Welcome to the April edition of 'kitch-en update...' Our official e-zine to keep everyone informed and up to date with what's going on at
kitch-en headquarters and elsewhere in the world.
On the agenda this month we have:
• 'TEA WITH MR. JONES'
• 'RE:SOURCE' GROUP EXHIBITION
• SCRAWL COLLECTIVE SCREEN PRINT COLLECTION
• HODGEPODGE MARKET ON HOLD
• LAURA BATH
• FREE SPEAKERDOG PAPER TOYS
• MAG OF THE MONTH: CLUTTER
• MAILMEART.COM
• KITCH-EN ON MYSPACE
• *NEW* DESKTOP WALLPAPERS BY ARTEEST
Tea with Mr. JOnes a.k.a. Lunartik
Saturday 14th April - Friday 27th April.
All day Tea Party Saturday 14th April 10am-6pm, then from 6-9pm meet Mr. JOnes himself for a cuppa and a natter with FREE drinks and musical entertainment. All people and all ages welcome. (FREE tea and biscuits all day kindly provided by Yorkshire Tea.)
High on the hard stuff; a tea with milk & two sugars, Mr. JOnes, a designer / artist who works for both blue chip clients & wacky mavericks globally. His work is at the cutting edge of the "urban art" scene, he is one mother f**king multi-tasking geek, who occasionally comes out of his studio leaving around plug sockets.
Kitch-en will be exhibiting a varied selection of Mr. JOnes 'art' + 'Lunartik in a cup of tea' resin figures. soooo.....
If your in the neighbourhood...please pop along to the gallery where your more than likely to find Mr. JOnes sipping on a warm cup tea and having a bloody good natter!
Check out the wonderfully twisted mind of Mr. JOnes aka www.lunartik.com
'RE:SOURCE' group exhibition by CCAD
Monday 30th April - Friday 11th May
Launch party: Wednesday 2nd May, 6-8pm. FREE drinks and entertainment. All welcome.
Re:source is an exhibition showcasing the talents of eight emerging artists combining painting, photography and sculpture. It focuses on each artist’s ability to re-use and resource elements of the everyday environment, each using their own methodology. Some have literally re-used images, ideas and found objects, whilst others have tapped into their inner strengths and resources. The work on show is both varied and thought-provoking.
'Scrawl Collective' screen print collection
Thursday 17th May - Thursday 14th June
Launch party & special preview: Thursday 17th May, 5-8pm ft. Live art performances by two scrawl collective graffiti artists, FREE drinks and entertainment. All welcome.
The Scrawl Collective story begins in 1998 with the publication of Scrawl, Dirty Graphics and Strange Characters. This was the first book that really picked up where Henry Chalfont’s seminal Spray Can Art and Subway Art left off. During the research of this book one of the authors Ric Blackshaw identified an as yet barely noticed development among a few young illustrators and artists centring at that time around Bristol.
Ric decided to start his agency Scrawl Collective with the three prime movers in this scene Steff Plaetz, Will Barras and Mr Jago. The agency has continued to grow, doing exhibitions and events all over the world. Clients such as Swatch, Sony Music, Nike, Puma, Burton Snow Boards, Boxfresh, Levi’s, Addict and Virgin Mobile have all used the Scrawl touch down the years and as a consequence of this Scrawl Collective has become highly collectable with original canvasses and mural commissions fetching higher sums year on year.
By identifying and championing new talent Scrawl Collective has always stayed ahead of it’s many imitators while always being true to it’s roots.
Kitch-en will be displaying a series of limited edition silkscreen prints by Scrawl Collective throughout May and June. All prints will be signed, numbered and for sale with prices starting as low as £25. This exhibition is exclusive to Kitch-en in the North East and will be a rare opportunity to see the prints exhibited and to grab yourself a fantastic piece of artwork at a very affordable price.
For more information on Scrawl Collective check out: www.scrawlcollective.co.uk
Hodgepodge Market on hold
Hodgepodge market has been put on hold for May as we follow up feedback from everyone to make it even bigger and better for the summer time. We expect the market to return in June or July sometime so fear not, it has not ended, merely gone on a bit of a spring break. We will keep you posted via the usual routes - here and on myspace so watch this space...
More Info? Head over to the Hodgepodge myspace: www.myspace.com/hodgepodge_market or email info@kitch-en.co.uk
Laura Bath
Working under the partnership name of Indescribble or under her own name, Laura Bath is working her way creature by creature into the Illustration and Character design scene. Her "guys" (as she likes to call them) have regularly fallen out of her head and somehow made it into the real world, landing on any scrap of paper left lying around.
Laura's work has made it's merry way into design publications such as the Pictoplasma Character Encyclopedia, Clutter magazine and onto her own greetings cards, keyrings, badges etc.
Her inspiration comes from real life, everyday people and the obsurdity of humanity. This is interpreted into a character or a captured moment and is unashamedly about making people smile, hopefully in recognition of someone or something.
Like any self respecting Gemini, Laura has an artistic flip side that rears it's head occaisionally and tells her to paint and draw sensibly. Mostly this gets ignored but every so often it breaks through.
Checkout her online gallery: www.kitch-en.co.uk/gallery/laura_bath
Buy Indescribble merchandise online by clicking here
Do you want to be featured in our showcase section next month?
E-mail us 3 lo-res jpgs of your work and a few words about who you are & what you do. Only the most original and highest quality work will be showcased, but we endeavour to respond to everyone with constructive critisicm.
FREE Speakerdog Paper Toys
Speakerdogs are go....Download, print out, cut out & keep your very own speakerdog paper toy today!!
Originally designed by the extraordinarily talented Mr. Ben the Illustrator, Speakerdogs are a unique toy invention that you download for free and construct yourself. Ben recently invited other top notch designers & illustrators to have a go at customising a Speakerdog and consequently there are 14 brand new Speakerdog Paper Toys available now from www.speakerdog.com
Super designs by... Andrew Groves | Andy Smith | Arteest | Drunk Park | Eddie Fett | Kitch-en | Linzie Hunter | Maria Slovakova | PMC Graphics | Rachel Ortas | Sean Kelly | Sjors Trimbach | Susan Burghart and The Boy Fitz Hammond.
Including 2 designs by those you may be more familiar with:
Mr. Armyman by Arteest
Click Here to Download this Speakerdog
The Old Boy by Kitch-en
Click Here to download this Speakerdog
Magazine of the month: Clutter
We have a great range of creative and cool magazines stocked here at kitch-en but many of you may not know what these magazines are all about. That's why we've decided to do a little feature on a magazine each month and show you what's what.
This month we're highlighting the UK's leading toy culture mag: Clutter
So What is it?
UK-based with an international perspective, Clutter is the first English language magazine to focus on the designer toy phenomenon. Combining in-depth interviews with the scene’s leading figures, forthright editorial and outstanding photography and design, it’s rapidly establishing itself as the toy collector’s must have read.
What's in it?
ISSUE09// The Wheaty Wheat issue.
Featured Articles and interviews:
Chris Lee (Cover Artist) | Plastic Culture | Tiny Troopers | Pictoplasma Berlin 2007 | Dot Dot Dash | Toby HK | Richard VanOver | Brandt Peters | Sket One | Kathie Olivas | Phallic Mammary | Mad*L | Candy Killer | Andrew Bell | Super 7 Store | Things to make and do – the rise of Plush | Mari Inukai | Triclops in Hong Kong | Do it your mole | News | Reviews | Exhibitions
How much is it?
You can buy individual copies and back issues of the magazine for £4.50 or subscribe to 6 issues for just £25. Bargain!!
MAiLmeART.com
MAiLmeART.com was created by Darren Di Lieto, the founder and editor of LCSV4, after toying with the idea of doing a collaborative project that everyone involved in gets something out of. MAiLmeART is a little project designed to test your skills, make you some money and give you the chance to have a bit of fun. Oh!.. and win some really cool prizes.
In 18-24 months MAiLmeART will be holding an exhibition in London (venue to be confirmed). The show will include submissions from you guys and girls which will be on sale at the exhibition. The project will carry on and continue after the show with possibly another show the year after and the year after that. Hopefully the first show will be the first of many.
Kitch-en's very own resident artist Mr. Arteest submitted the above piece of artwork; a hand fabricated, padded, vintage gift box which contained one of his very own Vintage T.V. T-shirts which was kindly contributed by Kitch-en to the project for one lucky winner to receive.
Checkout www.mailmeart.com for more information and submission guidelines.
Kith-en on myspace:
Check out our revamped myspace and add us to your friends if you want: www.myspace.com/kitch_en
*NEW* Desktop wallpaper designs by Arteest
We're keeping things fresh on the freebie front and offering up two new, never seen before, desktop wallpaper designs created by none other than Mr. Arteest himself. Check em' out!
Simply click the link that corresponds to your screen size to download the file. If you still want the old designs: The Chaps and Teapots etc. check out our past e-zines that you can link to at the top of the page.
Gramophone 800 x 600 | Download
Gramophone 1024 x 768 | Download
Gramophone 1280 x 960 | Download
Mr. Armyman 800 x 600 | Download
Mr. Armyman 1024 x 768 | Download
Mr. Armyman 1280 x 960 | Download
And finally:
A reminder that our opening hours are Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 10am - 4pm and by appointment at any other time.
Finally Finally.... A big THANK YOU for your time and goodbye till next month, from The Chaps @ kitch-en.
Contact Details:
Kitch-en Contemporary Urban Gallery & Shop
www.kitch-en.co.uk
N: kitch-en
E: info@kitch-en.co.uk
A: 46 Montrose Street, Middlesbrough, TS1 2HU
T: 07834 826 315
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