Exhibitor Spotlight: Matty Pickard

Matty takes an analytical approach to his work, trying to understand how things work and are put together in the world around us. He tends to rely heavily on his line work in a bold graphic style and enjoys using different means of perspective to find depth and detail in his images. He tends to use digital work to build and colour his work although he is not scared to get his hands dirty and use more raw materials such as acrylics, water colours, chalk, charcoal and pastels when best suited.

To see more of Matty's work visit his Behance.

Exhibitor Spotlight: Kirsten Coville

Kirsten Coville is an illustrator based in Liverpool. She works primarily in Pen and black ink creating intricate line art. Her main passion is character creation and comics, reveling in the labour intensive detailing in her sequential image making. She enjoys creating surreal and melancholic moods in apocalyptic scenes for her characters to develop in. She takes inspiration from the horror genre, comics and her own fucked up imagination.

To see more of Kirsten's work visit her Facebook page. She has also just been confirmed for the Macclesfield Print Fair on September 20th, along with fellow illustrators Sophie Heywood and Jade Laura!

Screenprinting Progress

Here is a sneak peek of some progress of our limited edition screen prints. This is one of the finished pieces by Matty Pickard! Each print will be sold at the exhibition in June, as a limited run of 13.

Art Sale Photos

Some photos from our art sale last week. It was good to have each of our exhibitors donate work and for them to experience what setting up and selling for a print fair will be like!

Exhibitor Spotlight: Jade Laura

Jade Laura is an illustrator from Merseyside, her main method of working is with detailed paper cutting which she then translates into picture books, zines and printed goods.

She takes pleasure from the physicality and the labour of the making process behind the paper cut images. Her work is mainly based around character design and she is strongly inspired by animals, portraiture and real life situations. 

To see more of Jade's work, visit her Facebook page.

Art Fair

We have an art sale, 9am-4pm tomorrow at the UCLAN Student union!

We will have a whole host of products from all out exhibitors on sale, including this supersition themed postcard pack. 

Come on down and help us fund this show! We are getting there!

Exhibitor Spotlight: Hayley Annabel

Specializing in children's book illustration, Hayley Annabel creates characters using fine liners, markers, watercolours and Photoshop. She also produces intricate patterns and decoration for various merchandise and textiles. Hayley's interests in teaching and asian culture inspire her designs and themes.

To see more of Hayley's work, visit her Facebook page.