All Things Considered

Tomasz Stanko Quartet

Simon Lewin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:35 +0000

Another musical interlude... Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko will be appearing as part of the London Jazz Festival on Saturday (though the gig has now sold out). Here he performs with his quartet.

Ravilious In Pictures

Angie Lewin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:30:03 +0000

A new book about Eric Ravilious is due to be published in early December by The Mainstone Press (who previously published Eric Ravilious - The Story of High Street and Entertaining À La Carte, profiling Edward Bawden's work for Fortnum & Mason).

The chalk downland of southern England inspired Eric Ravilious to produce some of his finest paintings. Raised in Edwardian Eastbourne, he rediscovered the South Downs in 1934 and over the next five years painted a series of watercolours that capture the beauty and mystery of this unique landscape.

Twenty-two of these stunning paintings are featured in a new, 48 page hardback book 'Ravilious In Pictures: Sussex and the Downs'. This, the first in a series of books celebrating the watercolours and landscapes of Eric Ravilious, will be available from St. Jude's early in December, priced at £25.00.

Each painting is accompanied by a short essay in which author James Russell explores the intriguing stories hidden behind the scenes – stories about Ravilious and his circle, English culture in the 1930s and the constantly evolving landscape in which Ravilious chose to work. As a whole, the essays paint a captivating portrait of this popular English artist.

David Byrne - Playing The Building

Simon Lewin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:29:30 +0000

My post below about the Bow Gamelan Ensemble has in turn reminded me of David Byrne's Playing The Building project. Byrne created the installation at the Roundhouse in Camden in August, but here's some footage of the project in New York.

Bow Gamelan Ensemble

Simon Lewin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:38:28 +0000

All of these autumnal pyrotechnics put in my mind of the Bow Gamelan Ensemble who I saw a few times in what must have been (from memory) the mid-late 80s.

In 1983 Paul Burwell, Richard Wilson and Anne Bean formed the Ensemble, described in Burwell's 2007 obituary in The Independent as "a multi-media urban-junk-and-pyrotechnics percussion trio".

Here the Bow Gamelan Ensemble reunite with others to perform on Wilson's boat the Slice of Life (a slice of a tug boat on the river Thames in London). More about the Ensemble

Mark Hearld’s Bird Garden

Simon Lewin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:23:16 +0000

Here's a sneak preview of our forthcoming fabric designed by painter-printmaker Mark Hearld, the follow-up to his first design for St. Jude's, Doveflight.

We'll be launching with two colourways on linen-union (blue and red) plus a single charcoal colourway on natural linen. We'll be announcing formally via our St. Jude's website and newsletter in the next week or so.

If you're anywhere near Edinburgh, the fabric forms part of the Mark Hearld & Friends show at The Scottish Gallery on Dundas Street. They have a limited supply of cushion covers available.

The Titfield Thunderbolt

Simon Lewin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:55:47 +0000

Here's Edward Bawden's poster for the 'The Titfield Thunderbolt', a 1953 Ealing comedy starring Stanley Holloway and George Relph.

The film will be screened on at 7pm on Thursday 3rd December as part of the Cecil Higgings Art Gallery exhibition of Bawden's work. It's a free event, no need to book.

The Neil Cowley Trio

Simon Lewin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:29:28 +0000

The Neil Cowley Trio are currently on tour in Australia. Here's an interview with Neil in Brisbane. For tour dates and other news, visit the Trio's website.

Alice Stevenson at The Zetter

Simon Lewin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:11:43 +0000

Illustrator Alice Stevenson will be exhibiting at our favourite hotel in London, The Zetter, alongside Natsko Seki, in a show entitled 'This Place Where I Live'.

Alice Stevenson was born in 1982 in west London where she grew up. She graduated from the university of Brighton in 2005 with BA Hons Illustration.

Alice has since been working as a freelance illustrator, working on numerous projects including book jackets, editorial illustration, packaging designs and designs for stationary and we were delighted to have the opportunity to launch her first printed fabric as part of our St. Jude's range, a two colour print called Treehouse.

The exhibition runs from 4th-30th November at The Zetter, St. John's Square, 86-88 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RJ. Open daily from 7am-11pm.

Godfrey & Watt - Harrogate

Angie Lewin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:42:15 +0000

Just a few days until my exhibition at Godfrey & Watt in Harrogate opens.

The exhibition features a range of my limited edition prints plus some unique collages. Many of the prints haven't been available for a while as the last copies of the editions have been reserved for the show, such as 'Meadow II', below.

The exhibition opens on Saturday 31st October and runs until 21st November. All of the work included can be viewed on the Godfrey & Watt website.

Glyn Brewerton

Simon Lewin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:13:37 +0000

Had the pleasure of meeting artist Glyn Brewerton at the opening of our Peter Green exhibition at St. Jude's today.

We realised we'd recently seen Glyn's work in his 'Drawing Journeys' exhibition at the Norwich Arts Centre.

Glyn has exhibited work nationally and internationally in exhibitions which have included “Drawing Breath” at the Fundicoa Lugar De Resende in Porto 2008, The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007 and The Association of Illustrators Best of British Illustration Awards 2005. He is currently subject leader for Illustration at Norwich University College of the Arts.

The exhibition runs at Norwich Arts Centre until Wednesday 28th October, from 10am-6pm. Admission free.