These prints slot nicely into our ‘dirty thirty’ category, an edition of 30 prints released at the end of the month-around the 3oth and selling at a very ‘easy on the pocket’ £30.

The prints themselves are printed on Somerset Satin 310gsm paper, 400 x 300 mm with 2 natural deckled edge/2 false deckled edge.

The image and quote have been taken from the Stanley Kubrick classic 2001: A Space Oddysey, and re-interpretted and brought bang up to date ‘innit!’

The prints will be available to browse on-the-rack here until their release at the end of Novemeber, they will then be available exclusively from Tom’s BigCartel site coming soon

The print ‘nous sommes les soiffards’ (we are the thirsty)  is a clever take on a French ’68 student revolution poster ’nous sommes les pouvoir’ (we are the power).

it is an edition of 25, A2 size screen prints on Fabriano Accademia 220gsm stock (4 guilotine edges). Until Louise Sheeran’s website is fully functional these prints are available to view and buy from the shop here at a very reasonable £30 (almost less than a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape), and it’ll last a lot longer!  Santé!

These are from an edition of 100 prints, 1 colour on 310 gsm Somerset Satin White stock, 2 natural deckle/2 false deckle edge, size 18×24 inch, all signed and stamped with the ‘Loveless’ logo. The print is titled: ‘Nostalgia’, and demonstrates Loveless’ recognisable ‘etchy’ illustration style see more of his work here

The prints are going to be released at the end of this month (3oth November) and you’ll be able to pick one up from his BigCartel store here for an extremely affordable £30. (when we say ‘affordable’ we mean affordable to real people, AAF take note!!!) until then you can browse the work at our on-the-rack shop here

Also up for grabs for an extra £20 is a very limited edition of 2 colour specials, 15 will have a red on the Union Jack.

Both editions of the ‘Nostalgia’ screenprint are due for release on the 30th November at 16:00 UK (GMT), keep an eye on Richard Loveless releases and news by following him on Twitter here

These 3 colour A2 prints are printed on Fabriano Accademia white 220gsm acid free stock, 4 guillotine cut edges.

They are available to browse from our on-the-rack store here, or direct from the PlayMoney Big Cartel site here. A steal at €40 (that’s around £35 in real money).

The people at PlayMoney are also doing a sterling job of establishing themselves as a tidy provider of some tasty casual clobber, again check them out at the BigCartel store here or follow them here on Twitter for regular updates/promos/releases etc.

this is taken from an original painting (stencil/brushwork/spatter technique) first produced over 3 years ago, it has taken this long to materialise into an edition of prints

released as an edition of 150 hand pulled screenprints, on black Plike stock (360 x 1024mm). If you are not familiar with Plike it is the don of all papers! A really premium stock that has a luxurious smooth skin-like tactile quality. The 2 colour print uses metallic silver ink and a gloss white so the image really jumps off the paper.

each print has been individually hand finished using fine spatters of silver paint and gloss varnish. The varnish sits invisibly on the paper until it catches the light – then it twinkles like stars. Still photographs can’t really capture this effect so check the movie below. *first one to name the track in the background wins a print

As well as the main edition, there will be 25 hand finished specials with spray painted planets.

the prints are being signed and stamped over the next few days and will be released at 4pm BST on Friday 2nd September 2011. You can pick one up from here: up-the-arts Big Cartel store at a price of £65 silver edition, £95 special coloured edition – pretty reasonable (considering it’s on Plike, metallic and gloss ink, each hand finished, and we’ll throw in a free postal tube)

also don’t miss out on future releases from john doe and the up-the-arts print studio by joining the mailing list we’ll inform you in advance about release dates and up-to-date print news

the print ‘kingless kingdom’ was a one colour job on Fabriano Accedemia 220gsm paper, edition of 100, 500 x 700 mm, as ever with David’s work the key was all about keeping the very fine hair-line detail of the original drawing…

the opening was buzzing, helped in part by the free flowing gin, enough to keep the Women’s Institute in tears for days, and the impromptu live acoustic performance by the Travelling Band. But mostly people were there to see the highly anticipated work of  David Shillinglaw (and to view for themselves the fine craftsmanship of the screenprints- ahem!?). look here’s David admiring the 2 prints that up-the-arts have produced for him.

if you missed the opening- all is not lost, the show stays open until the 4th September, the gallery opens late on Thursday the 1st. If you can’t get to the gallery check out the mural that David did on Bacon Street around the corner from the gallery

and if you can’t get to see that, why not pick up a print for yourself (while stocks last)- grab one from Cement Gallery

Although all elements of the artwork were re-drawn or digitally re-created using the original cover photography by Robert Freeman as reference only- and Robert Freeman credited with the inspirational and iconic original image – the Acme rendition has still been deemed by some to infringe copyright laws.

I can only apologise for the inconvenience for the subsequent withdrawal of this print and assure you that it was in no way meant to be dis-respectful in any way- just a subversive play on words and layout.

We’re trying to get something else up here for 5 instead! Sorry it’ll probably have a moon on it!

Eelus was commissioned by those nice guys across the pond at Dark Hall Mansions, to produce their first in a series of Fairy Tale inspired works. Keep an eye on them for more collaborations with other artists in the near future.

The artist says: “Recreating a classic scene from a story so rich in imagination with so many instantly recognisable moments to choose from has been a lot of fun. The story of a little girl called Alice who followed a white rabbit into a fantasy world of madness has been inspiring artists for decades and I’m happy to add myself to that list with this piece.”

And of course we were quite happy to print this piece, even though it was quite a meaty edition of 200 5 colour prints and a very special limited edition of 15 in a different colour way.

So the all important spec.- 200 of 5 colour hand pulled screenprints on Somerset satin 4 deckled edge 3oogsm stock, and the 15 specials to the same spec. The specials have long since sold out, however you might still be in luck for the regular edition, however – don’t hang around!… at a very reasonable £100 these won’t be around for ever. Try here for stock availability and follow Dark Hall Mansion on Twitter here to keep an eye out for future releases and news.

Raven Haired – Gambia Edition will be released at 3pm BST on Friday May the 27th. The main edition size is 150- priced at £180, with 15 hand-finished specials priced at £300….

The spec on these beauties is: 6 colour hand pulled screenprint, on BFK Rives – grey  280 gsm (4 deckled edge/embossed paper) 550 x 760 mm. The natural grain and feel of the paper with it’s muted colour and deckled edges help to reinforce the natural/rustic feel of the print’s subject matter.

The challenge in realising this print (there always seems to be a challenge!!!)- was to maintain the painterly spatter and spray-effect fine detail of the original stencil painting. Eelus was also keen to use a ‘scuff resistant’ ink, with such a large expanse of black- rightly so, you don’t want scratches and dusty scuffs. So we had a wrestle on our hands- imagine squeezing Marmite through a pair of tights (we’ve all been there!). The viscous black ink and a run of uncharacteristically hot days meant that the screen was very susceptible to clogging up. So as to not lose any detail we had to wash the screen out a ridiculous amount of times- so a couple of gallons of screen wash and a few reams of newsprint later this is the result. We’re very pleased with the outcome, we’ve maintained the same level of detail with every print, so it was worth going that extra mile!

Also if you are not familiar with the background, this image was born from Eelus’s involvement in the Wide Open Walls’ project of last year- where Eelus put together a group of artists and visited the Kunbeh village in Gambia. Here they set about painting murals around the village, creating workshops for the kids and documenting the commendable positivity inherent in the villagers who constantly struggle against poverty. £20 from every print sold will be put towards the design and build of an art classroom for the children of Kubuneh village.

More ‘Stay Up Forever’ prints for release. There was always going to be a second wave of these, it’s taken a while to get around to it but we got here in the end. A lot of people missed out last time, so hopefully if you didn’t get hold of one before you’ll grab one this time around.

This is to be the last release of ‘Stay Up’, maybe some dribs and drabs in various forms might leak out as I use up any spares knocking around the studio, but this is the last proper launch

Amazingly the first wave have been going for upwards of £175 on E-Bay in the past few weeks, not a bad return on a print bought for £35-45 just over a month ago. Let’s see how they survive the test of time. So what’s on offer this time around…well, tried something a bit different with coloured stocks, still Colorplan 270gsm, but using some nice dark colours. The midnight (blue), claret (dark red) and amethyst (purple) are pretty special. Each hand finished with white spraypaint to make the moon ping off the paper, then a spot gloss lacquer is applied to the moon and drips only, creating a shimmer when the light catches these elements, this matt/gloss effect and the rich paper colours give them areal ‘luxurious’ feel.

Also available are some grey/poison/toxic colours, and the more subtle  white print on black stock- hand finished with lilac and purple.

The all important edition numbers on these are: 20(numbered) for each of the luxury- midnight, claret and amethyst. 25(numbered) for the lilac/purple, 5 for the grey/poison and grey/toxic and there will be some more limited offerings popping up over the next few days.

Because of the subsequent meltdown I’ll be selling these through BigCartel, it shouldn’t effect you in anyway, it’ll make it easier for calculating accurate postage and you’ll be able to keep an eye on stock levels. The prints are launched at 3pm GMT Monday, 28th March 2011. but you can browse over the weekend: store

While you are there, check out the ‘Stay Up Forever’ very limited canvases for sale, again these come in the regular black (Tranquility) and 3 ‘luxury’ colours- (midnight/claret/amethyst) each one unique.

Finally, I’m sure you share the feelings of sadness and disbelief at the events of the earthquake/tsunami that devastated areas of Japan on March 11th. I visited Japan a couple of years ago and fell in love with the place, and the people there! It’s hard watching the images unfold on the tv and not be able to do anything to help.

over the last few weeks since the first launch, I’ve had so many requests for a print with a loveheart on (well the last release was near Valentine’s Day), but Mrs Doe was the sole recipient of this one-off print. However if this is something that people want, then I’m willing to ‘do requests’- just this once. So an absolute ‘one-off’ canvas has been painted, never to be painted in this colour way again, never to have a loveheart again, gotta say this is a smasher! on sale at EBay here all 100% sales to go to the ‘Japan earthquake and tsunami appeal’ via EBay- so please dig deep, even if you put a couple of sneaky bids on in the early stages- you’ll be doing your bit!