Paint it! Make it! Updates

Hello guys! Thank you all for plugging us tirelessly and we are going to make damn sure those plugs and mentions wont go to waste! Here are some updates to let you know a little bit more about what is going down, including a sneaky peak at our zine cover!

Paint it! Make it! party for Japan on the 25th June at The Book Club

Zine Making: Our zine making is the most interactive collaborative event we can make it so feel free to bring your own bits and bobs to share, from coloured paper ribbons and pens you can bring anything you like to add to your customisation. We will be providing plenty of extra cute bits and bobs too. Our zine is going to be A5 so if you want to, you can bring along your own artwork for people to bind, feel free to sign it or even just bind it into your own zine, the zine is BW so even photocopies would be fun.

Music: Music has been careful chosen for your listening pleasure by DJ halwo SAKAMOTO, DJ CHINEN and DJ 柳 (Yanagi). It is an ecxclectic mix of Jpop, Jelectro and techno all mixed by Japanese DJ's to keep you in the mood for a party.

How to wear Kimono and tea ceremony: Details to be confirmed yet, but yes! Kimono!!

T-shirt Available from No Guts No Glory: Designed by the event live artist Mr Millerchip! The T-shirt "Dunkun - Organic White T" will be available at the event and if you want to learn a little more about the wonderful Millerchip you can read about him in our live artist feature.

Charity raffle part two: We have just announced the winners of our online pre-event charity raffle with ToDryFor and if you missed out you have one last chance to bag an exclusive signed tea towel of extraordinary awesomeness! So see you there and bag yourself a real designer exclusive!

Tea Time

By Gemma Correll

Size: Approx 48cm x 76cm

Material: 100% cotton

With 2 post cards and 2 small badges designed by Gemma

Keep On Truggin

 By Nicholas John Frith

Size: Approx 76cm x 48cm 

Material: 100% cotton

Jonah

 By Peter Slight 

Size: Approx 76cm x 48cm 

Material: 100% cotton

Mermaid

By Lucie Sheridan 

Size: Approx 48cm x 76cm

Material: 100% cotton 

Storm in a Teacup

By HelloWilson

Size: Approx 48cm x 76cm
Material: 100% cotton

Read her interview on our blog here!

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Artist 02: HelloWilson

Big welcome to our second artist to be featured, it's HelloWilson! Also a contributor to European countries rally with her beautiful Bosnia and Herzegovina, HelloWilson creates wonderful detailed patterns and these are locked into mythical and natural forms.

Here is her interview,

Who are you:
I am HelloWilson (better known as Rachel) and I'm a freelance graphic designer. I'm originally from Yorkshire but I currently live in Rome (although I'm returning to England in the autumn). When I'm not busy designing and drawing things I can usually be found drinking coffee and practicing my Italian; I have very recently discovered the joy of a good car boot sale. The things I miss most about England are the pubs and the British sense of quirkiness, while the things I will miss most about Italy are the pizza and the fun-loving friendliness of Italian people.

What do you do:
I'm first and foremost a graphic designer, having left a job in publishing to pursue a career in design. The illustration work that I do stemmed out of a need to escape my computer and let my imagination run wild with a pen and paper. I think making hand drawn designs is the most satisfying, creative and relaxing way to work. Designing in this way has a positive effect on all the work that I do.

I think my illustrations have a strong graphic look to them. It's very important to me that the work I produce is decorative and beautiful but also useful. I enjoy the way they can be applied to practical objects; my favourite piece so far is the 'Storm in a Teacup' tea towel I designed for ToDryFor.com. I have big plans for making new HelloWilson designs available later in the year.

How did you start:
Having always enjoyed art and design at school but also being good academically I initially went to Oxford University to study English Literature. During my degree I continued to go to art classes in my spare time. Afterwards I graduated and worked for a while in marketing for a large publisher. As time went on I did bits and pieces of design work on marketing materials and realised that design was what I was good at and what I wanted to be doing all the time. I left my job and went to Kingston University where I did a masters degree in Communication Design. For me the internet has been invaluable in providing platforms for me to get my work seen. I have work on Society6, Behance, Envelop.eu, as well as my own blog and website, and I'm frequently (perhaps a little too frequently!) on twitter and facebook. All these mediums have given me ways to learn from my peers, communicate with them and get their feedback not to mention find clients and customers!

A Personal statement about you or your work:
My work is bright, bold and hopefully has a sense of fun. As a designer it's important to me that my work has an end use and is not just art for art's sake. I am most satisfied with my work when I see it applied to some vaguely practical object such as a tea towel or cushion. For my part I couldn't feel luckier to have the opportunity to build a career in a field that is so challenging and exciting.

You can find out more about my work at: www.hellowilson.co.uk

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