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Artists include:
Cox & Grusenmeyer, Liesbeth Feys, JesseRobot, Jos Verwer, Ephameron, Ward Zwart, Eva Mundorff, Sarah Yu zeebroek, PiracyLeague, Jan Van der Veeken, Mayken Craenen, Liesbeth De Stercke, El Neoray, Charlotte Dumortier (Pixelpanda), Stanislas Lahaut, Byram, Eva Mouton, Hank Quinlan, Mazu Prozak , Simon Laureyns, Jangojim, Emmeline Geiregat, Topo, Jens Wijnendaele, Pointdextr, Bue & Resto.

All prints are limited to 50 copies, signed, numbered & up for sale — 20€
Get them in the Topo Copy webshop.

http://www.topocopy.org

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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kellyangood/the-pop-up-pinhole-project
http://kickstarterpinholediary.tumblr.com
http://www.kellyangood.co.uk

The Pop-Up Pinhole Project Portraits from Kelly Angood on Vimeo.

- You made your first pinhole camera two years ago, what is it about pinhole photography that encouraged your initial interest?

“I’ve always been into photography (as so many are) but what I really love about pinhole photography is the ability to go right back and learn about the fundamentals of photography. We live in such a hyper-digital world that sometimes it’s nice to go right back to basics. I also love the experimental and sometimes almost Victorian quality of the photos”

- What made you want to design the product to encourage people to make the camera themselves and what did you / do you think other people can learn by making the camera themselves?

“The project has a real DIY ideology and I think you learn more about the process of pinhole photography by being able to see the process though from beginning to end- starting with making the camera and ending up in the darkroom (if you want to that is). I hope giving people the ability to see that process through will allow them to experiment with pinhole photography”

- I love how you’ve developed The Videre into an accessible community project getting people involved with both the process and sharing their photos in the online gallery, was it your intention all along to create an interactive concept or did that idea develop as you made the camera?

“When I made my first camera the project was very inward looking as a personal project at university, but as I started sharing plans and camera online and started developing the Videre it became much more outward looking and it seemed like quite a natural progression to make it more community-minded.
For me it’s really important for people to be able share their ideas and results. Seeing the results come in is one of the best parts of the project for me”

- I think it’s important to commend you on how beautiful the design of the camera is, how long did it take you to come up with it?

“Thanks! I took inspiration for a history of amazing cameras and I’d had the rough idea for The Videre on the back burner for a while but it took about 3 weeks to finalise the design”

- The projects had great success and you’ve doubled your £15,000 funding goal on kickstarter, did you expect the project to do so well and why do you think it’s generated so much interest?

“To be honest I had expectations that I wouldn’t meet my funding goal!
I think that technology has made photography the norm- everyone carries a camera around with them these days in the form of their phone which has allowed photography much less niche than was considered say 10 years ago. Also, lots of people (myself included) live in a massively digitally minded world and sometimes it’s nice to have an excuse to get away from the screen”

- What are your plans / hopes / goals for the future?

“I have plans to run workshops with kids and teenagers, initially in London, but hopefully elsewhere too. For me it’s important to see this project not just as a product, but as an enabler too.
I’m also planning to design new cameras and create limited edition print runs with London based illustrators, hopefully in time for Christmas”

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Formed in 2005, Heretic is an experimental illustration and screen printing studio comprising of Luke Frost, Jon Rundall and Therese Vandling. Exploring themes such as tomorrow’s symbolism, inner and outer visions, strange mysticism, the occult, folklore, psychedelia, demented cats and sex bats, creatures of space, to name but a few, Heretic’s work primarily involves juxtaposing and blending elements of collage and drawing, using screen printing as much for it’s reproductive quality as for its visual qualities. Heretic studio work on wide ranging projects from art-prints and gig-posters, to record covers and 3-D sound installations. Previous exhibitions included an 8ft high screen-printed drone pyramid, “Bleaching the mind of all who dare enter.”…. Their work has been exhibited all over planet from Istanbul to Los Angeles.

http://www.hereticheretic.co.uk
https://www.coningsbygallery.com/exhibition/heretic-spectral-nation-may-2013

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I am just trying to be nice – NUG from John on Vimeo.

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http://www.johannabasford.com/

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http://www.printclublondon.com

Sam Baldwin

Sam Baldwin’s work was my personal favourite find at the show, his stunning featured print captures an intriguing narrative with eerie fantasy characters and I was really excited to speak to the Artist.
Sam explained his illustration focuses on ‘the abstraction of things we see in real life with an added element of humour’ reflecting on his process the Illustrator and Printmaker has a ‘real appreciation of technical skill’ and handmade processes, ‘my work always starts off in pen and ink with an outline drawing, I only ever use a computer to put things together before taking them to print, I don’t take shortcuts in my work and I like the fact you need a skill to create something’ Reflecting on his plans for the future Sam explained he hopes to spend time to focus on some personal projects, creating work for his love of imagery, I cant wait to see what he gets upto! (See img 1)

http://cargocollective.com/sambaldwinillustrates

Claudia Borfiga

Claudia Borfiga is a Designer/Print maker who started her career studying textile design, since graduating Claudia interned for the likes of Giles Deacon and John Galliano before most recently working with paper based print. Claudia’s beautiful ‘Egg & Soldiers’ print captured my eye for both it’s concept and execution, after asking the Artist about the piece she explained “the print was a ‘say what you see moment’ where I was eating dippy egg and thought it was a ridiculous name for the bits of toast and thought it made a nice bit of imagery, and then when I printed it onlookers were asking if it was a political art piece” Reflecting upon her process Claudia explained “I like working by hand, I love screen printing, and I love it when things seem to have gone wrong, but look better than if they had gone right. I like simple line work mixed with really descriptive and realistic texture, and I think screen printing textures is so satisfying, it’s such a flat medium.” The exciting Designer’s plans for the future include a screen printed concertina based on the conga dance – definitely one to watch (See img 2)

http://cargocollective.com/claudiaborfiga

Hannah Prebble

I instantly fell in love with the work by Hannah Prebble (aka bans) for her dope illustrative style and fun ‘Cats & Tats’ prints. After undertaking a degree in painting the Artist found she wanted to focus her energy on drawing (particularly ‘cats, lots and lots of cats’) and is currently working as a freelance illustrator/printmaker based in Dalston (East London) Hannah’s illustration steers away from the ordinary and combines humour with hand-drawn quirky characters and type. (See img 3)

http://hannahprebble.tumblr.com

Ben Rider

Ben works as a Freelance Illustrator / Graphic Designer and is also a technician at The Print Club. The Artist explained how ‘after creating a sticker series the other members at Print Club really encouraged me to develop my ‘Cyclops Queen’ design into print, which I thought would also be an exciting excuse for me to experiment with print and colour’ Reflecting on the concept behind the eye-catching print Ben told me ‘the piece represents the hypnotic power of authority through the visual play of graphics, image and colour’ (See img 4)

http://www.benrider.com

Josie Malloy

As soon as I walked in the gallery I clocked Josie’s beautiful ‘Hemispheres’ prints that capture elegant detail and beautiful pastel colour tones.
The Artist explained the featured prints are ‘part of a series of 12 that combine to create a narrative’ drawing focus to the mysteries depths and complexity of the brain. Josie explained her interest in science and how she is fascinated by ‘Humans the brain and the sublimity of how people think, the piece is a visual representation of how people layer thoughts and think about things’ (See img 5)

http://www.josiebluemolloy.com

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