Tuesday, 3 January 2012

Demos and workshops at the Coast exhibition this week

Paula Youens spent the day at the Coast: the sea, the sea exhibition on Sunday 1 January, doing demonstrations of mono-printing, and getting lots of folk involved. Thanks very much to all who came along, and a big thank you to Paula for running the demos!


Paula doing a mono-print demo
There is another workshop this coming weekend: 


Maisie Hill will be running a Photo-day workshop on Saturday 7 Jan with the aim of getting you to try out a few different approaches with your camera, have a more critical look at the photos you take, and enjoy spending a day with other photographers. We will spend the morning around Lyme and the sea front taking pictures, and then the afternoon having a look at, and discussing the images.

The day runs from 10 - 4 with a break for lunch (please provide your own) and costs £30.

For any more details please email : maisie@maisiehill.co.uk or phone 01297 443069

Artist of the Week: Lauren Fox

Our first Artist of the Week of 2012 is Lauren Fox! Lauren is primarily a sculptor, and is exhibiting her 'Old Man of the Sea' in our Coast: the sea, the sea exhibition currently on at the Malthouse, Lyme Regis. 


Lauren also takes photos, and images of her 2 & 3D work can be seen on her Shed profile. Based in Edinburgh she has a studio by the sea, in Portobello, and works mainly with driftwood and metal. Recent projects include the Rocket Series, Urban Warriors, and most recently, the Old Man of the Sea. 


As well as working on private commissions in Edinburgh, Lauren is our Social Media Manager here at the Shed Photography and is also training to be an Art Psychotherapist. She'll be guestblogging on here later in the week, but in the meantime do have a look at her own blog, Welded Rockets, and visit her Shed profile to see more images of her work. Here are a few pics of her sculptures and photographs.


 SCULPTURE

Urban Warriors


Old Man of the Sea
Rocket Series


PHOTOGRAPHY
Sky Scoop, Lauren Fox

Monster in our Midst, Lauren Fox



Lauren's Shed Profile
Lauren's Blog
Follow Lauren on Twitter @WeldedRockets

Monday, 2 January 2012

Coast: the sea, the sea Private View

A very big thank you to all of you who joined us on Friday evening for the Coast: the sea, the sea Private View at the Malthouse in Lyme. It was a brilliant evening, with well over 100 visitors to the show! And we are really, really proud of the exhibition - the work looks fantastic, and as ever, we couldn't do this without the contributions of our fantastic Shed Creatives - photographers, artists and sculptors. 

Lyme Regis TV have made a video of the PV, which includes interviews with Chelsea Davine, Paula Youens, Jess Douglas, Pete Hackett, and more Shed Creatives. Do have a look, and they have also written a very nice blogpost about the event, with more photos etc.
Their blog is here and the link to the video on youtube is here.



Caroline Collett, a Shed Photographer
Some of our youngest supporters


Starting young!











Saturday, 31 December 2011

Brian Eastmond, Artist of the Week

We really love these images by Brian. His work is currently being featured in our Coast exhibition at the Malthouse, Lyme Regis, and you can also see more of his stuff on his website. It's really worth a look - some beautiful pictures on there. 
Sidmouth, Brian Eastmond


Lyme Regis, Brian Eastmond


Owl, Brian Eastmond

Storm, Brian Eastmond
Brian's mid-move at the moment, so has been a bit caught up with other things, but he plans on picking up his camera again in the new year, and we'll try and get him to do a bit of a guest blog for us then!

Friday, 30 December 2011

Coast: the sea,the sea Exhibition Set-Up

With only a couple of hours to go until the Opening & Private View of the exhibition, we're almost ready! The Malthouse has been converted into the Shed Shop, and all the images are hung - it's looking really good, and we are getting very excited about tonight....


Fingers crossed the final details all come together - and we hope to see some of you this evening!
Final touches to the outside of the Malthouse/Shed Shop

Inside the Malthouse
Old Man of the Sea mid-hang

Thumbnails and Shed Photographer Info
The Malthouse/Shed Shop entrance

Thursday, 29 December 2011

Collate Presents - exhibition opportunity

Collate Presents are currently calling for submissions for their Mull It Over exhibition - a collaborative project in Brighton, UK. They are not taking any commission on works sold, and the submission fee is only £1! It sounds like a really interesting project - have a look at their website for more info, to read the full brief, and submission info. Submissions close on January 2nd though - so get in there quick if you are interested!


Here is a summary of their Artists Brief:

The beautiful chaps at ‘Artists Residence’ have offered up their newly renovated gallery space to us to put on a stonking show. They will also be on the hunt for stock prints and pieces for their new shop so it is an ideal opportunity for you to meet a key local buyer.
MULL IT OVER will work as a theme, which you are welcome to use as inspiration for new works, however we are also really interested in works you have hidden away in sketchbooks or tucked away in a drawer or filed under ‘incongruous’ on your hard drive. All artists have a stash of sketches, photos, thoughts, polished pieces never shown and half-baked ideas that are gathering dust, we invite you to whip them out and throw them at us!
Collate Presents love to bend the rules of the well worn standard gallery model. We are looking for a large amount of 2D works/prints which we will tessellate to cover the walls of the gallery. We want to overwhelm the walls with your genius so the more the merrier!
We will be working with standard ISO paper sizes so you can opt to submit your work in four different sizes and in order to obtain a large amount of your beautiful work we have, as always, kept the costs low. We would like to see a variety of your work and give you the opportunity to show multiple pieces.
We welcome submissions from all aspects of creative genius; photographers, collage artists, digital artists, designers, makers, sculptors, writers etc.
Students and practising artists are welcome to participate from all areas of the UK.


Tuesday, 27 December 2011

Coast: the sea, the sea - Private View Invite


Coast: the sea, the sea: Exhibition at the Town Mill Malthouse, Lyme Regis

Private View: Friday 30th December 2011 – 5 to 7pm

You are cordially invited to the Private View of a Shed Photography group exhibition of photography, illustration, painting and sculpture - Coast: the sea, the sea, at the Town Mill Malthouse in Lyme Regis on the 30th of December at 5pm.

The exhibition is an opportunity to see how local artists such as Jeanne Goodridge, Pete Hackett, Chelsea Davine and Jess Douglas view the Coast that dominates the horizon, with its rolling weather systems and ever changing light.  In addition we’ll be showcasing the work of established photographers from all over the world, from our website The Shed Photography.  

We are delighted that in conjunction with the exhibition, photographer Maisie Hill will be running two photo days on Sat 31st of December and Saturday 7th of January which will include a 4 hour tutorial, techniques and a portfolio discussion. All participants will be given a free print of one of the images taken on the course.  

Illustrator Paula Youens will also be demonstrating mono print making throughout the week, whilst Chelsea Davine will be available to talk about painting and how to develop photographic practice by joining our ever-growing community of talented artists and photographers.

Exhibition: 30th December 2011 to 8th January 2012