tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11871605034339170762024-02-19T21:06:37.062-08:00Set of Drawerslil_madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199241597665958227noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187160503433917076.post-15102226133359625162011-09-19T11:18:00.000-07:002011-09-19T11:18:49.577-07:00We're thinking BIG<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4QLujeiyqEyfNV9ZRaxVoYfsJjaDUvdiVdUKFZKVEWc7Uk6qbzSnbAKoUtUP28yO67L79zw5GOFR6QRGs20lD00NTNDywFprYhhFwAig7ndOAJ9bSWBEh7snQT7XRmIQo-TAbBJ5-dFl/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-19+at+19.07.07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4QLujeiyqEyfNV9ZRaxVoYfsJjaDUvdiVdUKFZKVEWc7Uk6qbzSnbAKoUtUP28yO67L79zw5GOFR6QRGs20lD00NTNDywFprYhhFwAig7ndOAJ9bSWBEh7snQT7XRmIQo-TAbBJ5-dFl/s400/Screen+shot+2011-09-19+at+19.07.07.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's almost October which, for us scribblers, means only one thing... <a href="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/home/index.aspx">The Big Draw</a> and we're pleased as punch to be hosting two rather special doodling events as part of the National Campaign for Drawing. The lovely folks at <a href="http://www.mushroomworks.com/">Mushroom Works</a> are letting us transform their gallery space into one giant canvas and we're inviting everyone (yep, everyone) to come down and draw on the walls with us. The result will be an extremely happy giant communal doodle.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The <a href="http://design-event.co.uk/mushroomworks.php">events</a> are also part of the wonderful <a href="http://design-event.co.uk/index.php">Design Event Festival</a> held across the North East region.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="style3">Set of Drawers' Big Draw: Find your Happy Place </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="style3">Mushroom Works Gallery</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Saturday October 15th</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">16.00 – 18.00 <i>Children’s </i>drawing party </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">18.00 – 20.30 Adults ‘drinks for doodles’ </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt;"><br />
</div>lil_madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199241597665958227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187160503433917076.post-75558119963198386132011-04-05T15:11:00.000-07:002011-04-06T13:13:02.974-07:00Curiouser and curiouser...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Quite some time ago now we mentioned the Alice in Wonderland postcard pack we were working on. Well, they were printed a while ago now and we're pleased to report that they're selling well. Here's how they turned out.</span><br />
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</span>lil_madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199241597665958227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187160503433917076.post-90559343572299007872010-11-28T07:31:00.000-08:002011-04-05T15:13:11.558-07:00Well, Hello!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Jeeez we've been busy! The last few months have been wonderfully crazy. Since we last posted we've produced a set of Alice in Wonderland postcards, had an exhibition at Durham Art Gallery, another at </span><a href="http://www.northernstage.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Northern Stage</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">, a </span><a href="http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/bigdraw/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Big Draw</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">, a Drink and a Draw and now we're working on our Christmas markets and planning some fun times with our new friends </span><a href="http://www.thecloudcommission.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Cloud Commission</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> and </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Project-Club/107639292624248?v=wall"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Project Club</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">. So, rather than ramble on about how marvellous all these things are, let's post a </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/northernstage?ref=mf#!/album.php?aid=39369&id=100000448545935"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">few pictures</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">, they tell a thousands words, don't you know...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ps. You can see a whole load more pics on our </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Set-of-Drawers/108798421928"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">facebook page</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> and </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39369&id=100000448545935"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Northern Stage's Facebook page</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> in their </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=38215&id=100000448545935"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">albums</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Last night we had our monthly meet, which was at The Cluny, instead of our usual haunt, Northern Stage. We chose The Cluny as we all wanted to see the show at Northern Print, Printer Designer Maker (which is full of lots of lovely work!) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We had a really good constructive meeting, discussing our next show at Durham Art Gallery, our latest group project (Alice in Wonderland postcard packs) and our upcoming show about northernness. At the end of the meetings we always try to have a group crit - where we'll talk about our independent projects. There's a lot going on! Josie's working hard on a gorgeous storybook, Debs has been organising another group show with the Umber Printers, Lara's been working on some stationary designs and Clare, well Clare brought some friends for us to meet. These gorgeous little ladies and gentlemen in the photo are Clare's latest creations. They're very cute in real life and incredibly green too as they're all made from recycled materials. Upcycled cuties, if you please! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Ooh and Bethan, she's possibly the busiest of us all as she's going to have her hands full this summer with a beautiful baby, which is due this week. More info on baby Laker/Crowson soon. X </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The exhibition includes work by fellow drawer Deborah Snell and three other rather marvellous print makers, Joanna Bourne, Jacqueline Quinn and Michelle Wood who exhibit under the name Umber Printmakers. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A definate 'go see' if you're in Newcastle tomorrow.</span>lil_madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199241597665958227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187160503433917076.post-738122787519661382010-06-11T09:53:00.000-07:002011-04-05T15:14:24.996-07:00What am I like?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySBwlphAXp0PccfgyUudDoTy0tcYviBkTRSuvEGJRU48BIvypayEC_A7weG6HfMy61ifRTi5Uhr9cr6pUDFZaN2gN40Vtc5yOpp5ySNV6iKHo_JG3_NjrJMTvS0tRV0VUg8A_WyL7EOCX/s1600/exhibition-wayl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySBwlphAXp0PccfgyUudDoTy0tcYviBkTRSuvEGJRU48BIvypayEC_A7weG6HfMy61ifRTi5Uhr9cr6pUDFZaN2gN40Vtc5yOpp5ySNV6iKHo_JG3_NjrJMTvS0tRV0VUg8A_WyL7EOCX/s320/exhibition-wayl.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<a href="http://www.setofdrawers.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Set of Drawers</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> (are very excited to) have been invited to show alongside some amazing illustrators, including Quentin Blake, Lauren Child, Sara Fanelli, Jan Pienkowski, Mini Grey and David Shrigley (we could go on and on, there are some brilliant and truly inspiring folks taking part in this show) as part of </span><a href="http://county.durham.gov.uk/sites/dli/Pages/ArtGalleryHomepage.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Durham Art Gallery's</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> summer exhibition, </span><a href="http://www.houseofillustration.org.uk/wayl.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">What Are You Like?</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.josiebrookes.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Josie</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> and </span><a href="http://lararobinsonillustration.carbonmade.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Lara</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> have been in Durham today - measuring up the space - it's going to be a great exhibition. The show opens on Saturday 24th July (For a sneak preview and drinks you can pop down on Friday 23rd July at 6pm, just tell them we sent you, we're sure they won't mind.)</span>lil_madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199241597665958227noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187160503433917076.post-45730398669711296942010-06-11T09:39:00.000-07:002011-04-05T15:15:33.495-07:00Birthday Bumps and Books<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">One for all our Newcastle based followers... Next time you are passing the </span><a href="http://community.newcastle.gov.uk/libraries/?p=1269"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">city library</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">, don't forget to look in on </span><a href="http://www.bethanlaker.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Bethan</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">'s giant birthday card - it will be on display for the next few weeks to mark the lovely library one year on.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">You can find out a little more about the card and a lot more about Bethan on her </span><a href="http://bethanlaker.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">blog</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">. Enjoy x</span></div>lil_madamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199241597665958227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1187160503433917076.post-43380357330937680072010-06-11T09:27:00.000-07:002011-04-05T15:17:13.354-07:00What does the north really mean?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRx8aIHnQA5AXy_iTNuJahwSFtHQ1-_nSTs-LyT3xudDer4ifryRjXdt-HI6_Q0shBLj15iaX3mYwbOKkErd2OSLU3Wb3V8merztjIpbjlCjNlgPLYmRSNrybfqJGpOfUOCvOJOoQm1NWC/s1600/24_small%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRx8aIHnQA5AXy_iTNuJahwSFtHQ1-_nSTs-LyT3xudDer4ifryRjXdt-HI6_Q0shBLj15iaX3mYwbOKkErd2OSLU3Wb3V8merztjIpbjlCjNlgPLYmRSNrybfqJGpOfUOCvOJOoQm1NWC/s320/24_small%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.northernstage.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Northern Stage</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> is celebrating a very special birthday this year. It's reached the ripe old age of 40 and as any 40 year old tends to do, they've starting asking questions about their past, present and future. They've found particular intrugue with what's in their name (it's changed three times over the 40 years) and what, exactly, is it that makes them northern? To answer some of these questions they've embarked on a year long global conversation to question the concept of northerness. </span><a href="http://www.northernstages.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Northern Stages</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> (note the 'S') is a bold, new project which invites artists, from across a wide range of practices, to repond to the notion of northerness. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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