it gives great thickness, although it isn't as dense as other thick material that we do such as Monoblack. As you can see from the image below, the thickness makes this invitation work fantastically.
Design is by Andrew Collier, who works freelance in London.

As I recall the silkscreen printing was produced by Artomatic, who also ran a print boutique in Great Sutton Street EC1. Sadly they are no loger in existence. I wrote about Artomatic on this previous post here: http://justinsamazingworldatfennerpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/job-from-past.html

http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/
Posted by Justin Hobson 01.11.2021

Wednesday 29 September 2021

Cabin Fever (3rd Wave)

Cross-disciplinary designer and printmaker, Paul Wolterink works across a range of media, believing "Anything can function as a carrier for information". From his roots as graphic designer, Wolterink's design vision is based on rapid instinctive 'design intuition' resulting in strong communication and simple visual language, that quickly burns on the retina - which is certainly true with this bright fluorescent print!
In Paul's own words...'CABIN FEVER' is created during the 3rd U.K. C19-wave/lockdown (Jan - March 2021) and is printed July 2021, and (despite our noble endless patience) reflects the lockdown-fatigue that struck me during this period. It's a short and vibrant visual scream in response to the challenging times we live(d) in. A real, and perhaps also slightly ironic, cry. After which we focusedly continue our paths again...

The size is 500x271mm and is hand silkscreen in 2 colours printed on our Matrisse 250gsm. An edition of 35 prints only, signed and numbered but produced in three colourways.
Paul goes on to say... Its typeface is 'Shatter' designed by Vic Carless in 1973. A expressive iconic letter that I not used in my work before, simply because there was no reason yet to work with it. But during this l3rd lockdown there was no doubt about it: Shatter HAD TO BE THE typeface to express this fatigue feeling with. Dutch people may know the typeface very well because of an famous album sleeve saying 'SKUNK', from a very popular mid 80s reggae band in the Netherlands named 'Doe Maar'. The print itself is claustophobically tight printed on its paper size. When framed it deliberately boxes the print just about. Sync to its expression 'CABIN FEVER'.
CABIN FEVER prémièred at Houghton Hall in Norfolk in the 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' show, which ended last week.

You can read more about the project and see the other colourways and buy the prints here...
http://portfolio.paulwolterink.com/filter/design/CABIN-FEVER-3rd-Wave

Posted by Justin Hobson 29.09.2021

Tuesday 24 November 2020

New Sarah Boris artworks

Some news, hot off the press today...

Harvey Lloyd Screenprint is a silkscreen print studio based in the South East of England and their work has appeared on this blog many times over the years. Established 40 years ago, they produce work for some of the best names in the industry, Harvey Lloyd have gained a reputation for having artists at their studio and working together to produce their artworks.

There are two new prints which are the result of their collaboration with artist and graphic designer Sarah Boris, One Step and Clover and here they are being printed...

Clover is printed in 4 colours and One step is printed in 3 colours. The size of both prints is 400mm square and here are the finished prints...
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Each of the prints is numbered and signed by Sarah.
...and of course I must mention that they are printed on our wonderful Matrisse 250gsm, which is an uncoated, white board range with a high bulk (330microns) is FSC certified and Acid Free. These beautiful prints are available directly from their online shop HERE 

Posted by Justin Hobson 24.112020

Friday 30 October 2020

I Love Halloween...

Love Poppet is a card publisher based in the Kent countryside, just outside Canterbury. Established by Claire Vincent, Love Poppet specialises in bespoke papercut cards and this pumpkin delight is a wonderful card made using our Colorset 100% Recycled board. What better way for me to wish you all a happy Halloween...
The above image shows the inside of the paper Pumpkin card and is simply AMAZING!
The above image shows the outside including the clever stalk. It's hard to give the exact size as it is such an irregular shape, however it fits inside a C5 envelope.

The card is made using our Colorset Mango 270gsm, which is a 100% recycled board and is a vibrant orange shade. Below shows the birdseye view which reveals the inner workings of the construction.
The card is silkscreen printed in 3 colours.

You can see more of Claire's creations here and you can buy them on Not On The High Street and Etsy. With best wishes for a spooky and scary Halloween, especially in these strange times.

Posted by Justin Hobson 30.10.2020