On your bike.... The Tour de France is coming past our printshop...

I am enjoying the painting so here is a bit more.

Ready?.....

On your marks....

Get set......

Wait for it.........

Go...

GO! GO! GO!

Canvassing the local area.

After the Christmas rush we are now back in. It is freezing and so there aren't many folk about. I have decided to do a bit of painting. Of the two paintings I have done to this point one of them is a suprise so I can't show you that but here is the other.

I used acrylic paints. I had tried printing with some just before Christmas but they do dry too fast for the blocks really.

This is the small painting I do to get to know the face better before painting the larger one.

The paints are all quite old aswell from my case which is how I like them but I have had to buy some new yellow ochre and burnt umber.

Good stuff from Pip Seymour.

After I had completed this and the larger one I started with oil paints which is wierd...

Well, I suppose it is Valentines day just around the corner so I need to get on with some typesetting for them there bespoke cards that some lucky folk out there will be getting soon.

Update before Christmas..

Just finalising the cards. Getting the envelopes and sizes sorted. So I thought I would take some pics of the shop for your perusal :{)

Also you can see the rest of the set up with the gallery and tattoo studio here

www.alteregos.yolasite.com

Anymore your tickets please

Back on the adana and letterpress with some flyers for the LaikaDog gig.

Had to use some string to run these through the proofing presses.

See you there :{)

Back on the Blocks

Well after my vinyl attempt I am reverting back to form... Well, block and wanted to try out a few black animals that I could white out rather than shade in.

Sticking with Haworth I have incuded a black bull. After Branwells drinking haunt...

A crow as there are loads of them circling the church...

...Oh and a black horse...

A close up of the nags head.

The black cat... Maybe it needs a black rat to catch??

Mmmm Printeresting?

I remember the records. The getting up to change the album over and placing the needle into the groove of the track I wanted to hear..

I found a use for some of the records we have at the gallery for the ...erm...secret thing we are going to do with loads of records..

Please don't worry, though it says 'rock & Roll' on the cut no good music was damaged during the making of this print...

With the 'record press'/mangle it sort of made sense to put some old garments through its rollers for old times sake...

Just the right width for some of the old shirts I had in the rag bag... Hmmm? Interesting...

Free copy...

I have been out today putting up some prints around Haworth for folk to find, If you do find any just take the one and I will see how many I pick up again on Monday... weather permitting ...

One of the tardis that are top'n'bottom...

T'other tardis... Should two tardis be tardi?

This is what it looks like behind the scaffold.

Cemetree...

have you ever bin ere?

Hope someone feels the free print is worth the charges :)

Starts with a 'P', ends in a 'B' and I can see 'U' in it :)

Happy hunting