Here are some photos of the exhibition...
...and finally proof it wasn't just us - some customers
Friday, August 27, 2010
Superfluity - photos
The Superfluity exhibition went really well and we sold stuff! We found that it was mainly the cheaper more crafty things that we sold (e.g. I sold loads of greetings cards, completely selling out of one design) We are hoping to get together to start going to craft fairs and sales as a group - I have already applied for a stall at clutter city at Norwich Arts Centre so hope to hear back about that soon.
Here are some photos of the exhibition...
The back wall of the barn - showing Suzi's mosaics, Kim's sculptures and my bunting!
Some of Suzi's beautiful mosaics - I particularly love the tree and am thinking of asking her to make me one as she swapped this one for one of Charlie's bubble bowls
Mark's pots and paintings. He sold his little bird... the telegraph pole painting as used in our poster. His ceramics are beautiful and very tactile - and can be used outside.
Kim's lurcher - almost impossible to believe that this is made from wire and modrock! I'm very glad as my lurcher loving (and very discerning) parents bought this so I will get to see it every time I visit them. Below is Kim's hare again made from modrock on a wire skeleton - they look like bronze casts even close up...
Charlie's jewellery that she has been making with Tuesday Club (a group of her friends from art school) They are really lovely and Charlie is starting to make her own designs to complement the range they have. She has also made these lovely bubble bowls using a technique that she has perfected over time.
My main table with my Joy pictures and cards (plus a few baby blankets at the bottom!)
A selection of my cards - I sold loads and now need to get them on to Folksy and maybe find out if anywhere in the city would be interested in selling them for me.
Some of my textiley bits - some bunting that I made - in the future I want to make themed bunting e.g pirate. I am also going to steal (borrow) Charlie's idea for her wedding bunting and make some outdoor stuff using the plasticy table covering vinyl stuff (not sure what it is called!) Also my little felt strawberry brooches - I think these are more suitable for children and have some other ideas for children's felt badges. But have also started a range of my adult jewellery using reclaimed (i.e. scraps I have in my fabric drawer) fabric to make corsages.
...and finally proof it wasn't just us - some customers
Here are some photos of the exhibition...
...and finally proof it wasn't just us - some customers
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Folksy
I have just set up my online shop on folksy
or go directly to my shop rachalulabelle on folksy
I have put on some of my Joy prints and a few textiles but plan to add more soon.
or go directly to my shop rachalulabelle on folksy
I have put on some of my Joy prints and a few textiles but plan to add more soon.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Links to websites with art techniques/info
Norwich print fair - although about the print fair this site has a page with information about different printing techniques
Norwich Print Fair
Norwich Print Fair
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Check these out!!!
Look at this amazing projection mapping. The video is what people who were there would have actually seen on the building that is being projected on to. Amazing, beautiful, eye popping use of technolgy...
Projection art video
The projection mapping made me think of this short film - watch the world get pixelated as the computer games take over!
Pixels by Patrick Jean
An arty music video - this is brilliant and also informative! The band have created masterpieces for their music video - see how many you know....
70 million - Hold Your Horses video
I was introduced to both Pixels and the 70 million video at BUG in Norwich. Adam Buxton of Adam and Joe fame puts on this 'evolution of music video' event for the BFI in London each month and then fortunately as he lives nearby does a best off every few months in Norwich at the Playhouse. We are gradually introducing our friends to this event and will soon be buying a few rows of tickets at a time as they all love it. If you like music videos then check out the website as you can watch the vids from past shows. Check em out before showing the kids as some are more raunchy/scary/wierd than others!
BUG website
Projection art video
The projection mapping made me think of this short film - watch the world get pixelated as the computer games take over!
Pixels by Patrick Jean
An arty music video - this is brilliant and also informative! The band have created masterpieces for their music video - see how many you know....
70 million - Hold Your Horses video
I was introduced to both Pixels and the 70 million video at BUG in Norwich. Adam Buxton of Adam and Joe fame puts on this 'evolution of music video' event for the BFI in London each month and then fortunately as he lives nearby does a best off every few months in Norwich at the Playhouse. We are gradually introducing our friends to this event and will soon be buying a few rows of tickets at a time as they all love it. If you like music videos then check out the website as you can watch the vids from past shows. Check em out before showing the kids as some are more raunchy/scary/wierd than others!
BUG website
Sainsbury Centre - exhibitions 15/08/2010
Just got back from a lovely afternoon out with my friend looking at the current exhibitions at the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich. have been meaning to visit the Henry Moore Textiles exhibition for ages and have just got in in time, fortunately the unearthed exhibition had started so we were able to look at both. As an added bonus the reserve collection was open - a real mix match of items which were very interesting to wander round.
Unearthed exhibition
The exhibition holds many figures from Japan and Romania dating from 3000BC. Although geographically distant there were similarities between the cultures and between the figures found at both sites.
The exhibition made me think about the collective unconsciousness relating to both art and music. I find it incredibly interesting that cultures and communities, where the peoples would never have traveled and met each other, have produced art and music that is surprisingly similar.
The figures in the exhibition were small and the majority where of the female human form (breast mounds signified this). The Japanese figures are called Dogu. There are similarities between the figures in that they are of a similar range of sizes, where found in similar areas within the sites and are on the whole basic representations of humans.
Seeing the figures has made me think about the air drying clay I have sitting in my art cupboard and that I would maybe like to try to make some similar as some of them are so very beautiful.
Henry Moore Textiles
Until I saw this exhibition advertised I wasn't aware that Henry Moore had designed any textiles (I was not alone - a fact noted by the curators in the introduction area!)
Moore designed large wall hangings as well as a number of fabric designs and one of the silk squares or scarves for Ascher. Ascher printed Moore's fabrics using screen printing techniques onto silk, linen,cotton and rayon.
I found out that a serigraph describes an artist's screen printed fabric - this distinguishes it from a commercial screen print.
There are a number of links between his sculptures, ideas for sculptures and his fabric designs.
I noted how interesting it is too see how different the same design looks in different colourways and look forward to trying this out when I do printing and textile courses in the future. I have some ideas from his designs that I would like to try out myself - some of the designs are almost batik like and I have already been thinking that I would like to create some contemporary and not 'hippyish' batiks. It has made me think even more about an idea I have to use old plain fabrics from charity shops (sheets, duvet covers etc) and then print on to these to use for bunting, patchwork, quilts etc.
There were pages from his sketchbooks to look at this and this has made me think about how I will be able to use a lot of different media when I start my own textile sketchbooks - I noted that he had used pencil, wax crayons, watercolour, chalk, ink, pen and washes often within the same design - I must remember to use lots of diff things and see how the diff effects are and how they relate to diff aspects of the design and different techniques e.g I might use a wash for the background colour, wax crayon around batik, felt tip pen to show embroidery, stick on bits to show sequins, beads etc.
Unearthed exhibition
The exhibition holds many figures from Japan and Romania dating from 3000BC. Although geographically distant there were similarities between the cultures and between the figures found at both sites.
The exhibition made me think about the collective unconsciousness relating to both art and music. I find it incredibly interesting that cultures and communities, where the peoples would never have traveled and met each other, have produced art and music that is surprisingly similar.
The figures in the exhibition were small and the majority where of the female human form (breast mounds signified this). The Japanese figures are called Dogu. There are similarities between the figures in that they are of a similar range of sizes, where found in similar areas within the sites and are on the whole basic representations of humans.
Seeing the figures has made me think about the air drying clay I have sitting in my art cupboard and that I would maybe like to try to make some similar as some of them are so very beautiful.
Henry Moore Textiles
Until I saw this exhibition advertised I wasn't aware that Henry Moore had designed any textiles (I was not alone - a fact noted by the curators in the introduction area!)
Moore designed large wall hangings as well as a number of fabric designs and one of the silk squares or scarves for Ascher. Ascher printed Moore's fabrics using screen printing techniques onto silk, linen,cotton and rayon.
I found out that a serigraph describes an artist's screen printed fabric - this distinguishes it from a commercial screen print.
There are a number of links between his sculptures, ideas for sculptures and his fabric designs.
I noted how interesting it is too see how different the same design looks in different colourways and look forward to trying this out when I do printing and textile courses in the future. I have some ideas from his designs that I would like to try out myself - some of the designs are almost batik like and I have already been thinking that I would like to create some contemporary and not 'hippyish' batiks. It has made me think even more about an idea I have to use old plain fabrics from charity shops (sheets, duvet covers etc) and then print on to these to use for bunting, patchwork, quilts etc.
There were pages from his sketchbooks to look at this and this has made me think about how I will be able to use a lot of different media when I start my own textile sketchbooks - I noted that he had used pencil, wax crayons, watercolour, chalk, ink, pen and washes often within the same design - I must remember to use lots of diff things and see how the diff effects are and how they relate to diff aspects of the design and different techniques e.g I might use a wash for the background colour, wax crayon around batik, felt tip pen to show embroidery, stick on bits to show sequins, beads etc.
JOY prints
If you would like to order a JOY print please email me rachalulabelle@yahoo.co.uk
Prices are without postage&packing and for unframed prints. A4 and A5 prints would be posted to you in hard backed envelopes - standard first class would cost £1.50 and an A3 print would be posted in a tube and this would cost £5.00.
If you would like your print framed please get in touch regarding postage costs.
PRINTS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
JOY - A4 - Moments - £10.00
JOY - A3 - Matches - £20 (sorry for picture quality this is a photograph rather than a scanned image!)
JOY - A4 - Parenthood - £10. All the background words and phrases are on the theme of parenthood so makes a great and unusual gift for new parents.
JOY - A4 - Music to my Ears - £10. Completely themed around music - an ideal gift for any music lovers out there.
JOY - A4 - Rainbows - £10. This print is black and white and then hand coloured. This means you can choose any colour way you like (as long as I have or can get the special light-fast artist brush pens that I use.)
JOY - A5 - Wonders - £5. This print is black and white and then hand coloured. This means you can choose any colour way you like (as long as I have or can get the special light-fast artist brush pens that I use.)
If you think of a theme that you would like to see as a print please let me know as I may be able to produce it for you.
Prices are without postage&packing and for unframed prints. A4 and A5 prints would be posted to you in hard backed envelopes - standard first class would cost £1.50 and an A3 print would be posted in a tube and this would cost £5.00.
If you would like your print framed please get in touch regarding postage costs.
PRINTS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
JOY - A4 - Moments - £10.00
JOY - A3 - Matches - £20 (sorry for picture quality this is a photograph rather than a scanned image!)
JOY - A4 - Parenthood - £10. All the background words and phrases are on the theme of parenthood so makes a great and unusual gift for new parents.
JOY - A4 - Music to my Ears - £10. Completely themed around music - an ideal gift for any music lovers out there.
JOY - A4 - Rainbows - £10. This print is black and white and then hand coloured. This means you can choose any colour way you like (as long as I have or can get the special light-fast artist brush pens that I use.)
JOY - A5 - Wonders - £5. This print is black and white and then hand coloured. This means you can choose any colour way you like (as long as I have or can get the special light-fast artist brush pens that I use.)
If you think of a theme that you would like to see as a print please let me know as I may be able to produce it for you.
Superfluity - an arts and crafts exhibition
5 friends have got together to put on this exhibition as part of the Loddon and Chedgrave summer art programme.
Come along to see Suzi's beautiful mosaics, Mark's wonderful pots and paintings, Charlie's fantastic bowls, my JOY pics plus some other bits and bobs and Kim's amazing animal sculptures.
We are very lucky as Gloria has let us have the use of her lovely barn which makes an ideal setting. There is a car park next to the church (on the main street in Loddon) and there will be signs directing visitors from the church yard.
We are very lucky as Gloria has let us have the use of her lovely barn which makes an ideal setting. There is a car park next to the church (on the main street in Loddon) and there will be signs directing visitors from the church yard.
How to order a JOY picture
If you would like a JOY picture created for yourself or as a gift please email me rachalulabelle@yahoo.co.uk
Prices for unique JOY pictures
Other sizes available - prices available on request.
You can also order prints, some of which are hand coloured (so you can select your own colours if you wish.)
Print prices start from £5 for an unframed A5.
Prices for unique JOY pictures
Size | Unframed | Clip frame | Framed |
A5 - 210 x 148 mm | £20 | £25 | £35 |
A4 - 297 x 210 mm | £35 | £40 | £50 |
A3 - 420 x 297 mm | £60 | £65 | £80 |
Other sizes available - prices available on request.
You can also order prints, some of which are hand coloured (so you can select your own colours if you wish.)
Print prices start from £5 for an unframed A5.
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