Like No Other

Yesterday evening, I attended the private view and launch of  ‘Like No Other’ an exhibition by paper artist Owen Gildersleeve and Harvey Lloyd Screens showcasing an array of uplifting and one-of-a-kind artworks that celebrate hand-crafted individuality, the beauty in imperfection and the magic of collaboration.

This distinctive body of work will be on display at Phoenix Art Space in Brighton (UK) from March 22 – April 9 2023. The collaboration is a unique coming together of handcrafted techniques, and combines mono-screen prints – inks hand painted directly onto the screen creating endlessly unique results – with hand cut paper designs, created by Owen in his signature graphic style.

The designs celebrate light, colour, space and form, exploring themes of beauty in individuality, wonder in the everyday and finding perfection in imperfection. The spark of ‘Like No Other’ originated during the COVID lockdowns of 2020, where Owen suddenly found himself faced with the freedom to experiment with different approaches to his work. This included creating watercolour washes, exploring gradients and in turn, combining these with his hand-crafted paper artworks.

This opportunity of exploration led to Owen reaching out to Harvey Lloyd to collaborate on a one-off piece, who in turn took the idea and evolved it into something completely new, creating an array of wonderful test prints and experiments inspired by Owen’s initial concept. Through this creative ‘call and response’,

Harvey Lloyd helped grow this seed of an idea into an amazing array of printed possibilities. The exhibition tells a story of human connection and collaboration, stepping out of one’s comfort zone with the exchange of techniques and ideas, and the freedom that comes with embracing unexpected results.

Owen’s papercut elements are created using the very same paper stock as the monoprints, which is our Matrisse 250gsm 

The show will be a take over of the gallery’s Project Space room, featuring over 50 completely one-of-a-kind original pieces of artwork, guiding viewers through the collaboration and its themes, from the small details to large scale immersive interpretations.

https://owengildersleeve.com/

https://www.harveylloydscreens.co.uk/

Printed by Justin Hobson 24.03.2023

Cabin Fever (3rd Wave)

Cross-disciplinary designer and printmaker, Paul Wolterink works across a range of media, believing "Anything can function as a carrier for information". From his roots as graphic designer, Wolterink's design vision is based on rapid instinctive 'design intuition' resulting in strong communication and simple visual language, that quickly burns on the retina - which is certainly true with this bright fluorescent print!

In Paul's own words...'CABIN FEVER' is created during the 3rd U.K. C19-wave/lockdown (Jan - March 2021) and is printed July 2021, and (despite our noble endless patience) reflects the lockdown-fatigue that struck me during this period. It's a short and vibrant visual scream in response to the challenging times we live(d) in. A real, and perhaps also slightly ironic, cry. After which we focusedly continue our paths again...

The size is 500x271mm and is hand silkscreen in 2 colours printed on our Matrisse 250gsm. An edition of 35 prints only, signed and numbered but produced in three colourways.

Paul goes on to say... Its typeface is 'Shatter' designed by Vic Carless in 1973. A expressive iconic letter that I not used in my work before, simply because there was no reason yet to work with it. But during this l3rd lockdown there was no doubt about it: Shatter HAD TO BE THE typeface to express this fatigue feeling with. Dutch people may know the typeface very well because of an famous album sleeve saying 'SKUNK', from a very popular mid 80s reggae band in the Netherlands named 'Doe Maar'. The print itself is claustophobically tight printed on its paper size. When framed it deliberately boxes the print just about. Sync to its expression 'CABIN FEVER'.

CABIN FEVER prémièred at Houghton Hall in Norfolk in the 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' show, which ended last week.

You can read more about the project and see the other colourways and buy the prints here...

http://portfolio.paulwolterink.com/filter/design/CABIN-FEVER-3rd-Wave

Posted by Justin Hobson 29.09.2021

Ken Garland

Photo Credit - unknown

Yesterday, the sad news broke that Ken Garland has passed away. Ken Garland is a designer who has been at the forefront of Britain’s creative culture since graduating in the mid 1950's. His involvement in the CND campaign in the 1960's and his re-drawing of the peace sign made him the driving force behind its visual message. He gained notoriety for writing the ‘First Thing’s First Manifesto’ in 1964, which rallied designers to a mantra of using their talents towards a more meaningful goal, opposing the notion that graphic design is most lucrative when serving the whims of advertising. The manifesto was re-signed and re-launched in 1999. He founded his own agency, Ken Garland & Associates working with a wide variety of clients and most famously, Galt Toys.

Ken was less well known for his photographic work, but that is where our paths crossed. In 2001 Baseline Magazine published a 'baseline edition' an occasional series focusing on a subject more in-depth than in the magazine itself. Titled Metaphors, with a foreward by Robin Kinross, it shows Ken's photographic work from the 1960's up to the millennium. 

At publication, Ken and Wanda hosted a small launch party at their lovely house in Camden Town, which was a particularly jolly occasion.

Size is 345x245mm, portrait. It has a 4pp cover covered with a dustjacket and a 48pp text. 

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"These photographs are not quite what they seem. When combined with the text they become metaphors of the locations - villages, cities, countries even - in which they were found. A few stones; a scattering of coloured tissue; a rope end: all have been allocated a relevance beyond their immediate substance. This may have been the reason why a particular photograph was taken in the first place, or it may have been imposed upon the image subsequently, days, weeks or months after the shot had been made. Originating from places as widely dispersed as Mexico, Ireland, Uzbekistan, Canada, Germany and Bangladesh, these metaphors offer a coherent viewpoint on human behaviour, viewed obliquely for the most part but with compassion and concern for people, not things" Ken Garland

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The text pages are printed on our Marazion Ultra 150gsm. For readers not familiar with Marazion Ultra, it's a fully coated paper but it really does have a dead flat MATT surface. There are many papers on the market which profess to be matt (and some which incorporate the word matt in the name, but aren't!)  

From a format point of view, there is one particularly interesting aspect to this publication...

Hans Dieter Reichert, publisher of Baseline magazine wanted to differentiate this publication from the magazine, which was saddle stitched and he really wanted a spine, although cost-wise, perfect binding was more expensive and the photographic spreads really demanded saddle stitching...

I suggested, using a bookjacket, using a heavier than normal material (our Matrisse 200gsm) which is a bulky uncoated material and would take an excellent crease, and would form a nice neat 5mm square spine for the saddle stitched book to sit in ...and the result is perfect!

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4pp cover is on Mandricote (one sided) 250gsm. Bookjacket is on Matrisse 200gsm.

Design of Metaphors is by Ken Garland & hdr Design. It was printed offset litho by Hilo Printing in Essex.

It was an absolute pleasure to have met Ken at the time of this project and subsequently over the years at various events and lunch at the Wynkyn De Worde Society. My condolences and best wishes to Wanda and their family; Ken will be sorely missed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Garland

Posted by Justin Hobson 21.05.2021

Added 27.05.2021

You can read an excellent account of Ken's life by John Cooper here:

https://britainisnocountryforoldmen.blogspot.com/2021/05/britain-says-farewell-to-old-iconoclast.html

Lockdown Lion

The work of  British graphic artist and illustrator, Adrian Johnson has appeared before on this blog but this is a new print titled 'Lockdown Lion'.

Adrian now lives and works in Copenhagen and his work is known for his economical, highly crafted graphic work and his working process all derives from obsessively drawing and re-drawing on paper, breaking down ideas and concepts into their purest form.

Size of the prints is 700 x 500mm, portrait. They are five colour screen prints and are printed on our Matrisse 250gsm. Matrisse is a tactile uncoated white board with a high bulk and is perfect for silkscreen work.

Printing is by Harvey Lloyd Screenprint is a silkscreen print studio based in the South East of England and their work has appeared on this blog many times over the years. Established over 40 years ago, they produce work for some of the best names in the industry, Harvey Lloyd have gained a reputation for working together and finding different techniques which are developed collaboratively.

You can read more about the prints (and order one!) HERE

https://adrianjohnsonstudio.com/

http://harveylloydscreens.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 10.02.2021

New Sarah Boris artworks

Some news, hot off the press today...

Harvey Lloyd Screenprint is a silkscreen print studio based in the South East of England and their work has appeared on this blog many times over the years. Established 40 years ago, they produce work for some of the best names in the industry, Harvey Lloyd have gained a reputation for having artists at their studio and working together to produce their artworks.

There are two new prints which are the result of their collaboration with artist and graphic designer Sarah Boris, One Step and Clover and here they are being printed...

Clover is printed in 4 colours and One step is printed in 3 colours. The size of both prints is 400mm square and here are the finished prints...

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Each of the prints is numbered and signed by Sarah.

...and of course I must mention that they are printed on our wonderful Matrisse 250gsm, which is an uncoated, white board range with a high bulk (330microns) is FSC certified and Acid Free. These beautiful prints are available directly from their online shop HERE 

https://harvey-lloyd-screens.myshopify.com/products/clover-sarah-boris

https://www.instagram.com/sarahboris_ldn/?hl=en

Posted by Justin Hobson 24.112020

Nothing is Permanent

Cross-disciplinary designer and printmaker, Paul Wolterink works across a range of media, believing "Anything can function as a carrier for information". From his roots as graphic designer, Wolterink's design vision is based on rapid instinctive 'design intuition' resulting in strong communication and simple visual language, that quickly burns on the retina - which is certainly true with this bright fluorescent print!

In Paul's own words: "Small edition re-print no. 2, in a new colour combination, of my ode to the classic marker pen series and, also, as a tribute to one of my favourite mottos 'Nothing is Permanent'. Useful in a headwind, but also in a tailwind. This Blue & Fluorescent orange version comes in an edition of 50 prints only".

Paul Wolterink finished screen printing this new colour way reprint a day before 14 days isolation. The size is 230x500mm and is hand silkscreen printed on our Matrisse 200gsm, signed and numbered
as you can see below...

Below image shows the screen...

You can read more about his work here: http://portfolio.paulwolterink.com/filter/design/ and you can buy one of these lovely prints here

http://portfolio.paulwolterink.com/filter/design/

Posted by Justin Hobson 08.07.2020

Harvey Lloyd - new prints, new shop...

Harvey Lloyd Screenprint is a silkscreen print studio based in the South East of England and their work has appeared on this blog many times over the years. Established 40 years ago, they produce work for some of the best names in the industry, Anthony Burrill, Mr Bingo, Spin Design, Pentagram, Tom Pigeon, Morag Myerscough, Adrian Johnson to name a few. Harvey Lloyd have gained a reputation for having artists at their studio (often with film crews) and working together to produce their images. By working interactively, they find different techniques which are developed collaboratively.

...and now, for the first time, Harvey Lloyd Screenprint have produced a series of their own prints:

Bale (pictured above and below) is produced in 3 colour ways - Fluorescent Pink, Green and yellow. The finished size is 600mm x 600mm.

The series Connect, Metropolis and Pyramid are all 400mm square

Connect

Metropolis

Pyramid

Spheres and Weave are A2 size and printed using 3 colours using an unusual technique- getting away from digital technology and back to analogue, a technique which Steve Fachiri and Tracey Day at Harvey Lloyd don't want to reveal, save telling me that the screens were created using torn paper for the stencils.

Spheres

Weave

...and of course I should have mentioned that they are all printed on our wonderful Matrisse 250gsm, which is an uncoated, white board range with a high bulk (330microns) is FSC certified and Acid Free.

These beautiful prints are available directly from their online shop here:

https://harvey-lloyd-screens.myshopify.com

Posted by Justin Hobson 06.12.2019

Jobs from the past - Number 113

Regular followers of this blog will know that my first post of every month is a "job from the past" so that I can show some of the really good work from years gone by. This project is from the year 2000.

RIBA - The Value of Architecture
This book published under the 'RIBA Future Studies' banner. They published a series of papers and this one 'Context and current thinking' is written by Eric Loe. It examines how economic models have developed over time to define the boundaries of cost and value in building.

The book is A5 (210x148mm) size, portrait. It is section sewn giving it a 7mm spine. The book has a 4pp cover printed on our Matrisse 280gsm and a 62pp text on our Matrisse 160gsm.

The book is printed offset litho in just two colours throughout.

There are few images, which are just reproduced as halftones and the design of the publication is one of typographic clarity.

Image showing the section sewn binding (7mm spine)

Cover photography is by Richard Learoyd. Design is by Cartlidge Levene ...and as I think you can appreciate from the images, this is a very beautiful piece of typographic design.

You can read the document here:
https://docplayer.net/28035983-The-value-of-architecture-context-and-current-thinking-eric-loe-ribafuture-studies.html

The book was printed by Principal Colour, who are still based in Paddock Wood in Kent.

http://cartlidgelevene.co.uk/
www.principalcolour.co.uk

Posted by Justin Hobson 04.03.2018