Life imitates art ...

Or is it the other way around?

The joy of cycling

This is it ... went up in Howies Bristol shop yesterday and will be there for two weeks, along with lots of other cycled themed goodness. The private view last night was really busy and prooved to us how many random people we knew in Bristol (and London) who all knew each other too ...

Those of you who follow the blog might recognise the figures ;)

We took some photos - but haven't really looked through them -and I want to go back to take some photos of other people's work. So that will be a future post.

Howies ...

Come see lots of lovely Bike-y illustrations by lots of Bristol artists upstairs at Howies from tomorrow night for two weeks - including a special image by yours truly ;)

The end.

This is it folks ... 3 years (4 if you include the foundation) of blood sweat and tears ... and it all ends with some bits on a wall and some stuff on the floor ...

I am beyond tired and just need to take some time off - although we still have quite a full three weeks ahead of London shows, portfolio reviews and Junior Fellowships to apply for.

More pictures and updates once I get my life back in order ...

Here's to new beginnings!

ps, the show is still on till the 24th. All details, plus London show details on the right hand sidebar

Drip feeding...

Here I am lovely peeps ... drip feeding you content to keep you interested.

Planetmithi is in full blown get-ready-for-degree-show mode. Today, postcards and mountboards were ordered. I am still making images, still have to print them, and decide what's going up on the walls at the show and what's going in my portfolio; tweeking website and all manner of other bits and bobs.

Ah, and yes, the Degree Show info is up! Lookie (click on image to go to site):

PRIVATE VIEW (invitation only)

Friday 18 June 18.00-21.00

GENERAL OPENING
Saturday 19 June 10.00-18.00
Sunday 20 June 10.00-16.00
Monday 21-Thursday 24 June 10.00-20.00

We are also going to be in LONDON twice:

D&AD New Blood 2010
(With Graphic Design, and a limited show)
The Old Truman Brewery
15 Hanbury Street
London E1 6QL

Industry Private View on Thursday 24th June 2010
Continues until Monday 28th June 2010
10am to 6pm daily

And the Coningsby Gallery,
(Just illustration so more substantial show than D&AD - but smaller than UWE show)
30 Tottenham Street
London W1T 4RJ

Private View on Monday 5th July 2010 (6:30-9pm)
Continues until 9th July 2010
10am to 6pm daily

Please come and see us!!!

52

Sunshine and I trekked up to Room 212 in the rain to finally see the 52 show this afternoon, on its last day.

Bloody marvelous to see my work (there, in the middle, the two long horizontal giclee prints of my Polish children's book spreads) in amongst some of my heros/heroines/favs Peskimo, Lizzy Stewart, Debbie Hill, Jill Bliss, Lisa Solomon, Patrick Gildersleeves, and many more ... :D

Thank you muchly to the gorgeous Claire (left) and Camilla (right) for the opportunity ... may there be many more exciting CalmAirAllIce adventures in the future!

Exhibitions! Exhibitions! Exhibitions!

It's spring and it's exhibition time!

First off, from the 31st of March (next Wednesday) till the 3rd of April, I am part of a rather large group exhibition called "52" - 52 artists' work in one small space (Room 212 on Gloucester Road, Bristol). Curated by CalmAirAllIce, aka the lovely Milla and Claire. Have a look at the list of people they have - its looks like its going to be AMAZING! Also in the show are my gorgeous neighbours and good friends, Peskimo:

Peskimo, together with Chris Dickason are currently exhibiting at the new Start Gallery Space (part of Start The Bus on Baldwin Street, Bristol). The show is called "Tease Made" ... and its all about Tea! And Cakes! Yum!!! We were at the opening and there's some spiffing stuff there ... on till the 11th of April so do go visit ...


And speaking of the Start Gallery Space, once Tease Made is out, it will be filled by some of the 2nd year students from our course ... "We Are Fauna" is on from the 16th to the 27th of April. Nice to see the young'uns getting their act together and putting an exhibition on - we were never quite so switched on ...

But then again, some of us are a bit more together ... four of my 3rd year coursemates are exhibiting currently at the Here Gallery in Stoke's Croft, Bristol with a show called "Across The Way". Owen, Adam, Luke and Jack produce some of the loveliest work coming out of our year. Their show is on till the 3rd of April so please go and visit if you get the chance ...

Speaking of shows ... early warning: Our degree show will be Private Show-ing on the 18th of June in Bristol and 5th of July at the Conningsby in London ... keep your diaries clear! It looks like its going to be a show to remember ...

Mail Me Art

We are back from our jam-packed trip to London (to do a special project, which I will blog about in a bit once I've got all the photos sorted). But in amongst it all, we managed to drop into the "Mail Me Art" exhibition for about 10 minutes. It was nice to see my work hung up and to finally meet Darren who made it all happen.

The exhibition's on till Thursday 5pm ... and if you're in London, its REALLY worth going to ... some really wonderful and lovely work on display :)

Help Cafe Kino by buying ART!!!

Cafe Kino is a gorgeous little independant co-op cafe in Stoke's Croft, Bristol - conveniently placed within stumbling distance of the ultra fabulous Here Gallery (which also has a show opening tonight) and the uber querky Cube Cinema. Some local artists (including me and Milla and Claire and other exciting peoples) have work on show (and sale) there from today till 13th December. A percentage of the sales go towards supporting the cafe - "cafe kino is a not-for-profit co-operative owned and operated by its' workers and run in part by volunteers. We strive to create a viable business which is open, fair and mutually supportive of all those with whom we are associated" ...how could you not want to support that??!!??

So, if you want to get your hands on any of my stitch'n'bitch inspired hoops - I've got all 6 on sale there ... grab yourself an early Christmas goodie whilst helping keep Kino afloat!

At the Art House Co-op

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This is just a quicky to say thanks to all the people at Art House Co-op - my book got there and here it is on their gallery wall. See more photos of the opening night here.

I'm still out in Malaysia enjoying being at home with the folks and not really doing much ;) Will be back in good 'ol Blighty at the end of the week!

How to save the world

Art House Coop Sketchbook Project 2008

"How would you save the world?"

"With Love Compassion and Respect"