art junky

On sunday a few of us from our MA course took part in the 3rd Art Junky indoor market at the Phoenix Gallery, Brighton. The day was a great success and we had a lot of fun. There were even more stalls than last year with some beautiful work (some of which I couldn't resist buying), and lots of tea and cake.

I sold quite a lot of bits (incuding some pigeons!) and am planning to add some of my leftover stock to my etsy shop over the coming weeks.

Here are some pictures from the day (courtesy of yumi):




And some links to my fellow stallholders' websites:

yumi



audrey



naomi



fiona



If any of you folks know of any other similar events coming up in the uk/local area then do let me know and I'll make sure to post up some pictures of my purchases soon!
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book fair

Just an update to let you know how I got on at the recent Press & Release artists book fair in Brighton. I held a stall there with a group of friends from my MA course so we had quite a wide selection of books & ephemera for sale which I think was a good plan. I made some books & cards & stickers:


I wasn't sure how popular the fair was going to be, or what kind of crowd it was going to attract, so I went down the small & inexpensive pathway (as there are oh so many students in Brighton) and I did quite well. I managed to sell quite a lot of items and I even sold one of my books to a representative from the Tate library. This means that in a few weeks time my book will have been catalogued and will be part of the Tate Artists' books collection. Exciting news!

The books I made were based around the topic of collective terms for animals as I found a lot of the names were quite interesting & often a bit bizarre (e.g. a parcel of penguins). I created 4 different mini-books - jellyfish, magpies, snails & mallards - all using a variety of illustration techniques, and I packaged them up with a gift card & some stickers. Here are some spreads from the books:


I think this is a series I'm going to try and add to over time as I really enjoyed illustrating the animals and there are a lot more interesting collective terms to explore. In fact a lot of people didn't believe that they were real terms and thought I'd made them up.

Now I'm considering listing some of the left over items from the book fair in my etsy shop, but I'm not sure how well they would sell on etsy - any opinions? Thanks in advance.

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a book fair

Not many posts of late I know - the weather has tempted me away from the computer and I've been having a very pleasant time in the sun. There is a lot going on in Brighton at the moment with the Festival and the Festival Fringe, and today The Great Escape begins - I'm off to pick up my wristband in a short while and am quite quite excited. I'm going to see iron & wine tonight!!!

So I'm afraid there won't be much from me over the next few days. I'm also quite busy making books as I am taking part in this wonderful book fair next weekend:


It's at the Phoenix Arts Centre in Brighton so if you are in the area please pop along. I've got a stall with some talented folks from my MA course and the book fair accompanies a book arts exhibition which is on at the centre all month - definitely worth a peek I'd say!

So, yes - I'm going to get back to work now...busy, busy. Here's a sneak peek of some things I'm working on though:


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