This Saturday is the third Birmingham SketchCrawl. Here are the plans for the day from organiser/illustrator Tim Richardson: Just a quick reminder that the next sketch crawl will be next Saturday the 1st March. Starting at Birmingham Moor Street Railway Station at 11:00, I’ll hang around the main concourse. Half way meet up in the … [Read more…]
Illustrated Brum, a new illustration blog, is described by editors Louise Byng and Sarah Isaacs as “visual anecdotes of their relationship with the city. Their first post says: Here we will document the creative, cultural and social goings on we encounter to create an illustrated guide to Birmingham life. Through drawings, photographs, artifacts and ephemera we seek to capture the city … [Read more…]
Upon entering OFF KEY Studio, you are not confronted with any skin. This place is about the drawings; the sketches, the design style, the colour rendering, examples of the artists’ work adorning the walls. There’s an air of calm, with space to breathe and walls covered with inspiring examples of established tattoo artists. Forget intimidating … [Read more…]
Kirsty M is a papercraft artist/illustrator from the Black Country – she’s very recently relocated and is now based in Cornwall. Last year Kirsty was asked to be part of Handmade Boutique, the pop-up shop shop in the Great Western Arcade. In response to this she created a beautiful, intricate piece of artwork of some recognisable … [Read more…]
If you trawl through the prehistoric timeline in search of the unique ‘Jurassic Panda‘, you’ll discover a very current Gemma Hotchkiss. Birmingham-based artist Gemma created the project a couple of years after completing her degree in Printed Textile Design at Birmingham Institute of Art & Design (BIAD) Gosta Green. Always encouraged to showcase her sense of humour … [Read more…]
PROVIDE have an exhibition of Kristian Jones‘ illustration work: We’re honoured to be hosting an exhibition of some of Kristian Jones’ recent works here at PROVIDE. There is a private viewing on Thursday 21/11/13 from 19:00-21:00, and the exhibition will be on display until the end of 2013. If you’d like to join us … [Read more…]
Eye Candy Festival 2013 launch party kicks off this Thursday, 31st October, at Le Truc and sees the start of the weekend long festival full of art, live drawing, films, installations, workshops and much more. The best thing about Eye Candy Festival is that it is all free and will be featuring work by a … [Read more…]
When I was home in Lincolnshire at the weekend I visited the National Centre for Craft and Design. They have a rather lovely shop stocking hand crafted bits and pieces including scarves, lampshades, purses, clothing and jewellery – as well as prints, cards and wrapping paper, amongst other things. The reason I’m telling you this, … [Read more…]