Category Archives: Art
Retro Collages by Rosie Granger
There’s nothing I love more than browsing the pages of design magazines – Elle Decoration, World of Interiors, Homes and Gardens etc. I also love to flick through Country Living and Country homes and interiors. I often come across images that I just adore – whether it’s a cushion, a lamp, a vase of flowers. [...]
Textile Art by Sara Norwood
Sara Norwood creates wall art, cushions and accessories. Her work blurs the boundaries between textile design and illustration. Here is the recipe for her particular style: Textile Art by Sara Norwood
Pinkyvision goes global
If you’ve lived in Brighton for any length of time then you’ll surely have seen the bright flashes of colour and iconic graphics that announce the retro-futuro work of artist Pinky. A big fish in our little pond, he’s been exhibiting work for around seven years now, included solo and group shows in London, Berlin, [...]
Lino prints by Cross Street Press
I came across Polly Sadourian Linocuts while browsing on the internet and I didn’t really know what a linocut was. I’m learning so much about design techniques! Basically lino printing or lino cutting involves transferring a design onto a lino block. The block is then hand carved and the areas that remain are inked and [...]
Flood The Valley
As we know, I usually like to write about quaint, kitsch products – anything featuring teacups, cakes, florals – I’m your girl! But I’ve come across Flood The Valley and it’s totally the other end of the scale – harsh and brutal! But I like it because it’s unique. It’s kind of iconic in a [...]
Brighton FreakShow 2010 the Video
The Brighton Collective dropped by the Freakshow the other night and recommend you do the same. It was billed as “carefully hand selected illustration show exhibiting some of Brighton’s finest image making talent.” and they didn’t disappoint. Well done to the lads on putting on a great show that champions some of the best illustrators [...]
“Into the Woods” at Northern Lights
Into the woods is an exhibition of two Brighton based artists Daisy Jordan and Olivia Morgan. This show of drawings, paintings and photographs uses the idea of the forest as a point of departure, to represent the subconscious Mind with clues to an underlying narrative. Both artists are informed and influenced by an interest in [...]
Jeffrey Cervantes – Woodcarving, illustration, photography, and oh so much more…
As well as being an exhibiting artist, working at the Brighton Artist Residence and jetting between Brighton and his ancestral homeland of the Philippines to draw inspiration from his multi-ethnic background, Jeffrey Cervantes manages to fit in studying critical fine art at the University of Jeffrey Cervantes – Woodcarving, illustration, photography, and oh so much [...]
CUBculture
Organic evolution - “the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species”. Well you don’t get much more organic than this; over a roast dinner in The Star and Sailor as CUB was born. That CUB is CUBculture, who have taken over York Studios, 28 York Place, London Road and if you [...]
Vicky Stevenson – Quirky & Creative!
Click images to enlarge…. I recently wrote an article about Cassia Beck and was totally inspired by her vintage inspired photography. Somehow or other I stumbled across an equally talented photographer whose work has blown me away. Vicky Stevenson is not just a photographer but also an Vicky Stevenson – Quirky & Creative!
Gillian Bates – Textile Art
Gillian Bates is a lady who does like to be beside the seaside! She is a professional designer-maker who specializes in embroidered textile art. I discovered her when my quests for blog subjects took me East to an old haunt of mine – the elegant seaside town of Eastbourne. Gillian is a self confessed fabric [...]
Rachel Eardley – Drawings & Jewellery
This shows how seriously I take my job as roving reporter for The Brighton Collective… One afternoon I was languishing on my sofa, nursing mugs of tea and watching House Guest (daytime interiors show starring Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen) when I noticed the streets of Brighton. A fantastic print (an illustration of the West Pier incorporating a [...]
Cassia Beck – Through The Viewfinder
Do you remember when you used to finish a roll of film, rewind it and take it to be developed in its little black case? The element of surprise was fantastic wasn’t it?! Cassia Beck has been telling me all about her vintage cameras and the inspiration behind Cassia Beck – Through The Viewfinder
100 sqft
What a great idea. What is 100 sqft An opportunity for artists to exhibit their work – no matter what their background alongside established artists and designers! Whats the concept. 100 pieces of art each 1 foot square to be exhibited in a 10×10 grid at a gallery in North London. The layout will be [...]
Welcome to Sarah’s World… – Sarah Walpole
A magical place full of big petticoats, happiness, My Little Pony, peppermint tea and Brighton beach, you are welcomed into Sarah’s World but only if you “are nice & like to skip”. Sarah Walpole is a maker of little things with big feelings, her main creations being artwork and Nice things by Topsy, her clothing [...]
Nikki Black in colours
Nikki Black is an unusual artist, born in Tehran 31 years ago she moved to England in 2006, and is now an established artist in the Brighton area. Her paintings reflect the multiplicity of her dual culture. You can find the colours of life on her paintings. Sunny skies in Iran, patchwork drawings of oriental [...]
Emily Dupen-Hopkins: Wallpaper Extraordinaire
We all know by now that I love anything vintage or retro. So yet again I’m pleased to showcase a designer who captures my interest with her retro and cheeky themes. The founder of Dupenny modestly signs her emails: Emily Dupen-Hopkins, Wallpaper Extraordinaire (!) but her talents stretch further than that and she has recently [...]
Quirky Tiles by Angela Evans
I have a real thing for tiles. I haven’t been adventurous enough to do some actual tiling in my flat yet but I have collected a few quirky tiles over the years. I display them on my window sills and look at them lovingly. Angela Evans from Brighton also has a real thing for tiles [...]
Wired and Wonderful – Kate Lulham
In my quest to bring you interesting blog articles I scour the local area looking for designers who think outside the box to offer something unique and something different. When I came across sculptor Kate Lulham I was impressed by her quirky wall sculptures. Apart from the technique used there doesn’t seem to be any [...]
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