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Opportunity: Artist residencies at Headspace, Japan

This is a call for expressions of interest from artists and designers in the UK for a residency programme based at Headspace studio and art gallery in Nara, Japan. Headspace is the beautiful brainchild of two Brits: Brighton and RCA-trained … read more

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You are creative.

I’m passionate about the value of creative expression to a fulfilling and fulfilled life for everyone. So often I am told ‘I’m not creative’ by adults who shut down their aptitude for creative play a long time ago when ‘art’ … read more

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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 … read more

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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:

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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 … read more

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Mini Patisserie

Ooooh exciting! Do you remember Fimo? I used to love it! Moulding those coloured bits of plasticiny goodness, waiting for it to dry and then varnishing it! I also harbour a secret passion for cake and anything miniature such as … read more

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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 … read more

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Revel in Rock Cakes

Sarah Meredith has been dedicated to the art and craft of jewellery making since she was 16. After gaining a degree in metal work and jewellery design at Buckinghamshire University College, Meredith went on to work for various jewellery designers … read more

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We love this…..

The Heated has a new design! Inspired by a quote from the recent house tour over at Apartment Therapy. You can find it here

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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 … read more

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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 … read more

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“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 … read more

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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 … read more

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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 … read more

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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 … read more

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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 … read more

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Annie McCabe – Daubigny Fusion

Annie McCabe is Daubigny Fusion. Originally trained as a jeweller, she became interested in glasswork and took a short diversion through the wonderful world of stained glass windows, before realising that ‘there are only so many stained glass windows you … read more

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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 … read more

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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 … read more

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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 … read more

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