Welcome to our print blog, where we discuss things relating to print and beyond.
To introduce ourselves, we are...
Pete Bishop, who has worked in the graphic design industry for 30 years working in and sometimes managing many of the top London design studios including Sampson|Tyrrell, Saatchi and Saatchi, Wolff Olins, Coley Porter Bell, and many more. He lectures in graphic design and is an Adobe certified expert/instructor.
Sam Pickard has a B.A. and M.A. in textile design and worked as a print and dye technician at East London University before starting her own business as a designer/maker in 1997. She has won many awards for her work and her designs have twice been short-listed for the British Design Awards. See more of Sam's work here.
We always hoped when we acquired our fantastic old garage (500 square metres) in North Devon 10 years ago that in conjunction with making our own work, we would set up a print facility, combining our expertise in the graphics and textile industries to run workshops, ourselves and with visiting practitioners, hold exhibitions and offer a design and print service. Finally 10 years on we are about to start that. Our blog will be regularly updated with news about print workshops, exhibitions, print info and anything else relevant to print (and dye).
It seemed a good idea to screen print the logo for this new venture, printing it at scale on a rough linen fabric which could then be scanned, scaled down and tweaked.
To introduce ourselves, we are...
Pete Bishop, who has worked in the graphic design industry for 30 years working in and sometimes managing many of the top London design studios including Sampson|Tyrrell, Saatchi and Saatchi, Wolff Olins, Coley Porter Bell, and many more. He lectures in graphic design and is an Adobe certified expert/instructor.
Sam Pickard has a B.A. and M.A. in textile design and worked as a print and dye technician at East London University before starting her own business as a designer/maker in 1997. She has won many awards for her work and her designs have twice been short-listed for the British Design Awards. See more of Sam's work here.
It seemed a good idea to screen print the logo for this new venture, printing it at scale on a rough linen fabric which could then be scanned, scaled down and tweaked.
loading the screen with (pigment) dye.
printing (6 pulls) with the squeegee onto heavy weight raw linen.
it's a perfect print.
trying a paper print - what a great red!
next black pigment on linen...cool dots.
Its called EXPOSED by the way!
