tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777126151063251172024-03-05T12:06:07.293-08:00The Factoryroad GalleryLittle shows of ever-changing art and illustration on the shop floor, chosen by the gaffers.Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-23362979294164861402013-09-06T03:02:00.000-07:002013-09-06T03:02:01.683-07:00Mail Me ArtThis year our gallery hosted the Big illustration show of little tiny artworks known as <b><a href="http://www.mailmeart.com/" target="_blank">'Mail Me Art'</a>!</b><br /><br />240 pieces of A5-sized postal illustration were commissioned from artists in 24 countries, organised by Darren, the man behind <b><a href="http://www.thelittlechimpsociety.com/" target="_blank">The Little Chimp Society</a></b>, the world's biggest illustration blog. Work from illo-superstars to newbies alike was all here in one place, for a few days only.<br /><br />Mail Me Art is in its third year, and the idea is that a pretty open brief allows chosen artists to flex a bit, and try out some new stuff (or go right into their comfort zones!) People who work digitally can draw; people who work big can go small. Beautifully-produced prints are sold, along with original art work at prices set by the artist, with all proceeds heading straight to charity. This year for the first time the cash was divvied equally between three separate organisations. Joy of joys, my original piece plus that of our friend and Moleaborator Robert Neely (bought by co-conspirator <b><a href="http://takeninanddonefor.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ed Garland</a></b>) were sold over the weekend, along with several more on opening night in alarmingly quick succession. <br /><br />We began by asking <b><a href="http://www.grahamrobson.com/" target="_blank">Graham</a></b> to paint the front door with a rude red post box, replete with opening times and letter flap (well that was already there actually). Cakes were baked, and a sign erected to warn the dirty humans off the grass in which hundreds of tiny frogs lurk (the dirty great humans obliged). We deliberately didn't look at the work as it was going up, as we wanted to engage with it fully at the same time as the visitors. So for four days we lived with minute detail, tiny faces, animals, brilliant colours, dark corners and a myriad of faces. <br /><br />The pictures include some of the pieces we enjoyed the most...along with the cheeky giftastic flyer!<br />
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<br />Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-68600037881058774072013-07-18T15:41:00.000-07:002013-07-18T15:41:07.590-07:00Mail Me Art 2013 - Short and Sweet!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Every year for the past few years Darren di Lieto, who runs the massively popular <b><a href="http://www.thelittlechimpsociety.com/" target="_blank">Little Chimp Society</a></b> illustration blog, has put together a labour of love he calls <b><a href="http://www.mailmeart.com/" target="_blank">Mail Me Art</a></b>. <br /><br />The idea is brilliantly simple: ask 200 of your favourite illustrators to create artwork on a C5 envelope and post it back to you. Any theme, any subject, any media - the only stipulation being that the art is what it is, without folding or other attachments, and whatever state it arrives in when Darren receives it, that's how it will go into the show!<br /><br />First coming to our attention a couple of years ago when he was doing a book signing at the big Borders in Leicester, we popped in to see him and ended up chatting online a bit later. We kept in touch, and in the meantime, our gallery space was built here at 71.<br /><br />It was therefore natural that when it came to thinking about a new space in the Midlands for the Mail Me show, whose traditional home is in London, Darren being a local lad thought of us. And thus, we are proud to announce that Mail Me Art 'Short and Sweet' will be opening here on August 9th at 6.30pm.<br /><br />This year the show includes work by our own rookie partners in crime <b><a href="http://brookvalentinemenown.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Brook Valentine</a></b>, Bob Neely and <b><a href="http://takeninanddonefor.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ed Garland</a></b>, alongside more established illustration stalwarts like <b><a href="http://www.melanietomlinson.co.uk/" target="_blank">Melanie Tomlinson</a></b>, <b><a href="http://jonburgerman.com/" target="_blank">Jon Burgerman</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.linziehunter.co.uk/" target="_blank">Linzie Hunter</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.tbfh.com/" target="_blank">The Boy Fitzhammond</a></b>. Oh - and 193 more of course!<br /><br />RSVPs this time will go to Darren: <b><a href="mailto:darren@mailmeart.com">darren@mailmeart.com</a></b> (But as usual, any questions can be directed to us!)<br />
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<br />Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-37608611212503224662013-07-15T05:38:00.000-07:002013-07-15T05:38:02.768-07:0071 + The Little Hidden People.<b><a href="http://www.grahamrobson.com/" target="_blank">Graham's</a></b> just painted us a new 71 on the front door. We like to ask guests to do this for us sometimes - we had <b><a href="http://h099.com/" target="_blank">Richard Hogg</a></b> make us a geometric turquoise one when he had his show here, and the last one by <b><a href="http://brookvalentinemenown.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Brook Valentine</a></b> was in vulgar gold in my choice of much-love Cooper Black.<br /><br />Graham's was a nice surprise. If you come round to see his work currently adorning our walls, come and knock! And count the hidden people while you wait for us to answer.<br />
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<br />Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-48118054216162666992013-07-15T05:19:00.000-07:002013-07-16T05:10:08.919-07:00Graham Robson.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are pleased to introduce our new assistant Graham, who comes to us fresh if a little tired from an excellent degree show at <b><a href="http://www.bcu.ac.uk/biad" target="_blank">Birmingham Institute of Art & Design's</a></b> <b><a href="http://www.bcu.ac.uk/biad/courses/vis-com-illustration-ba-hons" target="_blank">Visual Communication BA</a></b>.<br />
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Graham is responsible for the terribly appealing Mole you might already have seen if you're been near my Facebook or <b><a href="https://twitter.com/Inkymole" target="_blank">Twitter page</a></b>!<br />
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From the tedious to the horribly pressured, the everyday to the mucky-hands-at-the-coalface, Graham is already weaving himself info the fabric of our creative existence with his calm blend of flat-clean graphic illustrations and love of narrative. Coming to us with a high degree of technical prowess as well, he already has a folio which is eager to run off into the world of freelancing, which we hope to be able to ease him into during his time in our slightly chaotic, unorthodox studio.<br />
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His nicely organised website is here:<br />
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He likes 'making stuff' too, and we're selling his beautiful hand-bound books in our shop:<br />
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And he currently has a little show of work in our gallery space, including some first-time large-scale paintings. If you're in the area and would like to pop in and see it, just email us.<br />
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Rather than get Graham to talk about himself in the traditional way, we just asked him some probing questions. Here are his answers!<br />
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<i><b>Would you like to be an axeman like your character? He looks like he has the most idyllic, if a little lonely, lifestyle.</b></i><br />
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In some respects yes - the freedom: to explore and adventure through a landscape where nobody has been before, to build a home with his own hands wherever he pleases. But yes, like you say - It would be rather a lonely way to go through life. <br />
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<i><b><br />Tell me about things you have made with your hands (ie, without a computer).</b></i><br />
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The way my work looks today in many ways was born when I was introduced to linocut, I loved everything about it - the way I had to design everything backwards, even to lifting the lino and hoping I had a clear print. But I especially loved using limited colours. Although I don’t do as much linocut these days as I would like, it is still at the heart of what I do even when I’m working completely digitally.<br />
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I also enjoy book binding, although I have had no training, I love designing little sketchbooks of my own design. I like to give them a theme, e.g. ‘Nautilus’ for my ocean themed books and ‘Lunar’ for my moon themed ones. <br />
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<i><b><br />And what have you found on eBay recently that took your fancy?</b></i><br />
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I have recently developed a rather strange interest in Soviet era Russian cameras. There’s just something about them that I love. They look quite different to any other cameras I have seen before; they have this awesome cyrillic script engraved in them and in true Russian style they are built like tanks. The only downside is they seem to have a strange musk to them, that, in the 50 years since my camera rolled off the production line, doesn’t seem to have lessened even slightly. <br />
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<i><b><br />Why did you choose illustration and not graphic design?</b></i><br />
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Graphic design is something that has always interested me, and when I started my Visual Communication course at BCU I almost went for it. But I would have definitely missed designing fun characters and interesting landscapes that I’d want to explore, and I would especially miss working with narrative. In some ways I think my illustration has a graphic quality to it, so I think my love of design still creeps through without me choosing it as a career path.<br />
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<i><b>Did you have a plan for after college, and...do you mind that we are gatecrashing that plan (or lack thereof?)</b></i><br />
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As the end of university crept nearer It started to dawn on me that I might want to make plans for when I finished. I knew I wanted to be a freelance illustrator - and still do. But the finer details of this - working with clients, finances & all the other important parts that enable the drawing bit of being an illustrator were something of a mystery. So when I was asked to help out at Inkymole I knew it was an opportunity I couldn’t miss out on.<br />
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Like I said, I want to learn what it takes to be a working illustrator - to actually make a living from doing what I enjoy. As much as I wish being an illustrator was just making fancy doodles all day, there are lots of other parts that are just as important. And the more that I can learn, from folks who have been through it all before, the better!<br />
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<br />Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-61405769980805052232012-10-09T11:16:00.002-07:002012-10-09T11:22:20.815-07:00Buddy Wakefield - Gentleman Practice. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Writing the follow-up to the last show '<b><a href="http://buddywakefield.com/" target="_blank">Buddy Wakefield</a></b> - Gentleman Practice' has been a long-time coming, for various reasons like touring, going on holiday, catching up with the day-to-day stuff since returning from holiday and just being petrified of trying to encapsulate humbly a life confirming event - it's so large, that the write-up for Buddy and the artwork will be in separate blogs.<br />
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3-4 months before August 31st, the date Buddy was due to perform at Factoryroad Gallery, I'd asked him if he'd be up for me asking a few artists to interpret his words and create work based around it. To my immense pleasure, he agreed. I told him that I didn't want to discuss it with him any further and asked if that was OK, so that essentially it'd be a surprise for him and we could do what we want without checking in with him.<br />
August 30th, Buddy arrived at Factoryroad Gallery having completed around two-thirds of his European tour. We were both tired (maybe not as tired as Sarah) from being constantly on the road and arriving home to a calm, quiet, warm non-pressured environment with comfy beds was much-needed.<br />
I'd made a point on the tour (I drove him around the UK leg of his tour) to not mention anything to do with the show and to maintain radio silence regarding it, so when Buddy arrived, he thought at 1.30am that the artwork he initially saw on the walls were just pieces that we'd collected. But when he came down for tea (he hates tea) he noticed that a couple of the pieces referenced his work. He then asked, "so which pieces are based on my work?" I simply said "all of them". If he had a glass jaw, it would've shattered as it hit the floor - he'd clearly been practicing being quiet very well.<br />
We then proceeded to slowly walk around the gallery examining each piece, Buddy applying ALL of the words that he has written to the image/sculpture/creation in front of him to work out which ones applied (at this point, the information boards had not been mounted); where he got confused, I filled in the gaps.<br />
I could see small explosions kicking off in his being. He was more overwhelmed than I had accounted for, which is stupid as I'd been completely overwhelmed by all the contributors to the show. But, he held it down appreciating the ingenuity and beauty of each person's (sometimes very) personal interpretation of response to his work, until he saw Nigel Axon's. Nigel is the architect that designed our extension/gallery/studio. He's a problem-solver, and has a vision that goes beyond bricks and mortar.<br />
Nigel had created a piece that included various elements of Buddy's poem 'My town' in a 3D rendering designed in Google's Sketch-up, then printed it onto 4 A1 boards. Buddy immediately saw this and was excited to see the different elements realised, but then... he saw the bridge that had been built in his hometown in his own lifetime, this pushed him to exclaim "this is my town...that's...Baytown, that's the bridge..." And the pressure valve was released.<br />
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He went to bed, tired, overwhelmed, calm, but buzzing.<br />
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The next day Buddy needed to spend some time alone while we and the rest of the crew finished off the details for the show, and from that point on until later that night, Buddy and I didn't really cross paths, though we were surrounded by friends, colleagues and keen warm people. The only time during that day that I really heard him speak was when he performed, it was then that it became clear that maybe I should've spoken to him a bit more about what he was walking in to when he arrived at Factory Road. His show-opening gambits were normally to greet and warm the crowd into listening to poetry, thanking the promoter and then getting into a performance that he would modify for each different type of crowd. This time though, he got stuck on 'thanks', so overwhelmed was he at the sheer amount of work, respect and truth put into the artwork. For a man who has performed in front of crowds more than twenty times the size of what we can squeeze into our small space, I was overwhelmed by <i>his </i>being overwhelmed, but once he got into 'We Were Emergencies', he was back in his comfort zone, and gently escorted a crowd largely unexposed to live poetry through hundreds of words, human experiences, breaths and postulation.<br />
The feedback we received that night and the numerous messages we received illustrated that, that night, 'we were love'.<br />
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More pictures and less words to be seen <b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkymole/sets/72157631457384080/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-65799211110344626672012-07-19T11:28:00.000-07:002012-07-19T11:29:42.080-07:00Gentleman Practice with Buddy Wakefield.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have a new show starting on August 31st, it involves a variety of artists who execute their work in various mediums. The artwork will be responses to a US performance poet called <b><a href="http://buddywakefield.com/" target="_blank">Buddy Wakefield.</a></b> He'll be joining us and performing at the event... we're really struggling to hold in the levels of excitement and the fear that follow after booking it all in... deep breaths are what help us to get on with the next thing.<br />
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For now, here's a quick look at the image for that we'll be using to tell people about the art and poetry show, the portrait is by <b><a href="http://www.stanleychowillustration.com/" target="_blank">Stan Chow</a></b>, the line of text was chosen by Buddy from his poem <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmmkEySkQas" target="_blank">Horsehead</a></b>.<br />
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Buddy will also be touring parts of Europe and the UK around the same time, click <b><a href="http://buddywakefield.com/tour-info/" target="_blank">here</a></b> to see more.<br />
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<i>Sometimes it can be quite hard to write about an event after you've hosted it, so this time we've handed the reviewing reins to Jed Smith, the chef and reviewer!</i><br />
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Factoryroad Gallery did it again... After a stressful overhaul of their home and work space on June the 1st for the <b><a href="http://factoryroadgallery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/flint-and-food.html" target="_blank">Flint and Food</a></b> exhibition (I also provided the food for the Flint and Food show, click the link!), they then did it again the following week for <b><a href="http://factoryroadgallery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/jed-smith-thus-far.html" target="_blank">'Dinner with Jed Smith'</a></b>, entrusting me to transform Factoryroad Gallery into a beautiful and unique restaurant, for just two nights.<br />
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Everybody who came last week deserves a huge thank you for making the two evenings into a huge success. It was tough work for everybody involved, but that is all part of the fun!<br />
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Everybody who couldn't make it, there might be another on the horizon, so please do stay tuned! <br />
There was a huge effort from the guests who did come, people came from places as afar as Birmingham, Suffolk and Wales and others not so far, some from the end of the road and as far as I could see (from a hot and steamy kitchen) everyone was having a great time and thoroughly enjoyed their evening.<br />
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The evenings proceedings kicked off around 7pm on Friday, but there had been much preparation beforehand. Not only had I been working in the gallery kitchen since Tuesday that week, I had had weeks of deliberation on the menu. Every spare minute I had, my brain was churning, over and over. Every time I was trying to get to sleep, every time I was on a train or a bus, scores of recipes and combinations were flying around my head. Dishes were being created, blended, baked, sauteed, boiled, roasted, grilled, flambèed mentally and then completely destroyed, the menu just kept evolving on the run up to the opening and continued to do so until the doors closed again on Saturday night.<br />
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I tried to encompass all of my previous experiences as a chef, be it in London or the English countryside, New York or Montreal, Mexico or Korea. The menu had a great many influences but had a great balance and personality. For those of you who couldn't make it or need a reminder of the menu, this is what you may or may not have eaten:<br />
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I really wanted to keep it as close to a restaurant experience as possible, so there were reservations being taken so you could choose when you wanted to eat, and what you wanted to eat with an 'a la carte' menu. I've seen so many pop up restaurants or supper clubs where you are told to arrive at a certain time and everybody gets the same menu. Another agenda was to expose diners to food or flavours that they may never have tasted before, apricot seeds, black garlic, burnt cucumber, kim chee, beef heart, genmeicha, tostadas etc.<br />
I wanted to exceed people's expectations (obviously) and entirely satisfy each guest.<br />
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Everybody was greeted with a glass of something pink and bubbly and then their evening began...<br />
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Each diner was introduced to the evening's fair with a small cucumber and jalapeno juice, with apricot seeds, water chestnut and lemongrass oil.<br />
Friday's diners were served with razor clams and Saturday's with mussels and samphire.<br />
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The master bread with a no-knead bread production for the weekend...
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<b>'Radish. Turnip. Tomato/Mustard custard'</b> were radishes and turnips dressed in tomato pickle liquid with mustard oil served alongside a shiny mustard custard.<br />
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<b>'Mackerel. Cucumber. Burnt things'</b> was lightly cured mackerel galvanised in a burnt cucumber oil with pickled cucumbers and burnt baby onions and crispy mackerel skin.<br />
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<b>'Beef cooked mayonnaise'</b> was beef heart served in a tartare style with traditional accompaniments in a not so traditional way; pickled leeks, fingerling potato crisps, fine green beans, mustard oil and a cooked egg yolk mayonnaise.<br />
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After people had mopped their plates up with more bread, the main courses were as follows:<br />
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<b>'Zeragosa vs Mexico 2000'</b> was a mix of Mexican flavors influenced by a couple of my favourite bodegas in New York. There was a killer salsa verde, frijoles negros refried with fresh english peas and glazed with lime, queso fresco and of course some home made tortillas deep fried for a tostada crunch.<br />
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<b>'Cod Piece'</b> came from the wild... after the cod was crisped up and slowly poached in butter a celery root puree seasoned with mussel stock was smothered underneath it, and a salad of celery and lovage (from the Factoryroad garden) and wild garlic capers (from Leicester's Castle Park Gardens) and thin slices of black garlic were smothered on top.<br />
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<b>'K-Town Pork'</b> was all about Korea Town, a great spot to eat cheap and late in New York. There was roast pork, braised pork, kim chee, kochukaru (red chili paste) sauce, glass noodles (jap chae) and lots of ginger and spring onions. I just wish there was room for more.<br />
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Between the main course and dessert, some <b>'Ghost cheese':</b> goats cheese with fresh orange, lemon and lime zest served with maple syrup and black pepper for people to enjoy at their leisure, between courses.<br />
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Then finally, desserts.<br />
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<b>'Strawberry King'</b>...where to start?<br />
Strawberries were marinated in lime juice and strawberry olive oil, strawberry mousse, beet and maple syrup puree, Horlicks shortbread, burnt white chocolate and peppermint meringue.<br />
One guest told me she didn't believe everything would taste good together but after she had tried she said she was in heaven!<br />
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<b>'Chocolate Queen'</b> was chocolate parfait with chocolate fudge and chocolate crumble a generous serving of genmeicha pastry cream and a sneaky little apple vinegar jelly.<br />
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Again plenty of big thank-yous to everybody who took a risk with a chef that most people hadn't even met before, came along with an empty belly and an open-mind showing their support, for what Sarah and Leigh referred to as 'an artist with a whole new medium' for their gallery.<br />
Thank you to everyone who was involved, Tom (you were missed), Sarah's mum, Brook, Mark, Bear and next door for the pan.<br />
And of course, a great big thank you to Leigh and Sarah for the opportunity to cook in a unique space, who of course, also had the pleasure of having me on hand to cook their meals over the week leading up to the event giving them a chance to catch up with planning the next events.<br />
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My art 'hanging' in the gallery..</div>
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and my art for the show.</div>Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-64201800727177532352012-06-15T07:09:00.000-07:002012-06-15T07:09:36.142-07:00Food and Flint show extended!Just a quick post from us today to say that we've extended the Food and Flint show as some people haven't been able to make it yet, but need to fill their eyes and ears with this stimulus! So, the show will now be on until June 22nd.<br />
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Also, we've put some uber-limted DJ Food metallic press photos for sale in the Factoryroad Gallery shop, I know it's cliche, but it they will be sold on a first-come first-served basis, below is the direct link to all of the stock:<br />
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If you want to attend the show before the end of June 22nd, then please RSVP here:<b><br /><a href="mailto:gallery@factoryroad.net">gallery@factoryroad.net</a></b><br />
<br />Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-91271436064858740392012-06-05T13:41:00.000-07:002012-06-05T13:41:51.377-07:00Flint and Food.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Where do we start? The week ending Friday 1st June saw one of the best experiences of our creative lives as we put together a show we never dreamed we'd get a chance to see, let alone host. Flint & Food might have been the culmination of weeks of planning, promoting, designing and organising, but it was actually the culmination of around a decade and a half of friendship, conversation and admiration.<br />
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One of our favourite artists and a bit of a role model for Factoryroad,<b> <a href="http://www.djfood.org/djfood/" target="_blank">DJ Food</a></b>'s <b><a href="http://factoryroad.bigcartel.com/product/dj-food-the-search-engine-cd-album-flexidisc-and-book" target="_blank">'The Search Engine'</a></b>, as you will know from previous blogs, was released in January to great acclaim and with an appropriate cosmic 'bang' at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, followed by a show of artwork generated by the release at <b><a href="http://www.djfood.org/djfood/only-3-more-days-to-catch-the-pure-evil-exhibition" target="_blank">Pure Evil</a></b> in London. We've always known we wanted to do something creative with Strictly Kev (hitherto referred to as 'Kev'), but we never knew what shape or form it would take. Hosting a show of not only this work but a retrospective of some of this massive archive of work to date was an opportunity too good to miss, and on Friday the show opened to the strains of aeronautical bleeps and hisses, the smells of 'out of this world' food (thanks Kev for that) and the sounds of people chattering, pointing, admiring and reminiscing.<br />
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Our aim was to bring to a non-London crowd the beautifully realised collaborative artwork created for the album release, the result of 2000AD artist <b><a href="http://henryflint.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Henry Flint</a></b>'s feverish black-and-white drawings combining with Kev's considered, rich colour work, concepts and design. Alongside that, we wanted to demonstrate how long Kev has been significant in the field of design for music, a key member of the early Ninja Tune team as both artist and musician, and inspiration to us as buyers and admirers of his work and as creatives ourselves. His albums, purchased over a record-buying period spanning three decades, are rich with memories and a sense of time and place and feel like family members in themselves.<br />
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It's Kev of course to whom we owe our awareness of <b><a href="http://henryflint.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Henry Flint</a></b>'s work. We decided to make the whole of the brick wall Henry's, with pencil drawings hidden in other parts of the gallery for people to discover. The rich red rawness of the 135-year old bricks seemed the perfect backdrop for his writhing ink.<br />
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We managed to get the Zoetrope Kev had made fully working in our record corner - a beastly looking camera was aimed at the carefully-cut zoetrope platter and, using a secret combination of camera settings, frames-per-second and turntable speed, the images magically animated on screen.<br />
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We like our souvenirs as you know, and we made a take on the usual tea towel with <b><a href="http://factoryroad.bigcartel.com/product/dj-food-henry-flint-helmet-polishing-cloth-teatowel" target="_blank">Visor and Helmet polishing cloths</a></b>, printed in gold and choc brown. Available in the shop of course!<br />And foil-wrapped <b><a href="http://factoryroad.bigcartel.com/product/dj-food-spacefood-chocolate-bars" target="_blank">chocolate Spacefood bars</a></b>. Of course.<br />
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The night saw a steady stream of the comic geek and the professor, the <b><a href="http://ninjatune.net/" target="_blank">Ninja Tune</a></b> fan and the space nerd, the artist and the musician along with friends, family and the merely curious. All had a chance to chat to Kev and enjoy close-up gazing of things they'd perhaps only glanced on a poster, sleeve or online.<br />
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Upstairs we enrolled family in the creation of a giant line art space shuttle in the room hosting Kev's spacesuit promotional photographs, with Bob Neely's specially-constructed soundtrack hidden and on loop behind the fearsome-but-necessary stack of toilet rolls (you can never have too many). We happen to have a robotic-looking water tank as it is, so no additional props needed there..<br />
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As always the total experience was key, and Jed the stalwart of kitchen alchemy was of course installed two days beforehand to plan his space-themed niblets of alien blood and scabs (actually a delicious crispy rice-paper chip with beetroot and chilli dip); 'chips & mushy peas' (cuboid, of course, with hand-shucked peas and deep-fried crispy pea skins), aubergine mush on tiny hand-made breads, and wild garlic and cucumber gazpacho with apricot seeds and lime. The pictures, we hope, will speak for themselves! <br />
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The pictures should speak for themselves, so it only remains to thank the people who made the event: Kev, for agreeing to let us borrow his artwork and for hurling himself so robustly into the setting up of the show and the punishing hours it entails; <b><a href="http://henryflint.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Henry</a></b> for being so very present despite not being here; Brook valentine-Menown for being right-hand-woman and making herself indispensible in the realm of PR, promo and scalpel prowess (even though she was believed to be a pseudonym till the last minute); Jed, for traveling to the moon and back for space crisps and sci-fi peanuts; Jo C for the shuttle, Anne C for the hand-stitched tea towels; Nigel Axon for the photographs; Matt C. and Andy for enthusiastic last-minute gallery lighting installations, Bob Neely for making the bathroom ambient; and anyone else whose services were performed under the usual Factoryroad conditions of tight scheduling and anally-retentive detail.<br /><br />Read Kev's review of the night too, for a report of the experience from the artist's perspective! <b><a href="http://www.djfood.org/djfood/flint-food-at-factory-road-2">http://www.djfood.org/djfood/flint-food-at-factory-road-2</a></b><br /><br />All the merch - books, prints, helmet-polishers, Spacefood and records - can all be found in the <b><a href="http://factoryroad.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">shop</a></b>. with the special edition 'Skullstronaut' print for sale from 15th.<br />
<span id="goog_737524282"></span><span id="goog_737524283"></span>Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-70492966591239521522012-05-28T15:46:00.001-07:002012-05-28T15:47:48.932-07:00Jed Smith, thus far.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A <b>'Dinner with Jed Smith'</b> is a new idea of ours to use our gallery space as a 'pop-up restaurant' on the 8th and 9th of June!<br />
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Spaces are limited and the first night is over half-booked, please book and pay a deposit soon.<br />
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Jed is offering a 'prix fixe' 3 course menu whic<span class="text_exposed_show">h will be prepared and served in the gallery.<br />
It will cost £30 per head, feel free to bring your own alcohol for
after your meal. There will be appropriate drinks served with the meal
too.<br /> <br /> Please book via an RSVP to <b><a href="mailto:brook@factoryroadgallery.net">brook@factoryroadgallery.net</a></b><br /> <br /> If you have any questions, please ask!<br /> <br /> <b>Below are the reasons that we asked Jed to create a menu for the gallery:</b><br /> <br />
We first met Jed in a record store in 2006 (he was very enthusiastic
about new music and still is). When <b><a href="http://www.inkymole.com/" target="_blank">Sarah</a></b> had a show on in London later
that year and we needed some food doing for the opening reception. A
friend pulled a team together, who unbeknown to us included that record
store boy...<br /> <br /> Jed's enthusiasm for food and music had such a
positive impact on us that we knew he'd be our man for food at the next
show, New York 2007. Full of enthusiasm, maturity, energy and skill, he
hid any nerves with aplomb, creating beautiful platters of colour and
joy from local sources on an 'inventive' budget. The Manhattanites
devoured them.<br /> <br /> Jed later returned to Leicester with grand
ambitions, writing directly to <b><a href="http://www.pierre-gagnaire.com/" target="_blank">Pierre Gagnaire</a></b> (holder of 3 Michelin
stars in Paris and many others around the world) with a little Inkymole
magic on the envelope. He was put forward for a job at <b><a href="http://www.sketch.uk.com/" target="_blank">Sketch</a></b> in London
and remained there, working his way up through the ranks before leaving
in 2010.<br /> <br /> He hailed a unicorn back to New York to focus on
eating his way through the city, whilst also searching for the perfect
place to work. A chance meeting in a speakeasy with <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chang" target="_blank">David Chang</a></b> gave Jed
the opportunity to ask him for a job. There and then, he was offered a
chance to flex his skills. Within days, those skills had got him the
job at <b><a href="http://www.momofuku.com/" target="_blank">Momofuku.</a></b><br /> <br /> In 2012 Jed got back on his curly-horn'd steed to head
north to Montreal to work with a friend at the Sugar Shack for an
intense 3 months, under the watchful eye of Martin Picard (<b><a href="http://www.restaurantaupieddecochon.ca/" target="_blank">Au Pied de Cochon</a></b>). He participated in the production of the area's renowned and
precious maple syrup and cooked an obscene amount of animals,
vegetables, grains and minerals.<br /> <br /> Now he's back in the UK,
walking his dog (Barker - star of the flyerl) amongst borage flowers and
along the prom at Felixstowe, watering geraniums, feeding chickens and
creating heron traps with his grandad, while he concocts his menu for
Factoryroad Gallery's pop-up restaurant.<br /> <br /> After this event and a
family wedding he returns to Canada, but Toronto this time for the
opening of David Chang's new restaurant. We hope he'll return, but it's a
big world and Jed wants not just a big bite, but a little taste of just
about as many of its delights as he can possibly manage.<br /> <br /> As
consultant and go-to for anything edible at all our weird and wonderful
events for the past five years, we continue to engage with Jed's skills
and infectious enthusiasm, and hope that by doing so has played a part
in his continuing evolution as a culinary artist. We greatly anticipate
his next move.</span>Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-1065723616081314492012-05-06T08:11:00.001-07:002012-05-06T08:14:56.508-07:00DJ Food and Henry Flint<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Factoryroad Gallery are ridiculously excited to announce our new show!<br />
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Flint and Food: An exhibition of artwork from DJ Food’s new album ‘The Search Engine’, and Henry Flint’s book ‘Broadcast’, originally shown at Pure Evil, London, now brought to the Midlands by<br />
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Original comic art, drawings, limited edition prints, moving image, photography, vinyl and...food!<br />
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As usual there'll be locally-brewed ale by Church End Brewery, themed food by Jed Smith and things to buy.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.djfood.org/" target="_blank">DJ Food</a> </b>(aka Strictly Kev aka Kevin Foakes) is not only a friend but a musical favourite whom we've known and admired since 1996. Something of a role model for Factoryroad, his role in the evolution of one of the most important independent record labels, Ninja Tune, and the musical genres it nurtured cannot be underestimated. His career has evolved steadily along a rich and productive path, and is interwoven with many other significant artists and genres. He is also recognised for his contribution to the evolution of digital scratch technology and expanding the possibilities of turntablism, as well as being responsible for the majority of Ninja Tune's artwork and visual direction.<br />
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<b><a href="http://henryflint.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Henry Flint</a></b> is a long established comic artist who came to prominence on 2000AD, drawing Judge Dredd. Kev has been a fan and collector of his artwork for years and finally achieved his ambition to work with him when he collaborated on his most recent album as DJ Food, 'The Search Engine', released in January this year. You'll see Judge Dredd making an honorary appearance below (in pictures from the original show at Pure Evil) and his comic book work has the writhing, muscly appearance you'd associate with big superheroes wielding massive weapons and snarling metal-headed foes. Tiny details, massive explosions, lip-curling grimaces and alien skins are all rendered in juicy blank ink, spontaneous yet minutely rendered.<br />
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Kev will be joining us for an ale on the night.<br />
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Opening night attendance is strictly via an RSVP to: <b><a href="mailto:gallery@factoryroad.net">gallery@factoryroad.net</a></b><br />
Please let us know you're coming!<br />
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You can read about Henry Flint here:<br />
<b><a href="http://henryflint.wordpress.com/">http://henryflint.wordpress.com/</a></b><br />
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and DJ Food here:<br />
<b><a href="http://www.djfood.org/">http://www.djfood.org</a></b><br />
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Opening night Friday 1st June 2012<br />
Show open until Friday 15th June (viewing welcome at any time, but by appointment - please email us to check we will be able to show you around!)<br />
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Press enquiries: <b><a href="mailto:brook@factoryroadgallery.net">brook@factoryroadgallery.net</a></b><br />
PDF flyer downloadable here: <b><a href="http://inkymole.com/download/Flint&Food_Factoryroad.pdf">http://inkymole.com/download/Flint&Food_Factoryroad.pdf</a> </b> <br />
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The gallery space is a bit of a multi-tasker you know. When it's not showing our favourites from our own picture collection, or being used as a spontaneous display area by the likes of <b><a href="http://www.inkymole.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/lilys-blog.html" target="_blank">Lily</a></b> it is home to an industrial-looking wood-burner with a magnetic glow of its own and a couple of very dark sculptures by <b><a href="http://www.strangedolls.net/" target="_blank">Strangedolls</a></b>. <br /><br />We also recently had a Loft Sale which wasn't in our loft - in fact we took things out of our loft room and put on a fete-style sale with cakes and cups of tea, and invited whoever fancied a rummage to come and have one. We have recently had to address the cold hard truth of our enormous vinyl, CD and book collection; fact is, we've either played them all, read them all or have duplicates, and space was needed for our new living space which used to be our working space. (If you're still with me, well done).<br />
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So we opened the doors at ten in our shopkeeper aprons and enjoyed a steady stream of the familiar and unfamiliar faces as they juggled hardbacks, icing and 12"s. Many things found new homes, to our great satisfaction - the Stylophone complete with packaging and instruction manual is now being played again by Andy; the slide projector is back in action courtesy of Andy's mate (and a couple of Leigh's shirts); the students at the local art college now have their own mini-lending-library of design, illustration and type books, and Sara is finally drawing in those square sketchbooks I bought but could never get along with, because they're square.<br />
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Additionally we were visited by the enthusiastic <b><a href="http://www.mildperilmedia.co.uk/Mild_Peril_Media_Home.html" target="_blank">Kerry and Colin from Leeds</a></b>, two locally-based creatives who had no idea we lived where we did - who just happened to spot a Tweet about the sale. They then just happened to find themselves in our high street, and were amazed to find we were ten minutes from them. They too left with cake in their bellies, advice, some semblance (we think!) of a creative community within a mile of them, and a stack of type books.<br />
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There was joy to be had listening to Matt K emitting the kinds of audiophilic sounds of ecstasy only heard in certain kinds of films, as he unearthed track after track he'd either wanted but never bought, missed out on, or never found. He left with a fulsome bag of joy which he was still weeping over when he posted this picture on Facebook, once kids were in bed and headphones were on:<br />
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<br />Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-84884092706383829362012-04-19T02:39:00.000-07:002012-06-11T13:36:25.084-07:00Seeing in the New Year!Seeing in the New Year this year, Inkymole roped in some more volunteers for finger daubing and stop-frame experiments.<br />
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<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33962325" width="450" height="338" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/33962325">Merry Christmas from Inkymole!</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/inkymole">Sarah Coleman Inkymole</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-43487100702224060332011-11-03T17:18:00.000-07:002011-11-20T04:36:39.806-08:00Adventures with Dick.Question: What have all these photographs got in common?Is it:<br />
a) they all have human beings in them?<br />
b) they all seem to have been taken in front of some kind of drawing?<br />
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c) they all show ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE SMILES?<br />
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The answer is ALL of the above, but eleven million points if you guessed C, because that is the right answer!<br />
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Yep. When we asked <b><a href="http://www.h099.com/" target="_blank">Richard Hogg</a></b> to come and play in the gallery space, we hadn't bargained for the swooping great lift in our spirits he would bring with him. Or the special animals packed in his magic Google case. Or his skills with unprompted tea-making. Nor did we see the massive onion rings and pink fairy armadillo cakes coming.<br />
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From the moment he swept in through the door in a red cardy laced with autumn chill and a Dulux colour chart you wanted to eat, we knew we'd made a good decision. A week in the Factoryroad/Inkymole studios not only produced a magical wall painting which grew drawing-by-drawing plucked daily from the environs, it brought walls full of much-purchased prints and unprecedented smiling from every human who crossed the threshold. Richard's work, who many will be familiar with, has the ability to distil an occurrence, a thought, a scenario, with the delicious simplicity of a man who sees right through the flimflam and into the essence of something...and then draws it for you with love and care. It's childlike in its directness, but not childish. But his work can make you feel five again, and light on your toes.<br />
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They say every day's a school day, and during the week we were allowed to look into his sketchbooks and his toolboxes, and bits of his brain. We all had our work to get on with of course, so every pause to YouTube a newly-discovered animal (a list is provided at the bottom) or put on a record was chastened by a feeling that 'we need to get on', but we needn't have worried; the work flowed, in a surprisingly grown-up kind of way. We even stopped for lunch every day, boiled sweets and only played Richard's game a bit.<br />
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The opening night was full of people sipping the ale, the specially-requested Corona'n'lime, and eventually once the beer took hold, the cups of hot pumpkin soup and fresh-made bread. And they couldn't stop smiling. Even the walls were smiling. Everyone played nicely on Hohokum, Richard's game (which to the annoyance of the children the next day CAN'T be downloaded anywhere yet!) and no-one Hogged the controller.<br />
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A full gallery of images from the opening night can be seen here: <b><a href="http://gallery.me.com/inkymole#100021">http://gallery.me.com/inkymole#100021</a><a href="https://www.me.com/gallery/#100021"></a></b><br />
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And one from the next day's pumpkin-carving too: <b><a href="http://gallery.me.com/inkymole#100028">http://gallery.me.com/inkymole#100028</a><a href="https://www.me.com/gallery/#100028"></a></b><br />
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Richard designed these special teat owls for us, which you can buy in the Factoryroad shop:<br />
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And here are some animals about which you will spend the rest of your day thinking, 'how did I not know about these before?'<br />
- Axelotl<br />
- Pangolin<br />
- Pink Fairy Armadillo<br />
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Herculean thanks to <b><a href="http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Grimsby-Fisheries-wins-Leicester-Mercury-s-best-fish-chip-shop-contest/story-12045088-detail/story.html" target="_blank">Grimsby Fishery, Leicester</a>.</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.h099.com/">www.h099.com</a><br />Opening night Friday 21st October, from 6.30pm.<br /><br />Richard will be taking over the wall space of Factoryroad Gallery with his brushes and paints!<br /><br />Richard is an artist and designer who also makes videogames such as <a href="http://www.potoandcabenga.com/">Poto and Cabenga</a>, <a href="http://h099.com/2011/08/frobisher-says/">Frobisher Says</a> and <a href="http://hohokum.posterous.com/">Hohokum</a>. Originally from Leicestershire, this will be the first time he is showing his work in the town since his A-level exhibition (he got a B). He currently lives in Crystal Palace, South London. Richard used to be a part of the notorious design company <a href="http://www.airside.co.uk/">Airside</a>. He is also in the band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/satanscock">Satan's Cock</a>. <br /><br />And if we are very fortunate, he may also be wowing us with his world-famous <b>pumpkin carving skills</b>.<br />His work is sprightly and charming, and never fails to plaster a smile on our faces!<br /><br /><b>RSVP please</b> - since this is a working studio as well as a gallery space, we need you to let us know if you're coming. Thanks!<br />
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<br />Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-37199023947763391302011-09-28T03:42:00.000-07:002011-10-02T05:49:15.467-07:00The opening night of the Secret Members' Show.After seven exciting, exhausting, expectant months in the planning, The Secret Members' Show opened on Saturday 24th September to what we must humbly describe as a enraptured full house. We leave the reporting, though to <b><a href="http://takeninanddonefor.blogspot.com/">Ed Garland</a></b>, not only in attendance on the night but a long-standing member of the Factoryroad/Inkymole support team.The photographs were taken by the terribly observant Michelle Campbell. <br />
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Illustrated by <b><a href="http://cargocollective.com/thecloudcommission">Cloud Commission</a></b>, sported by <b><a href="http://takeninanddonefor.blogspot.com/">Ed</a></b>.<br />
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(We know people have been asking to see detailed photographs of the individual pieces; fret not, these will be posted shortly.)<br />
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Wall-to-wall filth! Hinckley smut invasion! Local house festooned with pork swords! Suspicious outsiders seen coming and going all night! Dozens emerge to express horror! Community ravaged by well-mannered phallophiles! <br />
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It wasn't like that at all. The diversity and quality of work on offer was one of the main talking points. There were a few things that were somewhat confrontational (<b><a href="http://www.inkymole.com/">Inkymole's</a></b> "marriage stick" we were encouraged to play with, her split-screen montage of webcammed-naked male genitalia being bwap-bwap-bwapped from side to side, <b><a href="http://www.strangedolls.net/">Beth Robinson's</a></b> sculpture of a cockerel in a sharp suit with bollocks instead of a body and a penis instead of legs) but the majority of the things on display were things you wouldn't mind having on display.<br />
The ale helped. It was called Goat's Milk and brewed down the road up the hill and round the corner at the <b><a href="http://www.churchendbrewery.co.uk/">Church End brewery</a></b>. Many of the people who drank it could be heard saying things like "that's all right that is".<br />
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The Wordsearch was popular with the early-arrivers. <b>Anne Coleman</b> had cross-stitched an arrangement of synonyms for penis, and there were paper copies of this for you to fill in. The synonyms reflected the many ways of perceiving and referring to the downstairs man-snout. There were a lot of them. It was a busy wordsearch. Enjoy your own copy <a href="http://inkymole.com/download/secretwordsearch.pdf"><b>here</b></a>.<br />
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Next to the wordsearch was <b><a href="http://lilyblythe.co.uk/">Lily Blythe's</a></b> work concerning noted typographer and little-known wang-enthusiast <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gill">Eric Gill</a></b>. In addition to creating popular fonts, Gill was also an innovator in the field of sexual deviancy. Using quotes from his diary entries and a variation on his most famous typeface, she had created three sort of bold and delicate things that you look at and go "that's nice" and then read and go "that's odd but I suppose charmingly honest" and then "I think I'm going to be sick". But in a good way.<br />
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One of the locals, <b><a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/LisaMichelle">Lisa Hayes</a></b>, had sculpted a three-foot long stream of sperm vertically racing towards a small baby. It was visually arresting and a lot more hypnotic than real sperm ever is. A number of replicas were commissioned on the night.<br />
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A few people brought bottles of wine. This was a fine idea. There was also sloe gin, vodka and fruit juice. Also, Kama brought home-made savoury biscuity nibble-strips (that were not penis-shaped but did have <i>seeds</i> in them).<br />
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U.S. poet <b><a href="http://www.andreagibson.org/">Andrea Gibson</a></b> had a poem by the front door. It was called "Leprechaun" and you could listen to it on headphones or read it in green ink on the walls. Or both. Andrea has a habit of telling you your unvoiced hunches. She can't seem to help it. Luckily that's how she makes a living. You might say it's a bit intimate. But it's addictive. No one else has ever really spoken to you like that. Also bringing the intimate was Brighton resident <b><a href="http://www.paperscissorsstone.info/">Caroline Allen</a></b>, who had chosen to display some emotional statistics. Pie charts, bar graphs and lists, some labelled with words and some with just numbers, detailed a lifetime of todger-based interactions. Some explicit, some ambiguous, with the penis providing the bridge between maths and art. I think. It all added up to a startlingly comprehensive collection of honesties.<br />
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Photographer <b><a href="http://www.rebeccalupton.co.uk/">Rebecca Lupton</a></b> had displayed three large digital photographs of plates of food. They all looked like male genitalia. I don't know if the idea was "imagine this in your mouth" or not but I imagined them in my mouth a lot. They were good to look at.<br />
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Next to them was a confectionary text-bomb from <b><a href="http://www.thedesignconspiracy.com/">April Ball</a></b>, stating the simple truth that "you can't say happiness without saying penis". Saying it in sugar-colours and bold letters and classy printing like it was a swanky catalogue for people who like phallic treats.<br />
Another local, <b><a href="http://snitchbag.blogspot.com/">Drew Jerrison</a></b>, had a chapbook on a hook, featuring two slightly disturbing genitalialicious tales of betrayal and gender identity. They were quick tense stories and made you feel a bit like you'd peered into someone's thoughts and they were thinking something you'd never think of but you kept on peering anyway, you freak. Next to them was <b><a href="http://www.inkymole.com/">Inkymole's</a></b> 'Wanging', a black box with a hole in it and some headphones and you put on the headphones and peered through the hole which contained a screen showing the aforementioned anonymous bwap-bwap-bwapping cocks in an abrasively-edited four-way montage. Looped to infinity. Look at it for as long as you like then tell someone else to look at it. It caused laughter and disgust and delight.<br />
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Scottish designer <b><a href="http://teaandtype.co.uk/">Shirley Gibson</a></b> had displayed six watercolours of various pale penises on the wall next to this. They were arranged in two rows of three or three columns of two and depicted the genitals of men aged from adolescence to 44. It was soothing and humorous somehow, maybe because of the variety and how casual they all seemed. And I guess you usually only see one at once. But here they all were in a non-competetive sextet.<br />
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Parisian artist <b><a href="http://florenceblanchard.wordpress.com/">EMA</a></b> had produced an ink drawing of some sense-making surrealism wrapped up in bold curves that depicted a small bird being embraced by a woman. Or a large bird being embraced by a small woman. But I'm pretty sure it was the other way round. And the bird was stood on a hairy rock. French euphemisms for sex-giblets, I think. You know how we sometimes call Speedos "budgie smugglers".<br />
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The keg ran out after thirty six pints.<br />
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In the front window was illustrator <b><a href="http://jacquieoneill.com/">Jacquie O'Neill's</a></b> piece: a small framed picture of three women looking at and enjoying what's in front of them, which is what's in front of you, as in between you and them, which is a clump of crystal that resembles a penis. One of them is laughing.<br />
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We finished the savoury biscuits.<br />
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There was a classy-looking lushly-constructed display by <b><a href="http://www.melanietomlinson.co.uk/">Mel Tomlinson</a></b>. She'd re-configured sex toys to represent more gentle sexual symbols. Figs and asparagus and the like. Animals too. Shiny and intricate.<br />
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The most abstract of the works was by <b>Tracy Walker</b>. In representing the "life-force" and associated energies of the flesh-sock she had produced an eye-slapping square of ragged spermy intrigue. I think. Although you can read into it what you like.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.jillcalder.com/">Jill Calder</a></b> had a large bedazzler called "You Know What They Say". You know what they say: Big shoes, big something else, etc. It was a picture of a room full of things that supposedly mean other things. Some of them obvious and some of them less obvious. Which goes for the whole show. The hackneyed dirge above this sentence is just a tiny taste of what's on offer. Just the head, really. Not the whole shaft. I haven't even approached the balls. For example: I failed to mention <a href="http://www.kellymerrell.com/"><b>Kelly Merrell's</b> </a>intricate charming precise repetitions. I didn't elaborate upon the marriage stick. I didn't visit the girl asleep on the ball-sack. There's much more to talk about but I have a deadline. And really the effect of seeing all these things in one place can't be imparted through word-tripe. You're best off having it all, right in your face.<br />
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Incidentally, the tea towel that keeps popping up in the pictures is designed exclusively by <b><a href="http://cargocollective.com/thecloudcommission">Cloud Commission</a></b>, printed by Campus Screen Printing in Factory Road, Hinckley and is available from Factoryroad's <a href="http://factoryroad.bigcartel.com/product/secret-members-tea-towel"><b>shop</b></a>. They are a limited edition of 50.<br />
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Factoryroad Gallery are pleased to announce that our next show is going to have the colourful delights of <b><a href="http://www.h099.com/">Richard Hogg</a></b> on the walls, literally!</div>
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Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-4252396209847757172011-09-14T02:42:00.000-07:002011-09-14T03:37:34.802-07:00Announcing 'The Secret Members' Show'Humbled by the response to our last two shows, we're most excited to finally pull the silk sheet off the next one: The Secret Members' Show.
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Featuring specially-commissioned new work by one male and 17 female international artists and craftspeople, this is the first group created by Factoryroad, and will showcase work in a bewildering array of media by:<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.andreagibson.org/">Andrea Gibson</a></b>, Boulder, Colorado<br />
Anne Coleman, Hinckley<br />
<b><a href="http://thedesignconspiracy.com/">April Ball</a></b>, London<br />
<b><a href="http://strangedolls.net/">Beth Robinson’s Strange Dolls</a></b>, Vermont<br />
<b><a href="http://www.paperscissorsstone.info/">Caroline Allen</a></b>, Brighton<br />
<b><a href="http://www.snitchbag.blogspot.com/">Drew Jerrison</a></b>, Leicester<br />
<b><a href="http://florenceblanchard.wordpress.com/">Florence EMA Blanchard</a></b>, Paris<br />
<b><a href="http://www.inkymole.com/">Inkymole</a></b>, Factoryroad Gallery<br />
<b><a href="http://jacquieoneill.com/">Jacquie O'Neill</a></b>, Cornwall<br />
<b><a href="http://www.jillcalder.com/">Jill Calder</a></b>, Kingdom of Fife<br />
<b><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/KellyMerrell">Kelly Merrell</a></b>, Leicester<br />
<b><a href="http://lilyblythe.co.uk/">Lily Blythe</a></b>, Stoke on Trent<br />
<b><a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/LisaMichelle">Lisa Hayes</a></b>, Hinckley<br />
<b><a href="http://www.melanietomlinson.co.uk/">Melanie Tomlinson</a></b>, Birmingham<br />
Rebecca Lewis, Reading<br />
<b><a href="http://www.rebeccalupton.co.uk/galleryone.html">Rebecca Lupton</a></b>, Manchester<br />
<b><a href="http://teaandtype.co.uk/">Shirley Gibson</a></b>, Glasgow<br />
Tracy Walker, Hinckley<br />
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<b>Saturday 24th September, 5pm till 11pm</b><br />
Factoryroad Gallery<br />
Hinckley<br />
Leicestershire<br />
t: 07545 599801<br />
e: gallery@factoryroad.net<br />
w: <b><a href="http://www.factoryroadgallery.net/">http://www.factoryroadgallery.net</a></b><br />
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The exhibits will remain on show until Friday 11th October. If you'd like to come during the week, just let us know, mail us at gallery@factoryroad.net<br />
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Since this is a living/working space as well as a gallery, attendance is strictly by RSVP to gallery@factoryroad.net.<br />
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We cannot wait!Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-60623165310209091902011-08-29T09:20:00.000-07:002011-09-14T02:45:06.832-07:00Stuff On The Walls<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />After bumping into Sarah at the D&AD exhibition in London in July, on the last day at around closing time, we got chatting and she was kind enough to give me a project to help keep my hands and mind busy. The brief was to use all of Inky's unfinished creative scribbles, which were a result of years of process work showing an insight in the life of a busy creative.
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<br />I kept an open mind and when shown the three crates of work, thought…this isn't that much. Little did I know that once I started to delve into Sarah's work, it was like Pandora's box. Thousands of tiny treasures on scraps of paper, ones which folded out, ones which were covered in coffee stains, blue-tac and ink splurges, and ones which were stuffed into folders along with many other different versions. All of which were done with love.
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<br />Whilst taking this sneak peak into Sarah's work I saw that being a creative with such love and passion, it really isn't a job, but it's her life. All the stains on the work showed hard working nights, and early mornings, thousands of drafts trying to get the right solution for a client (and yourself). Every picture really did tell its own story. </span><br />
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<br />The show is on the walls of The Factoryroad Gallery until our group show in September, 'The Secret Members Show', opening Saturday September 24th. If you're interested in calling in for a look, please get in touch on <a href="mailto:gallery@factoryroad.net">gallery@factoryroad.net</a> and we'll get the kettle on.
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Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-42495576442114147882011-04-17T10:57:00.000-07:002011-04-17T12:58:32.724-07:00Clouds over Factoryroad.For our second ever show Carl Rosati from Newcastle, aka <a href="http://www.thecloudcommission.com/">The Cloud Commission</a>, came to install his unique brand of gentle stories of love and loss, told through the tiny expressive eyes of his myriad, exquisitely-drawn people.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBU0JttxrBCbEPEW3mCPPsz_HBTGgF3KKcpWj-1SxYOL_enWANonyb4ZxmOX6M3qKYhnHyDhyphenhyphenvyx4et67geTSSudTRfQAw9mG9MfOBCHi2tMDWxdAagTgVrBqdunzsNFihX9LYU5CMn4/s1600/CloudCOmmissionBigWall.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBU0JttxrBCbEPEW3mCPPsz_HBTGgF3KKcpWj-1SxYOL_enWANonyb4ZxmOX6M3qKYhnHyDhyphenhyphenvyx4et67geTSSudTRfQAw9mG9MfOBCHi2tMDWxdAagTgVrBqdunzsNFihX9LYU5CMn4/s400/CloudCOmmissionBigWall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596619655636899890" border="0" /></a>We've already told you about <a href="http://factoryroadgallery.blogspot.com/2011/04/upcoming-in-april-cloud-commission.html">the way Carl sees the world</a>, but we weren't prepared for such immediate bonding between visitors and pictures. From his large and perfectly-painted 'Death' tableau on The Big Wall to his tiny pencil-drawn image of a pair who'd rather starve at sea than be parted on land, guests paused to blink and acknowledge the little pain in the heart valves his work generates with such brutal casualness.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bbj_A76GG-F-g36iO_53BR0rYpwV9UbBneIImevXDyudoDT5Ok_sZWeXhqlenWSQtIyW3tBivwgWanmXbVAnjiUhZKyjq1MwnRrwCz3WfnX9-NNdzHJ123RmKMUNe1o8xTUzoQP3nkM/s1600/CCviewers4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bbj_A76GG-F-g36iO_53BR0rYpwV9UbBneIImevXDyudoDT5Ok_sZWeXhqlenWSQtIyW3tBivwgWanmXbVAnjiUhZKyjq1MwnRrwCz3WfnX9-NNdzHJ123RmKMUNe1o8xTUzoQP3nkM/s400/CCviewers4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596619655825756738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Work begins.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeKB3yowAZ9BJLlMST6nGh4ORvrBJhdzaW3r_RQxLjRe4DjRwWR_tpn8P8dajmvsJxz9febqGzE4LztnOQISjgMDvWxLu800Ayvu0-5L4xMLAbSRDBFVZnD0lE7o8YnDp-QPdh_GKHuk/s1600/CloudCommissionInProg2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeKB3yowAZ9BJLlMST6nGh4ORvrBJhdzaW3r_RQxLjRe4DjRwWR_tpn8P8dajmvsJxz9febqGzE4LztnOQISjgMDvWxLu800Ayvu0-5L4xMLAbSRDBFVZnD0lE7o8YnDp-QPdh_GKHuk/s400/CloudCommissionInProg2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596619651772527042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The perfect outline (finally...)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_bXxO53r2C2KE8dtEHQMUvE0Ver3VEYUr42qRHoURCNo8JfBGtgxx_I4s2VkqSqEi9rlsbUTkRfWhbGwkKPlQmn-a7oV-UGfrLQs7dftvfUosKH9RHWmsktzAJj8NGZdnKT2YVgNRac/s1600/CloudCommissionBuildup.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_bXxO53r2C2KE8dtEHQMUvE0Ver3VEYUr42qRHoURCNo8JfBGtgxx_I4s2VkqSqEi9rlsbUTkRfWhbGwkKPlQmn-a7oV-UGfrLQs7dftvfUosKH9RHWmsktzAJj8NGZdnKT2YVgNRac/s400/CloudCommissionBuildup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596619646849613746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7jt6ufI0dmNbyXtthaTWdBXbFCM4hKtSDtGUt4OcpVfoYPnvEoRHhCjSiiNBUh1OYuleVuCPADv28mHkSQyqcKNin3HDmqpKTJFWqD7gafvHumyU0yff5hGTLs-RPi4n6zgHnDIDjkA/s1600/CarlPainting.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7jt6ufI0dmNbyXtthaTWdBXbFCM4hKtSDtGUt4OcpVfoYPnvEoRHhCjSiiNBUh1OYuleVuCPADv28mHkSQyqcKNin3HDmqpKTJFWqD7gafvHumyU0yff5hGTLs-RPi4n6zgHnDIDjkA/s400/CarlPainting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596619641540094178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Scribble me purple.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq-7-JQALubc_bq_-FnW1vLyBBrqlD2Q7FoICICO5ngmyJS_OiLqCCCMRJXMuxDb0BCOREARQ5XIgEdUUcgRJ6cptu2SLRUt0r6XXKjYl9NLCR9qrE7QGxnDt-P65U5MxKFBYMy_nSyw/s1600/LetsNotLand.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq-7-JQALubc_bq_-FnW1vLyBBrqlD2Q7FoICICO5ngmyJS_OiLqCCCMRJXMuxDb0BCOREARQ5XIgEdUUcgRJ6cptu2SLRUt0r6XXKjYl9NLCR9qrE7QGxnDt-P65U5MxKFBYMy_nSyw/s400/LetsNotLand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596619258631941298" border="0" /></a>Carl's work can look very 'vector' but there isn't one artwork made of pixels. He thinks nothing of creating a 15mm thick, perfectly consistent line with a 0.5mm Rotring, his historical involvement in architecture presenting itself in all of his current pieces, and his pencil sketches, though appearing simple and undemanding, can take more than a day. (We know, we watched). Eyes - the windows to a rainy or overcast soul - go in last, and mouths don't even need to be present. It was argued that the solid, stubby-fingered hands of his characters express more than their dotty eyes, but the jury's still out on that one.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNzR5Z-hB9s9Dt9Yrs91Lwah93WAkd_DnhOa3RSZ1xzndAWlwdz3jYcn4DHCwaLAM8U7GtNAF20YwQgg95CTTcBHe6iy_YGP331cxaAdgccTLHkkRlVhAk_RspqPmFoejzmvWcp0NUmc/s1600/CloudCommissionBigPrint.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNzR5Z-hB9s9Dt9Yrs91Lwah93WAkd_DnhOa3RSZ1xzndAWlwdz3jYcn4DHCwaLAM8U7GtNAF20YwQgg95CTTcBHe6iy_YGP331cxaAdgccTLHkkRlVhAk_RspqPmFoejzmvWcp0NUmc/s400/CloudCommissionBigPrint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596619255495038994" border="0" /></a><a href="http://factoryroad.bigcartel.com/product/cloud-commission-screen-print-dance-city">Dance City</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Q1UyeHwbaRAEazEQ5QKzxXbyTsLHvI59zjAPlGAKQ9V6Wkhmi8Wpwk2VSyXnNdUUaPiCJKzgTy3ZvkVASsmHckTkBYgo8ukFTnTFm2uGUBj6g6UPdLwQFa265U17AJX-A3LgTbKSrW8/s1600/CCHandsOnDoor.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Q1UyeHwbaRAEazEQ5QKzxXbyTsLHvI59zjAPlGAKQ9V6Wkhmi8Wpwk2VSyXnNdUUaPiCJKzgTy3ZvkVASsmHckTkBYgo8ukFTnTFm2uGUBj6g6UPdLwQFa265U17AJX-A3LgTbKSrW8/s400/CCHandsOnDoor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596619250767497986" border="0" /></a><a href="http://factoryroad.bigcartel.com/product/cloud-commission-print-work-for-idle-hands">Work for Idle Hands</a>.<br /><br />He brought with him not only a specially-created print of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Hart">Bret 'The Hit Man' Hart</a> the 90s wrestler (which we have <a href="http://factoryroad.bigcartel.com/">for sale</a>, prices are <a href="http://inkymole.com/download/FRGallery_PriceList_Cloud.pdf">here</a>.) but a pair of paintings on canvas, a new medium for him and not one he felt immediately comfortable with - though it was noted that this was the pair of images in front of which people spent the longest time. She's extracting her own tooth to stop whatever it is from hurting ('Better'), and he's accidentally shaved off a strip of his hair ('Broken') - every single follicle hand-rendered. Apart they'd be lost causes; together, they might just sort each other out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3BKnupjyKrolCpxYZnoxna5tZUiukh2mdTccD3zXhekX2Jbkoqj354Jjwlz6RuI4N_sAr3tkZ0bxx6VP235IK0uP8RMvI3JvuKEw-x_VPdV2OVcmpLV-DJKZgdjX4l_WFjJ2L5KLnKc/s1600/BrettTheHitman.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3BKnupjyKrolCpxYZnoxna5tZUiukh2mdTccD3zXhekX2Jbkoqj354Jjwlz6RuI4N_sAr3tkZ0bxx6VP235IK0uP8RMvI3JvuKEw-x_VPdV2OVcmpLV-DJKZgdjX4l_WFjJ2L5KLnKc/s400/BrettTheHitman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596619247019911554" border="0" /></a><a href="http://factoryroad.bigcartel.com/product/cloud-commission-sil-screen-print-bret-hart-aka-the-hitman"><span style="font-style: italic;">Bret 'the Hit Man' Hart.</span></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGbmWEuMBN27HKKrWqzsaDrYDHUt3c4gFYe1-tRONNjzGzGt05ILWwVpVMec1GeHxOhL-LpowSjakCh0PIxx0fbbK3wMkLZ6KE72UsU6zUN8tlElrm9m4rlp_eCHUqpdfk1X-P-YmCbY/s1600/CloudCommission_Broken.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGbmWEuMBN27HKKrWqzsaDrYDHUt3c4gFYe1-tRONNjzGzGt05ILWwVpVMec1GeHxOhL-LpowSjakCh0PIxx0fbbK3wMkLZ6KE72UsU6zUN8tlElrm9m4rlp_eCHUqpdfk1X-P-YmCbY/s400/CloudCommission_Broken.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596619244296991186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbR9y0cNQ_ucR3-jBihkFOXRYjoTMebQNgkznb3AGbRCxkhrf1pptFQHzggeiu3ZWcApWmHwPu-GhYz3iwhEmS3gLmhig9i9cD45mn0U3fNX3QN7hKJpWYdn8mHSWW3Gl5nAhZvr2_p0/s1600/CloudCommission_Better.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbR9y0cNQ_ucR3-jBihkFOXRYjoTMebQNgkznb3AGbRCxkhrf1pptFQHzggeiu3ZWcApWmHwPu-GhYz3iwhEmS3gLmhig9i9cD45mn0U3fNX3QN7hKJpWYdn8mHSWW3Gl5nAhZvr2_p0/s400/CloudCommission_Better.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596618942892549794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixw1WCBRGZk37T04Gqnbqy-sO0Q4uAHfv3X7vzF1nolC_zhYH-20aUN5VP3QvkhRUsj3FeBfXNkFPDppejIqd_dKUIR3pg1pyK4O11DCZ_U5Y3TzkGL36fMrqROwS188dNktB03xxPydY/s1600/CloudCommissionFrames.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixw1WCBRGZk37T04Gqnbqy-sO0Q4uAHfv3X7vzF1nolC_zhYH-20aUN5VP3QvkhRUsj3FeBfXNkFPDppejIqd_dKUIR3pg1pyK4O11DCZ_U5Y3TzkGL36fMrqROwS188dNktB03xxPydY/s400/CloudCommissionFrames.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596618936395129282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">From our own collection of Cloud Commission works.</span><br /><br />As well as a quartet of brightly-coloured screen prints, framed drawings, a trio of mini-screen prints and a brand new large scale print created just for our show, Carl brought his signature laser-cut diamond jewellery pieces with him. You can buy his 'Old Man' bolos, Diamond brooches, rings and cufflinks, along with his available prints, <a href="http://factoryroad.bigcartel.com/">in our shop</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-KiweGg7XCOa0krW6O_Mq4oWACM7q2P6zGMljOHjQCowhw6wIHux3qAxD5BYWUHqhhwIbWZlaUwQ40-zA8jlAxLxItMYUEcWbSHP7JLwm5lF0iv5FarERpvi8Vvxum0x3BqAoHGWtJo/s1600/CarlPrintQuartet.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 75px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-KiweGg7XCOa0krW6O_Mq4oWACM7q2P6zGMljOHjQCowhw6wIHux3qAxD5BYWUHqhhwIbWZlaUwQ40-zA8jlAxLxItMYUEcWbSHP7JLwm5lF0iv5FarERpvi8Vvxum0x3BqAoHGWtJo/s400/CarlPrintQuartet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596618932289271058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCF6rG14UNRlCICq8QfTyROLrCfugkRZf_xUCknsLIvlQgVaaYcKdTdeLUHvnjppgG8AE4PnWg3Y4gzKGsNRpPMGAXLK8dpVQTxOzxkqVAtSxT4eTpxkk4_81NoY7xYWX4n2eRf-aaykw/s1600/CloudCommissionTrio.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCF6rG14UNRlCICq8QfTyROLrCfugkRZf_xUCknsLIvlQgVaaYcKdTdeLUHvnjppgG8AE4PnWg3Y4gzKGsNRpPMGAXLK8dpVQTxOzxkqVAtSxT4eTpxkk4_81NoY7xYWX4n2eRf-aaykw/s400/CloudCommissionTrio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596618927172377634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYJiFeIxIsPOgNPvVMU6PFol1Ee8JlwcWtEi2O2csy1cKKDhhiPYKNq-3DTJFZYyYjGct4dEhQa_8F3zFAzgL9AFvlJ9_H700COE3MaqBFriEEMMUnUO4iPj_IV9pZbR_GADrZiLvwsc/s1600/CloudCommissionFrame1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYJiFeIxIsPOgNPvVMU6PFol1Ee8JlwcWtEi2O2csy1cKKDhhiPYKNq-3DTJFZYyYjGct4dEhQa_8F3zFAzgL9AFvlJ9_H700COE3MaqBFriEEMMUnUO4iPj_IV9pZbR_GADrZiLvwsc/s400/CloudCommissionFrame1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596618926579779954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92SdCpHOvapRPpYtGOyJjbxoXuUiTJaTu2sBEepRqfLFniRw3CUhYcVI6Q0tuIwVNFIiWwSyY_Dpvw3SIz7uvD8WHPtNAz9-EnlWO4tNVFUOLotW9EPKi_zfdlTU6QyhuwVKu4m8UViU/s1600/CloudCommissonJewellery.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92SdCpHOvapRPpYtGOyJjbxoXuUiTJaTu2sBEepRqfLFniRw3CUhYcVI6Q0tuIwVNFIiWwSyY_Dpvw3SIz7uvD8WHPtNAz9-EnlWO4tNVFUOLotW9EPKi_zfdlTU6QyhuwVKu4m8UViU/s400/CloudCommissonJewellery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596615645233290018" border="0" /></a>Guests in the form of clients, colleagues, friends, fellow illustrators and artists came from up and down the UK to cast curious eyes over our freshly-clouded space... and left with slightly damp sparkly ones. His work looks bright and character-driven - which it is - but it's also beguilingly personal and poignant.<br /><br />If you want more, go to <a href="http://www.thecloudcommission.com/">Carl's website</a>.<br /><br />If you're interesting in purchasing any of his work, then here's a <a href="http://inkymole.com/download/FRGallery_PriceList_Cloud.pdf">price list</a>.<br /><br />Since Carl's the descendent of an Italian ice cream empire, refreshments for the night were by <a href="http://www.boojabooja.com/ice_cream.asp">Booja Booja</a> the finest ice cream in the known universe.<br /><br />Real ale was <a href="http://www.churchendbrewery.co.uk/component/beers/beer/62">Goat's Milks</a> 3.8%, supplied by Ridge Lane's <a href="http://www.churchendbrewery.co.uk/">Church End Brewery</a>.<br /><br />and fresh juices from <a href="http://www.naturallygoodfood.co.uk/our-shop.php">Naturally Good Food</a> in Cotesbach.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbezI9U9gnXW-Az-ipk3hrwq5zpsKHt7iunBLeRcUC4dR3whfJeUNJas9dFvQEqiNG7sMi_kTpqJHwxj9HSU3YdBtr-G9D_rqFkxuw_BhI9g5wj_w8PWB_KUKpBz5h3DLnUuk-_hTkSxA/s1600/CloudCommission_RosatiBros.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwp5IdDqchbyfjXT6XLXpcvDAUfLL0T3zmklJ6Soljr7dwY63D1mpFDyDMs2FH1dDvRpzx9y_PGqMgB7wZ4QeXLKmFkYWl7-3LA2YqMTx1qDnUWaMl-DIFuHQuDVagZtKsMWLrR7jGBg/s400/CCviewers3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596615250021402802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0es6IbA3NuOuZvnwufp4Ghy-ywNymnEPaFDAzcNgIM3ifs3bxpy89WnHeTvKjDuci9bvAyvAqQqAC7ltnKq4njU-l0rJr4p-xFVAZ3M_1okyd6l6548lEkkx-LlrJbIv5Smyk6MxqCU/s1600/CCviewers1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0es6IbA3NuOuZvnwufp4Ghy-ywNymnEPaFDAzcNgIM3ifs3bxpy89WnHeTvKjDuci9bvAyvAqQqAC7ltnKq4njU-l0rJr4p-xFVAZ3M_1okyd6l6548lEkkx-LlrJbIv5Smyk6MxqCU/s400/CCviewers1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596615249915850818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPKDWDp9RdCebBDQQOLSQQgrg8_SsTM2FQ79htlloZdiplpOlgNuRbQZTuReHOptl-rdY2_jTys5dOz-QAzMlhh6QecP62awVfRZelpyKGtKXCAfbj_lPfyY8qCg6eW8uWdo19yN3uWM/s1600/CCviewers5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPKDWDp9RdCebBDQQOLSQQgrg8_SsTM2FQ79htlloZdiplpOlgNuRbQZTuReHOptl-rdY2_jTys5dOz-QAzMlhh6QecP62awVfRZelpyKGtKXCAfbj_lPfyY8qCg6eW8uWdo19yN3uWM/s400/CCviewers5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596615240587826466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Guests Cory from Truth Marketing and Mark Sperry, moved to tears by it all.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vJhSr5mIECX9e8BfunYgEBVkGDlEII3iabXqyDLfqdnrj5bNZrf0hklNkuADOLt6eKZSlGd9du1LGreXFrnVUTVxUX1x8uty-FZiYQcFhJDEHreqyDRvqkldyjMGf_E40Paq_3yf-E8/s1600/CCviewers6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vJhSr5mIECX9e8BfunYgEBVkGDlEII3iabXqyDLfqdnrj5bNZrf0hklNkuADOLt6eKZSlGd9du1LGreXFrnVUTVxUX1x8uty-FZiYQcFhJDEHreqyDRvqkldyjMGf_E40Paq_3yf-E8/s400/CCviewers6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596615233304591874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Carl and rapt visitor Chrissie, the night before.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_Z1WsJo0e2EGCQUrcmBFricynL98l4G38_mmDDGydUesx0GjaRT4LafJHPiBG6QvZAqNXuo54MgvqnKum9R0E6jV-NluHPbUtZeV-8OQeoXRvhW-MS3duXUjW8JfoR_Bj2PPnQa3SLE/s1600/Carl.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_Z1WsJo0e2EGCQUrcmBFricynL98l4G38_mmDDGydUesx0GjaRT4LafJHPiBG6QvZAqNXuo54MgvqnKum9R0E6jV-NluHPbUtZeV-8OQeoXRvhW-MS3duXUjW8JfoR_Bj2PPnQa3SLE/s400/Carl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596615234061943970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Carl, the morning after.</span>Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-84025537589136907482011-04-10T13:07:00.000-07:002011-04-11T06:39:35.797-07:00Upcoming in April: The Cloud Commission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSybm51B_SNATKwNG3IjmBZjoZSHQj-bfZwXTa1c3AWCvCubMAxLgFsQrezo8IvsRk1J9F-fidC2M-4rdGKPj4B1HG2E_kOLAvkpIlWeqhW7pIKQxrpqD-kxGnziQlKwgzNXLiyIbwUsM/s1600/CloudShowSignoff.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVvii4Bf8quTC87TuM4KJn_66LN00UhUFjZ6nBi3mKc6LfQ3lRH6_1PVaAdEn3Fob2qxgWOXTEw2velB1SzEKJKZX98OmO2tCzMmg7w92AZLWeDERxKL4gHoEfGJUOXQqEjs-v-YlcUU/s1600/CloudShowTwinsLogo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVvii4Bf8quTC87TuM4KJn_66LN00UhUFjZ6nBi3mKc6LfQ3lRH6_1PVaAdEn3Fob2qxgWOXTEw2velB1SzEKJKZX98OmO2tCzMmg7w92AZLWeDERxKL4gHoEfGJUOXQqEjs-v-YlcUU/s400/CloudShowTwinsLogo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594057644160236274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Opening Friday 15th April at 6.30pm, and open through to Friday 29th April, our space will be home to the work of Newcastle's Carl Rosati, aka The Cloud Commission.</span><br /><br />Carl Rosati, aka <a href="http://www.thecloudcommission.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Cloud Commission</span></a>, likes to play with pseudonyms - first coming to our attention as Cassette Club the Myspacer a few years back - but is really still the beach-grown boy who left the seaside to curl his magic fingers around a pencil.<br /><br />He’s got a chest-swelling ability to capture gentle souls on paper, their little eyes, expressive hands and button nips communicating everything you need to know about them. Stories abound. But he’d never tell you that. Descended from an Italian ice-cream empire, his modest seaside ways belie the touching power of his stripped-down illustrations and swirling pistachio-and-vanilla colours.<br /><br />He says it takes him longer to create on paper than it does walls. We’ll see. But we absolutely had to show him to you, because as collectors and commissioners of his art already, we know this diamond in the rough has more to offer the world than he thinks.<br />His pictures make our chests ache and our eyes sparkle.<br /><br />Roll up, roll up; come and see for yourself...pictures, stories and little manufacturings...all the fun of the fair!<br /><br />Please come and enjoy the locally-microbrewed ale and food with us on Friday night.<br /><br />RSVP and further info:<br /><a href="mailto:gallery@factoryroad.net"><span style="font-weight: bold;">gallery@factoryroad.net</span></a><br />(please let us know you’re coming - space is limited!)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And we're at: </span>71 Factory Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 0DW.<br />07941 279374<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thecloudcommission.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Cloud Commission's website</span></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWhiqFJyyxsSrRjT7Mdx0Io9ukOv8IhFIW-DgWuqO8e_J456ZTLySVMtE6fMNvomsp1TggQrezuHL_54ZGoLYyAazHezjH8kZz0jCVsWBK32rrPad-tXz695Y08Bl0uitNvGg_byGpng/s1600/Skull+Squirter.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 369px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWhiqFJyyxsSrRjT7Mdx0Io9ukOv8IhFIW-DgWuqO8e_J456ZTLySVMtE6fMNvomsp1TggQrezuHL_54ZGoLYyAazHezjH8kZz0jCVsWBK32rrPad-tXz695Y08Bl0uitNvGg_byGpng/s400/Skull+Squirter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594051657533071058" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSybm51B_SNATKwNG3IjmBZjoZSHQj-bfZwXTa1c3AWCvCubMAxLgFsQrezo8IvsRk1J9F-fidC2M-4rdGKPj4B1HG2E_kOLAvkpIlWeqhW7pIKQxrpqD-kxGnziQlKwgzNXLiyIbwUsM/s1600/CloudShowSignoff.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 81px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSybm51B_SNATKwNG3IjmBZjoZSHQj-bfZwXTa1c3AWCvCubMAxLgFsQrezo8IvsRk1J9F-fidC2M-4rdGKPj4B1HG2E_kOLAvkpIlWeqhW7pIKQxrpqD-kxGnziQlKwgzNXLiyIbwUsM/s400/CloudShowSignoff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594057714913141298" border="0" /></a>Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-62742430182443620072010-12-23T04:15:00.000-08:002010-12-23T04:23:19.612-08:00Is four Christmas trees greedy?As you might know if you read the Inkymole blog fairly often, 2010 was largely dominated by the building of a new studio and gallery space at Inkymole/Factoryroad HQ. Although still with some work to do, the new space is restful and makes practical use of what was already here, while incorporating land that hitherto lay unused.<br /><br />The first show in the little gallery was <a href="http://factoryroadgallery.blogspot.com/2010/11/13-witches-at-71.html">Witches</a>, a third and final showing (in October) of the project exploring the confessions of the Pendle witches. We were very taken with the trees that Tom Hare had built for this new installation of the show, using Ash to create three trees which looked for all the world as if they had thrust themselves up through the floor overnight. We liked them so much we decided to leave two of them in place for Christmas, and make them our Christmas trees.<br /><br /><a href="http://inkymole.blogspot.com/2008/12/grandmas-tree.html">Grandma's tree</a> dominates the far left corner, and the usual modest-but-loyal Christmas tree will come out in a couple of days to sit out the rest of the holiday with the smaller baubles in the box (I'm a bit uncomfortable leaving it shut away in the loft...). So that's four. Too many? Never!<br /><br />It's a shame it can't stay full-time, and I always get teary when it's time to un-decorate, but on twelfth night they'll come down in readiness for the series of shows we've got planned for 2011, and be thrown joyously onto the woodburner. See? 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBTlhs481vIS7zBKbSWeIToaLUeBoDYD6j5OWZFs1aPLPQmVuUBbJtHqwiNPFSgvahuFxphVbT41OnhPOFCNOrAi4AAmhAG1vds5gK0liCeggekpm3spjkYulTdIEe_0sriwRZy-HY90/s400/P1070378.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553850722611999266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKf-d80bFhAg0eMaEk9lRkVrd6pDR0PlxiWIHkq0aLy1_Nw_Pc5nfFkcVluOZtlziNrlwJ-ziFZi0FNIHyAB-brtPAZ-TJOPLw67O8amTd18b7RL68cNY9EfIFaFodxdv6R6Feuzj2HKA/s1600/P1070384.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKf-d80bFhAg0eMaEk9lRkVrd6pDR0PlxiWIHkq0aLy1_Nw_Pc5nfFkcVluOZtlziNrlwJ-ziFZi0FNIHyAB-brtPAZ-TJOPLw67O8amTd18b7RL68cNY9EfIFaFodxdv6R6Feuzj2HKA/s400/P1070384.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553850718338033698" border="0" /></a>Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277712615106325117.post-48415682683469057582010-11-10T04:16:00.000-08:002010-11-10T04:48:57.533-08:0013 Witches at 71Saturday 6th saw the inaugural show in the Factory Road gallery - a new venture which gets its own blog from 2011!<br /><br />For the last time me, <a href="http://www.tomhare.net/">Tom Hare</a>, <a href="http://takeninanddonefor.blogspot.com/">Ed Garland</a> and <a href="http://www.anthonysaintjames.com/">Anthony Saint James</a> resurrected <a href="http://www.theyallcameback.org/">The Witches</a>, the body of work created originally for <a href="http://inkymole.blogspot.com/2008/10/witches-show-in-manchester.html">TBWA's Hallowe'en show</a> in Manchester, and expanded on for its own show last October at the <a href="http://inkymole.blogspot.com/2009/11/witches.html">East Gallery</a>, Brick Lane, London. Neither Anthony nor Ed could be present since they're in different parts of the world, but Tom came to dress the space with trees and help paint the faux-shadows behind them...of which one guest said he was 'taken apart' on noticing a crow without any obvious physical origin...<br /><br />The space works exceptionally well as the gallery we intended it to be when we started planning a couple of years ago but, as with every show we've ever done, erecting it was a far more complex matter than just lining up a few framed bits and some foamboard labels. A week was spent plotting where things should sit, hang and be lit, the end result eased supernaturally into its space by Tom's trees, which appeared for all the world to emerge from the floor as if they'd forced their way through in the middle of the night. The soundtrack couldn't be live this time (we had <a href="http://www.myspace.com/pookawig">Demdike Stare</a> play live at the London show), but was a nonetheless murky compilation of Demdike, Boards of Canada, Marcus Fjellstrom and assorted grainy voodoo songs of bedevilment and woe.<br /><br />Guests were treated to locally-brewed ale and home-made breads, made by Bob who installed himself in the kitchen for most of the evening. Danielle, who shall shortly make an appearance in another blog, worked tirelessly to keep the tea going and produced bowls of dal and piles of chappatis. There were many others involved in the smooth running of the evening, which was overall a very satisfying experience despite contrary weather and the dazzling rival charms of the many fireworks popping outside.<br /><br />There's a sequence of shows planned for 2011 and beyond, so keep your eyeballs peeled for news and invites. We're excited.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBx8buc7hUjKi_X7LO86b8RSCmxPt_mkBBGhnCSndsFBJll1s4ELYOstXWnhs1DRlcj-XTNiC7GM1gLE9iwHXfhXiv2YO7_Onbij7OMC5qMtTLnqz8SLKcJWE6Y2LPg-zXrfpJhHB1b8/s1600/DSCN0665.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBx8buc7hUjKi_X7LO86b8RSCmxPt_mkBBGhnCSndsFBJll1s4ELYOstXWnhs1DRlcj-XTNiC7GM1gLE9iwHXfhXiv2YO7_Onbij7OMC5qMtTLnqz8SLKcJWE6Y2LPg-zXrfpJhHB1b8/s400/DSCN0665.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537895841849960418" border="0" /></a>The witches' poppets dangle asphyxiatedly from Tom's branches, Ed's stories and Mole's interpretations behind.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ozYj3xKyFaOw3_JLSWy9WoIeFnR0P08PF929fTC7q5c6EbPj54PEAJTx3YOfdG2z-AXuZWUHo6soLdmq2T7C_JdnefN4HjvEbXdFoPFh8zVE7KXcKD4z7qmBo6f87qI9hw5vLpFK7KA/s1600/DSCN0668.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ozYj3xKyFaOw3_JLSWy9WoIeFnR0P08PF929fTC7q5c6EbPj54PEAJTx3YOfdG2z-AXuZWUHo6soLdmq2T7C_JdnefN4HjvEbXdFoPFh8zVE7KXcKD4z7qmBo6f87qI9hw5vLpFK7KA/s400/DSCN0668.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537895832219599698" border="0" /></a>A long view of one half of the space.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRUMvRXWgLk_fbm5P7Bwo9Rd5hxpTb-7uUiIk9NPBXyc9TizMu9Ijg8qChnAGuWCFj5iS68hODXNeOF2eHI1vOublM2CrBo-Quh6JTs224mN5tpTxuKEgP8NlVdcvyZHq0jqYBXo8XjY/s1600/P1070013.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRUMvRXWgLk_fbm5P7Bwo9Rd5hxpTb-7uUiIk9NPBXyc9TizMu9Ijg8qChnAGuWCFj5iS68hODXNeOF2eHI1vOublM2CrBo-Quh6JTs224mN5tpTxuKEgP8NlVdcvyZHq0jqYBXo8XjY/s400/P1070013.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537895828998259298" border="0" /></a>This fella carved by Simon Wood greeted anyone reaching for food.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwP1dZPiRixXgkIiypVgwADc5QiMcK2t0VMIKprLLr355UmE9jNf4j_l4fpGlyWA6sjdbc2kfzGW1uiGxN63yZcu0-PEXlkgY5G_kf30kY2pduHd7TFXDAcNIvt0nCuGRLnuS5YR_at8I/s1600/P1070010.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwP1dZPiRixXgkIiypVgwADc5QiMcK2t0VMIKprLLr355UmE9jNf4j_l4fpGlyWA6sjdbc2kfzGW1uiGxN63yZcu0-PEXlkgY5G_kf30kY2pduHd7TFXDAcNIvt0nCuGRLnuS5YR_at8I/s400/P1070010.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537895820149315730" border="0" /></a>...and this is said carver, Mr Wood. Mr Wood, meet Chattox, who is made of wood.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccwdqFa0n1gaLoKnR4yHfy-DQQ2V1UHEj3Ozv5EhFpt8CDM3MAxZg_0s-R872z4PNbNb3lwwSoXfFGhApZBKy5eRpTxq1dM6jh4YBVPMlj6CwYEeH_5OQ0Fhb7uqVqmUN9_SMmLS4oGg/s1600/DSCN0678.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccwdqFa0n1gaLoKnR4yHfy-DQQ2V1UHEj3Ozv5EhFpt8CDM3MAxZg_0s-R872z4PNbNb3lwwSoXfFGhApZBKy5eRpTxq1dM6jh4YBVPMlj6CwYEeH_5OQ0Fhb7uqVqmUN9_SMmLS4oGg/s400/DSCN0678.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537895213764188914" border="0" /></a>Much discussion.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AFOJCoRDThsYeaMQktGqwr_Er5oSmf3z8Gf2PmaPrS_-BmreRLvLlf6qT5jBsAvQ7fGwCMhDFIN9eX4WEN9VPsrzpSpLYibbRjLWHmCc3Reap7SGNwGND0DS-5PXyIGaY8Ds3hHiCFY/s1600/P1020187.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AFOJCoRDThsYeaMQktGqwr_Er5oSmf3z8Gf2PmaPrS_-BmreRLvLlf6qT5jBsAvQ7fGwCMhDFIN9eX4WEN9VPsrzpSpLYibbRjLWHmCc3Reap7SGNwGND0DS-5PXyIGaY8Ds3hHiCFY/s400/P1020187.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537895210375395938" border="0" /></a>...questions were asked.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsU5RmcX3nLs4yOCzpRqmJ3EzlpipN1-c77kI_nxUZje64PwOx2apkZP35YHwwqrarKOKQUFUiYCdYn-ROYei4WOa20LaJgQVNIJOl56iT3317ftzPZSs0R5Fhz0iNWNBsdX3flZWWBww/s1600/DSCN0681.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsU5RmcX3nLs4yOCzpRqmJ3EzlpipN1-c77kI_nxUZje64PwOx2apkZP35YHwwqrarKOKQUFUiYCdYn-ROYei4WOa20LaJgQVNIJOl56iT3317ftzPZSs0R5Fhz0iNWNBsdX3flZWWBww/s400/DSCN0681.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537895202848030306" border="0" />Here's a close up of the missing crow.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikO-ohLSvhrf22DmNXK-Hnr0w3FujlrpiExGlYYfngzCbO90LKbSiv-YXNWVTl4-t1sm30oh6Tb9rbPdtoAJHIT1kxaxEXOhKVA5v7qzMSHy82OtKxBk1N2h8__pVY_4msMFqNMrBpuJ4/s1600/P1070048.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikO-ohLSvhrf22DmNXK-Hnr0w3FujlrpiExGlYYfngzCbO90LKbSiv-YXNWVTl4-t1sm30oh6Tb9rbPdtoAJHIT1kxaxEXOhKVA5v7qzMSHy82OtKxBk1N2h8__pVY_4msMFqNMrBpuJ4/s400/P1070048.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537895199703167762" border="0" /></a>And the emerging human hand branches.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5sARDw7llR4VfXHkAabIOY6iUtdLrYpd_i63ldMy5ye3RjYGXyXANXQclIBT8YdgSMebZvwTuosmdpxYIf6uLj7P6xgFbElxHnLzsrxb89ImGXfX0D-sLJeiwdHnbNy21WO2NmM9NGU/s1600/DSCN0666.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5sARDw7llR4VfXHkAabIOY6iUtdLrYpd_i63ldMy5ye3RjYGXyXANXQclIBT8YdgSMebZvwTuosmdpxYIf6uLj7P6xgFbElxHnLzsrxb89ImGXfX0D-sLJeiwdHnbNy21WO2NmM9NGU/s400/DSCN0666.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537895183317640418" border="0" /></a>Nesting in front of work in progress.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOC_VNWPBeEI9Kd15PDmm4JvZo1N83zINYmiYMPGrtdMbcubqBGWa_A-9jU41-psreX989CADGy46er6rQDGh2ITKLV5GQ9t78uuk6JSqguvNdw1jZEbiLsBtlZHoJkEdb-fz7DIp3j8/s1600/P1070044.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOC_VNWPBeEI9Kd15PDmm4JvZo1N83zINYmiYMPGrtdMbcubqBGWa_A-9jU41-psreX989CADGy46er6rQDGh2ITKLV5GQ9t78uuk6JSqguvNdw1jZEbiLsBtlZHoJkEdb-fz7DIp3j8/s400/P1070044.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537894711412957858" border="0" /></a>Anthony's photographic pieces - Witches Chattox, Alice Grey, Anne Redferne, James Device.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmQHbUZBlB2n_I3DQA-VWFFqOvlvicDQVvTz-3r0TjLonDXJlo2BrxFWBjK-HqTK1iXZ0A0BjYs3iYbczfikXpgsqRgNFKO1a2m01LyJDZi7X9NJNTElu92fShl83iKMo7xtBvoZakjQ/s1600/P1070047.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmQHbUZBlB2n_I3DQA-VWFFqOvlvicDQVvTz-3r0TjLonDXJlo2BrxFWBjK-HqTK1iXZ0A0BjYs3iYbczfikXpgsqRgNFKO1a2m01LyJDZi7X9NJNTElu92fShl83iKMo7xtBvoZakjQ/s400/P1070047.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537894696625068258" border="0" /></a>The evil Chattox, head of the most heinous family and arch enemy of Demdike, here re-envisoned by Anthony as an inked up self-carving young haggard.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6wFvZDCamXv8DU55x7_xlSLDnxhgUsBKc8Snn3kHFH5_ZY4jcVpsWgEDYZyd9ZHgMjKLSJmX0jKbIDB57MXvA63V2uJti8lR9zvH26MqzXYCsBiOL4wjl6381olF7guh45AH_SoorrE/s1600/P1070012.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6wFvZDCamXv8DU55x7_xlSLDnxhgUsBKc8Snn3kHFH5_ZY4jcVpsWgEDYZyd9ZHgMjKLSJmX0jKbIDB57MXvA63V2uJti8lR9zvH26MqzXYCsBiOL4wjl6381olF7guh45AH_SoorrE/s400/P1070012.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537894689409078834" border="0" /></a>And ponderment - the talented Mrs Tranter, who also shares a special relationship with the trees and whose work is starting to grace our home.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnuEpceU7v64Sgu_U9i20QuaIrdMc5AdjqPNWgh9bRanWdKjCDs8fVB_AQ5REHVZzOLfYA2Z-cYLx-7KUDTijIc5eZvVbGuGOkD8cVI4cJnLOFbnOUxpZaBqD_ZAYbdRQN4k7cK9sFQFo/s1600/P1070005.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnuEpceU7v64Sgu_U9i20QuaIrdMc5AdjqPNWgh9bRanWdKjCDs8fVB_AQ5REHVZzOLfYA2Z-cYLx-7KUDTijIc5eZvVbGuGOkD8cVI4cJnLOFbnOUxpZaBqD_ZAYbdRQN4k7cK9sFQFo/s400/P1070005.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537894684590454674" border="0" /></a>Bob's bakery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQGuF8pg3Qec95CN8cpa04zLmFGSHeVqoZKHL5C8Q4hJ5mAiCH6utKyv0EPz8pyEdr-3TkzgT7Fxmp3cs0MrNSRYTczKRHbYfKgrRUw5vF7twX4ydVTsBuTMqMX3zKng8udAcOiFDShQ/s1600/P1020183.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQGuF8pg3Qec95CN8cpa04zLmFGSHeVqoZKHL5C8Q4hJ5mAiCH6utKyv0EPz8pyEdr-3TkzgT7Fxmp3cs0MrNSRYTczKRHbYfKgrRUw5vF7twX4ydVTsBuTMqMX3zKng8udAcOiFDShQ/s400/P1020183.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537894680405504370" border="0" /></a>This shawl, in constant use in winter months, was crocheted by my mum in 1979.<br />Top Shop Vintage can bugger off: this is an ORIGINAL!Sarah J Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12023898799415295499noreply@blogger.com0