Exhibition: SQUIDBALLS presented by Rumpus Animation

SQUIDBALLS Exhibition in Japan
Rumpus Animation present Squidballs, an exhibition of animation and illustration by a group of young British illustrators. There will be music videos, short films and animated characters playing on screen and illustration, paintings, prints, zines and t-shirts on view and for sale.

The first exhibition is in Amerika-Mura, Osaka on 28th June-1st July

At Loop A, 1-1-7, Minami Horie, Nishiku, Osaka
The 2nd in Omotesando/Harajuku 6th July-8th July 
At Gallery IrieYawd, 4-25-7-302

Seb from Rumpus will there to chat, share biscuits and do some live drawing!

The exhibition includes work by
Matthew the Horse
Jon Boam
Peskimo
Kate Hindley
Jam Bonbon
Seb Burnett and Joe Wood aka Rumpus

Links:
Rumpus Animation
Rumpus' blog
Rumpus' facebook page
SQUIDBALLS Exhibition OSAKA facebook page
SQUIDBALLS Exhibition TOKYO facebook page

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New products on our Ganbare Nippon charity shop

SEB BURNETT Hello Deer Screenprint

Print size approx 11.5x16 inches 

Price: £40

KRISTIAN JONES Lost Youth Print

Approx 6.5x8.5 Limited Edition Print of 50 

Price: £5

PIKTORAMA Best Friends Signed Print

Size 5x7 Printed on acid free Velvet Fine Art paper 

Limited edition of 100 

Price: £6.50

PIKTORAMA Geisha Mirror

Measures 2.25" Shipped with care 

Price: £4

MISTER MILLERCHIP Mini Concertina Postcard

Postcard size: approx 4.5x6.5 inches 

Price: £5

TS LARKING Original Mixed Media

A4 on Arches Watercolor Paper, mounted on 10”x15” illustration board. 

Comes with small surprise sketch, a signed thank you from the artist. 
Price: £60

LORI DEAN DYMENT Simple Wants Original Collograph

This each print is slightly different and is considered to part of a varied edition.

This is an original and is not a reproduction.
Image size: 7 1/2"x5 1/2" Edition #:3/5 Medium: collograph

Price: £30

MATT THOMAS Patterened Print

A3 Digital Print 

Price: £25

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Retrospective: Paint it! Make it!

Well I'm almost sad to write this as it means all the cakes have been eaten, the origami folded and the live drawing has met the fate of the vast majority of its ephemeral brothers. Though saying that it, the whole day was an epic win for the rally and our appeal netting us a massive £300.16 pounds, on a day when the tube was down Glastonbury was on, and the whole world was conspiring to keep us out of London!

Preparation time...

So the train broke down on the way, the weatherman lied to us through his teeth but we made it and turned up to find the most beautiful sight of hard working friends and artists coming together to put on a kick ass event. The book club probably has never been subjected to so much colour and verve, what with stunning kimonos and yukatas, zine binding, our origami zoo, hundreds of pen, papers and crafty bits, two massive cardboard trees, portraits, cakes and not forgetting the awesome live drawing by Messrs Millerchip, Jones, Fiddle and Chan.(which would be literally the best name for a law firm in history)

Cakes!

Prizes from ToDryFor, No Guts No Glory and Kuretake UK!

Shop!

Beautiful Emma Block and Kim Roberts in Yukatas!

The event kicked of with absconding temporary DJ who set up the sound and simultaneously startled pigeons as far as Toxteth. Some light furniture moving, unpacking wrapping, cutting, sticking, glueing, taping, re-taping later the scene was set with epic paper chains and bunting, more balloons than you could shake a stick at and possibly the best craft area in the history of creation. Well at least Shoreditch anyway.

The whole event flew by as we drew in and tempted friends and ordinary slightly worried londoners into our den and gave what could only be described as an old school kids party meets high end art event. Many a cake was sold, portrait painted and kimono donned. and in the end there was the raffle, which I personally fixed... Well as it turned out lucky and tiny seems to go hand in hand, with our diminutive first winner taking not only the first signed towel but Millerchip's ticket, and his shirt (raffle prize, not his actual shirt!)

Origami workshop by Erica Sharp and Kuretake UK pen trial!

Zine making workshop by Lea Wade!

Live portrait drawing by Jenny Robins and June Sees!

Live drawing in morning!

Completed live drawing by Mr Millerchip, Kristian Jones, Seb Burnett and Stephen Chan!

So a massive thanks to all those who came and to all those who helped out tirelessly, giving us the first of what we hope will be many Illustration Rally live art events!

We have some fantastic pictures both here and on our flickr page, so please check them out. So till the next time we invade London with a cheeky swagger and a bag full of pens, we couldn't have done it without you!

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