The Enchanted Forest: Celebrating 200 years of Grimm’s Fairy Tales

The Enchanted Forest

Celebrating 200 years of Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Wednesday 28 November – Saturday 8 December

FREE Exhibition

The first ever collection of Grimm’s fairy tales, entitled “Children’s and Household Tales”, was published in December of 1812, and two hundred years later it is still thrilling children and adults alike. To celebrate two hundred years of enchantment and magic; seven young up and coming illustrators will be interpreting these wonderfully dark and mysterious stories into a very special Christmas exhibition at Foyles. With inspiration taken from both the classics, such as Hansel and Gretel, and the less well-known tales like The Golden Bird; this exhibition is about interpreting and re-discovering a cultural legacy that has been with us for 200 years.

The contributing artists include Emma Block, Lesley Barnes, LauraBarrett, Natsuki Otani, Yelena Bryksenkova, Emmeline Pidgen and Karolin Schnoor.

Prepare to be spellbound as you enter The Enchanted Forest.

The Enchanted Forest is grateful to IdeasTap for providing funding through its Ideas Fund for this project.

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Venue:

The Gallery at Foyles, Third Floor, Charing Cross Road

Opening Hours:

Monday – Saturday 9am – 9pm

Sunday 10am – 6pm

*Please note that the Gallery may be closed when instore meetings and events are taking place.

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News: W.E.L.C.O.M.E Exhibition No.01

W.E.L.C.O.M.E Exhibition No.01
At Stew Gallery
From 4th to 7th April 2012

OPENING NIGHT: WEDNESDAY 4th APRIL 7-9pm

W.E.L.C.O.M.E's first exhibition and print show featuring work by: 

Suzanne Antonelli
Adam Batchelor
Joel Benjamin
Christopher Joyner
Stephen Mellor
Natsuki Otani

W.E.L.C.O.M.E was created in 2011 with the sole purpose of providing a new and innovative space for young upcoming artists to showcase and sell print editions of their work.

W.E.L.C.O.M.E is an online gallery and store that represents a small collection of new upcoming artists and designers from all kinds of media, we aim to provide a wide range of styles that tie in with our own philosophies of art.

For more info and to view work by W.E.L.C.O.M.E's artists, designers and illustrators please visit www.welcomegallery.co.uk

Stew is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run organisation which aims to be as inclusive as possible. This is embodied in the low studio and project space rents. All surplus monies are re-invested into materials, projects, improvement of the space and of course, food.
www.stew.org.uk

 

 

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Shelter Up My Street Art Auction: Amelia’s Magazine Collaboration

 Photo courtesy of Amelia's Magazine

A bit of news now with Amelia's Magazine illustrators participation in a wonderful charity art auction for Shelter, packed full of life Amelia chose to theme the work around the concept of a safe secure home. So the wonderful illustrators all created their idea of a comforting safe home and the final piece brought together into one home. Amelia Gregory, Lesley Barnes, Emma Block, Yelena Bryksenkova, Natsuki Otani, Antonia Parker and Thereza Rowe collaborated to create the unique piece of artwork in aid of the Up My Street campaign by Shelter.

This month Shelter hosts an exhibition of artwork in the concept of Up My Street at the Coningsby Gallery. Amelia Gregory from Amelia's Magazine commissioned some of the lovely illustrators who were featured in her amazing books, Amelia’s Anthology of Illustration and Amelia’s Compendium of Fashion Illustration and we are delighted to have also shared their talents as contributors to Illustration Rally as well.

Close up entrance by Lesley Barnes

Close up room by Emma Block

Close up room by Thereza Rowe 

Close up room by Natsuki Otani

Close up room by Yelena Bryksenkova

Close up room by Antonia Parker

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News: SOYU Creative Zodiac 2012

Exciting news now, with SOYU, a brand new brand that is all about East meets West through the medium of art and fashion, this is their launch project, the Creative Zodiac 2012, which takes designs from twelve fabulous artists for each of the animals of the zodiac and gives them a modern reworking, bringing the Zodiac out as an expression of creativity as fresh as the new year. The prints are available for sale at a discount during Chinese New Year week (23rd to 29th January)

Below is a little bit about the project by SOYU, and we'll be following it up with an interview with the force behind the project Mike Ng.

THE CREATIVE ZODIAC
12 Artists x 12 Animals for 2012!

SOYU is a new brand that aims to bring together eastern and western culture through art and fashion, with the force of a Bruce Lee kick to your face - just at a time when the world could do with a bit of positivity.

SOYU's launch project is the Creative Zodiac. A set of 12 prints, by 12 fantastic artists inspired by the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Each artist was chosen for their unique style, skill and craft they put in to their pieces. Limited to just 10 prints per piece it is also a response to the mass produced 'Upload and Order' printed products that are appearing online. Each A2 piece is digitally printed on 315gsm cotton uncoated rag, resulting in some of the finest quality wall art you're likely to see around.

SOYU also wants to be fair and accessible with their product line, so they are selling these beautiful prints with a launch offer of just £15 per print during Chinese New Year week (23-29 January).

Head on over to www.soyu.co.uk to grab yourself a bargain, and find out more information about this exciting new brand.

info:
WEBSITE: www.soyu.co.uk
TWITTER: @soyuHQ
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/soyuHQ

The full roster of artists is:
24EXP
J3 Concepts
Killstudio
Natsuki Otani
Okayboss
Robin Boyden
Ruben Ireland
Short
Stephen Chan
Tarin Yuangtrakul
Travis Price
Zutto

Sponsors include:
Ripe Digital
Thunder Chunky
Always Thinkin'
Illustration Rally
Blood Sweat Vector

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Open submission: Valentine's day Rally!

illustration by Natsuki Otani

Hello everyone! It's that time of year again when the couples get snuggly and everyone else gets resentful, so with that in mind we are bringing out our Valentines Open Submission Rally. This is a chance to get out the word for your commercial work, spread the heart-warming, cute or funny message and let the world know you are ready for some love in 2012. It's also a chance to create something with an open brief to flex those muscles and dust off the wacom's and brushes after a dreary January. As ever all your rights are your own and send us your info so we can promote the hell out of you, oh and happy Valentines! x

Submission Guidelines 

• Any form of art is welcome, illustration, photography, graphic design, animation and more.
• You can submit as many of your works as you like.
• Your submissions don't need to be created for us, old work is welcome!
• 72 dpi jpeg file please.
• Send us your artist name and the links to your portfolio sites, if you are sending us your product, send us a link to the pages you are selling your Valentine's day products on.
• Send us your twitter name if you have one, so I can promote you on twitter effectively.
• Deadline is Sunday the 12th February.
• Please send your work to illustrationrally@hotmail.co.uk with the title "Valentine's day Rally Submission"

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Christmas Rally now open!

Illustration by Natsuki Otani

This rally is now closed for submissions.

Hello everyone, hope you enjoyed our Fashion Illustration Rally in collaboration with RedRock, we have something for everyone now, yes it's our Christmas Rally! I've done a brand new little Christmas illustration for IR, hope you like it? We need any Christmas related art, you can simply enjoy drawing festive things, old work is welcome, you should certainly use this opportunity to promote your Christmas products too! Our submission guidelines are the same as always, any questions feel free to message me @Illustration_R on twitter or just email me. Really looking forward to seeing your lovely Christmas art!

Submission Guidelines 

• Any form of art is welcome, illustration, photography, graphic design, animation and more.
• 72 dpi jpeg file please, if you can make it less than 1MG it's perfect.
• Don't forget to send us the links to your portfolio sites, if you are sending us your product, send us a link to the pages you are selling your Christmas products on.
• Send us your twitter name if you have one, so I can promote you on twitter effectively.
• Deadline is Thursday the 22nd December.
• Please send your work to illustrationrally@hotmail.co.uk with the title "Christmas Submission"

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Ganbare Nippon Charity shop Christmas sale!

Hello everyone, as it's coming up to Christmas we thought it would be a great time to give everyone a chance to get some beautiful original gifts from our Ganbare Nippon charity shop. We still have a great range to suit all budgets and they are guaranteed to make an impact as unique gifts. So we are having a Christmas sale throughout the whole of December with 20% off everything in store! 

To get the discount simply enter the code NIPPON at the checkout for a fantastic 20% off!

Definitely worth checking out as you can see from our products below. All the proceeds from the shop go straight to our Japan Tsunami Earthquake Appeal making it a double gift this Christmas.

We have some gift recommendations below that we think would make lovely presents.

Gifts for girls

KATIE MOTH Blue Kuma Teddy £20 now £16

A cuddly friend for your special girl.

HANDMADE BY EMILY Loveheart Buttons £4.50 now £3.60

For your sweetheart!

PIKTORAMA Cupcake Mandala Print £19 now £15.20

For bakers or cake fans alike.

NATSUKI OTANI Hideaway Love Print £20 now £16

No girls hate flowers.

MR YEN Hand cut papercut - Raven in ornate frame £30 now £24

Something delicate for your lady.

Gifts for boys

JOANNE HAWKER Ganbare Nippon Cushion £15 now £12

For your cheeky boy!

MISTER MILLERCHIP Mini Concertina Postcard £5 now £4

Too cool for school.

TATSURO KIUCHI Print £30 now £24

For your apple maniac...

ROBBIE PORTER Help Screen print £30 now £24 

For the musician in your life.

NEKOCHERRY Robert the Bruce Screen Print £20 now £16

In case your boyfriend is a freedom fighter.

We have a lot more on offer at our Ganbare Nippon charity shop so please take a look and spread the word about this sale!

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Open Submission: Halloween Rally!

Illustration by Natsuki Otani

Well its that time of year again everyone, so it's a chance to get some of your seasonal illos out and give us your super spooky Halloween pieces, whether its part of your stock or you want to create something fresh and saleable to add to your portfolio, we'll post it over the weeks running up to Halloween so get those submissions ready, and we'll give them a great big push! As ever all your rights are your own and you can feel free to send us all your links for promo along with your submission. 

Submission Guidelines 

• On theme and keep it clean, though feel free to interpret the brief as you like.
• Low res, 72 dpi jpeg file please so that we can get them up easily at web quality.
• Don't forget to send us the links to your portfolio sites, (blog, facebook, flickr and etc) if you are sending us your product, send us a link to the pages you are selling your products.
• Send us a link to your twitter account if you have one, so I can promote you on twitter effectively.
• Please send your work to illustrationrally[at]hotmail.co.uk with the title "Halloween Rally Submission"
• Deadline for the rally is 12 PM Monday the 31st October

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Africa Fashion Guide: Book and Website Launch Retrospective

Annie Driscoll

Abby Wright

Erica Sharp

Joana Faria

Avril Kelly

Natsuki Otani

Another retrospective for you now, barely recovering from the Vogue Fashion Night Out, the very next day, we were in London again snooping out the launch event for the fantastic Africa Fashion Guide, book and website launch. We were treated to passionate in depth panel discussions as well as a showcase of African fashion on a night filled with fashion debate and delicious smelling food. Such a massive event in aid of a really wonderful book deserves real praise especially since the author Jacqueline Shaw achieved all of this for her final major project of her masters degree.

The book itself is a great read with some fantastic illustrations by a number of our contributors and a wonderful showcase of the latest styles from and inspired by Africa.

This wonderful book is available to buy here! 

Get the latest on the project and more about the book and event from the site here and on their facebook page you can see some of the professional photos from the night or follow them on twitter.

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London Fashion Night Out: Retrospective

Illustration by Erica Sharp 

Illustration by Natsuki Otani

Illustration by Matt Thomas

A quick retrospective look at the the Vogue London Fashion Night Out in London, which saw some amazing scenes as shops all over the capital opened their doors late into the night in a celebration of all things fashion. Our little piece of the action centres on Covent Garden where illustrators Matt Thomas, Erica Sharp and Natsuki Otani were busy creating quick sketch fashion illustrations for anyone who sat. This was in aid of swanky English eatery Canteen setting up a new popup restaurant in the Market building in Covent Garden. Suffice to say they went down a storm with queues peaking at five deep the intrepid three kept sketching, inking and colouring late into the night producing some wonderful illos capturing the essence of their subjects in a matter of minutes. All in all it was a great night, and despite being too busy to eat after their brows stopped sweating and the fingers stopped hurting it we have the chance to have a look at some of the great work they produced.


So here's to Matt, Erica and our very own Natsuki please check them out! 

Artist: Matt Thomas
portfolio: www.mattthomasillustration.com
twitter: www.twitter.com/matt__thomas

Artist: Erica Sharp
portfolio: http://ericasharp.co.uk
twitter: http://twitter.com/erica_sharp
blog: http://dailygenki.blogspot.com

Artist: Natsuki Otani
portfolio: http://cargocollective.com/natsukiotani/
twitter: http://twitter.com/nat_o
blog: http://natsukiotani.blogspot.com/

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