Exhibiting at the Flint Art Fair in Norfolk this weekend
The Flint Art Fair is being held to coincide with the Subaru Houghton International equestrian event at Houghton Hall in Norfolk. You can get in free with a ticket to the horse bit. Here are the artists who are featured:
Ben Allen
Steve Allen
Jeanette Barnes
Christopher Baxter
Sir Peter Blake RA
Paul Brandford
Katie Brookes
Bob Catchpole
Zsi Chimera
Dolores De Sade
Graham Dunn
Rosie Emerson
Pure Evil
Mike Fell
Matt Forster
Sir Terry Frost RA
Amy Goodman
Al Gray
Robert Indiana
Endri Kosturi
Jean Lagadec
Mel Ramos
Peter Rapp
Neil Weerdmeester
I have to admit I did a bit of a double-take when I saw some of the names. As well as those I know from East London Printmakers, there are also those I know from designing the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s (Peter Blake), a major exhibition at the Albertina in Vienna which I visited (Mel Ramos) and The Apprentice (Pure Evil)!
A couple of pics from Brixton Makers’ Market on Saturday
I had a really fun time on the day, handed out lots of cards and sold a couple of pictures. It was good to chat to Devastating Beauty people on the stall next to mine (couldn’t find a website or I’d provide a link)!
You can now “Like” my new Facebook page to follow my work: www.facebook.com/MikeFellTapeArt
I’ll be using it (as well as this website) to upload images of new work and to post details of exhibitions and markets where I’ll be showing my work. Hopefully see you there!
I’ll be selling tape pictures at Brixton Makers’ Market this Saturday, 12 May
Looking forward to having my own stand! Just head to Brixton Station Road between 10am and 5pm. Here are a few of the latest ones I’ve made — some to be available on Saturday.
Tape pictures now for sale in 2’6 in Brixton Village market
I dropped off Where the Wild Things Were and Sleeping Beauty there yesterday. It’s a great little place selling a mix of clothes, furniture, art and most attractively of all (for me) banjos and cigar box guitars made by Flatfoot Johnny.
New tape picture: Where the Wild Things Were
I’m going to be spending the next eight months or so researching energy education in primary schools. Looking forward to it!
I submitted the research proposal today. I’m going to be paying particular attention to the use of home energy monitors in energy education, holding focus groups at a couple of schools. Now for some reading…
Photo of my latest tape picture, this time using a Michelle Shocked tape nailed to a door
Image of my print for latest ELP exhibition
The latest East London Printmakers exhibition (“The FishWick Papers”) kicked off last Thursday at Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery and runs throughout September. Here is the piece which I submitted (a smoked woodcut print called “Preservation”):
The gallery is great — a really large, modern space which shows off all of the work to its best advantage. And as always, I was super-impressed by the quality of the work on display and it is constantly inspiring to see how different members of ELP respond to the challenges of their chosen printmaking method and subject matter.
The exhibition was one of Time Out’s five recommended First Thursday events and (perhaps naturally) I would also strongly suggest a trip out east.
How to donate your surplus stock/supplies to charity
My friend Rachel works for a charity called In Kind Direct. Businesses can donate surplus supplies or excess/end-of-line stock to them for resale to charities. In Kind sell it on at a super-cut price, basically covering their costs. I think it’s a great idea — finding a use for stuff which would likely otherwise be thrown away, and giving charities access to a wide range of useful goods at a price they can afford. If you have a load of stock to get rid of — whether it is office furniture, clothing, electrical goods, household products, or anything — follow the link to donate surplus goods to charity.
