Tuesday 19th December: Amnesty's Beautiful Art Raffle 2017

These "TOTEM" sculptures are ending their tour this week at Gallery 46 in Whitechapel, to be raffled for Amnesty on Wednesday 20th December at £5 per ticket .  The group show  inspired by International Peace Day has been curated by They Made This in association with Protein Studios.   I love them all for their own distinct characters from the illustrative faces of John Booth's ceramic slip to Damien Poulain's graphic painted woodwork .......... a new invention since his own Totem collection from 2009!    The other artists in the mix of eleven include:  Emily Forgot; Rude; Gemma Tickle; Rhoslyn Butler & Kester Hoefkens; Isabel & Helen; Bompas & Parr; Morag Myerscough and Marcus Walters.  

Head over to the Amnesty site to make your bid now, before tomorrow!  Or shop the prints here.

Monday 18th December: My headpiece for Donna Wilson's magazine "Make Your Own"

Earlier in the year Donna Wilson asked me to invent a step-by-step guide to a headpiece for her magazine "Make Your Own".  The 2nd issue is out this week for Christmas packed with projects, interviews and inspiration from lots of different artists and designers working in different mediums.    Here are the images from my spread and a sneak peak of a page from the final edition in print.  You'll have to buy the actual physical copy to get your hands on my breakdown of how to create this cosmic iridescent crown!

Order a copy here or visit her pop-up shop on Columbia Road.

(Portraits of me by Mitchell McGillvary, with hair colour by Tracy Hayes at Fudge.)

Saturday 16th December: Julie Verhoeven for Miller Harris

• Julie Verhoeven's Christmas commission for Miller Harris, comprising of window installations, an animated film and packaging for their perfumes including her own version of a cracker crown as your fashionable alternative for the day!

Friday 15th December: Pink Hair by Fudge

Thankyou Tracy Hayes at Fudge for another year of cosmic colour and a new palette of #pinkhair using Paintbox.  Since going pink in October for Breast Cancer Awareness I have become fond of these new found hues for me!  Tracy mixed the "Pink Riot" colour and mixed with "Whiter Shade of Pale" to create the pastel softer shade on top of the more intense sections underneath.  Follow Fudge on Instagram to find out more formulas and styles for inspiration.

See my past colour-ways here.

Wednesday 13th December: Peckham Levels opening party with 3rd Rail Print Space

Leading on from the soft launch of "Peckham Levels" last week to the official opening night on Friday where 3rd Rail were hosting live screen-printing.  Visitors could get a taster of their open access facilities by making a personalised tote bag with a pattern from Supermundane.  The workshop which ran throughout the whole weekend was part of their campaign to gather enough funding via Kickstarter to complete the final build for London's largest public screen-print studio.  Check out their different packages to snap up bargains from seasonal gifts to your own creative space within their floor of Peckham Levels when its completed in January.  Find out how to pledge here.  Only one week to go to reach their target!

See archive posts here and here.

(Photos c/o Erika & 3rd Rail)

Wednesday 13th December: Patternity update

I dropped in to the Patternity Seasonal sale and marble workshop to stock up on some dazzle merch and catch up with the duo on their patterned plans for 2018.  There's a BIG announcement in store so keep an eye out and ear to the ground for that news unveiling very soon................ I can't wait to share!

Monday 11th December: "Flags" at Beach London

In the midst of a bleak mid-winter snow fall, lets talk about a beach!  The beach in question is the gallery and agency "Beach London" whose space has relocated from Cheshire Street to Kentish Town this year.  The last exhibition for 2017 just launched with a private view to tally up with the time-out of the Everpress orders on t-shirts from artworks within the show.  "Flags" is a group show of flag designs that can be bought as stand alone works of art or as a wearable print on a tee in this collaborative project with Everpress.  Artists include  Studio Moross,  Rob Flowers, HYT, Alec Doherty and my two favourites shown in the second photo here by Adam Higton and Sarah Todd.  The gallery and gift shop are open above Camdens Daughter from Friday to Sunday, 12pm - 5pm. 

Find out about their offsite festive workshop on Thursday, hosting wreath making with Hattie Flowers and marbling wrapping paper at Bailey Nelson here.