A T-Shirt By Me, For You

This is the little t-shirt design I've been talking about that was commissioned by The Changing Room gallery in Stirling. There are still about 10 or so left in a variety of colours and sizes. I'll nip in tomorrow to find out for sure what's available, but there should be a few grey, blue and yellow ones still up for grabs.

There are also t-shirts by Rob Churm, RueFive and Amy Marletta. They all cost £15 pounds to you, friend. Nip into the gallery or email me if you're interested and I'll sort you out.

Thanks to everyone who came along to the birthday party at the gallery on Friday night. Everyone was in good spirits and there was a bit of dancing and stuff at the end. Managed to get raspberry down my t-shirt, but cleverly painted it out with emulsion and looked a little less grotty when we went to the pub. Cheers especially if you bought one of my things.

The Changing Room is 10!

Just a wee note before I head there myself to help get stuff sorted. The Changing Room is having it's 10th birthday party on Friday night (24th) in Stirling. The show opening to celebrate the event is Voluntary Action, and is made up of art by a bunch of folks who have worked there over the years.

Come along between 6 & 9 for the party bit. There'll be free balloons, free drink, free food, free music, and free fun. No free art though, that's just silly. As usual everyone will no doubt head out afterwards somewhere too.

I've had a wee look at it coming together and it looks pretty swish. I was kindly asked to design one of four limited edition t-shirts for the show. It'll be available for some money (I don't know how much) so come and buy one. I might be doing a bit of DJing (putting on a CD) too. Maybe not though.

Go HERE for a little more detail, just come along though.

Sideshow

Sock. Ink & acrylic on card*

I've finally managed to gather together the photos and scans from my "Sideshow" installation at The Changing Room gallery in Stirling. It went up in April 2007 and stayed there for a couple of months. Preparation was pretty hectic, with all the building, drawing and painting happening over about four days.

The Geek and Rabbit. Ink & acrylic on card

Fortune Teller. Ink & acrylic on card

The Juggler. Ink & acrylic on card

Tig. Ink & acrylic on card

A couple of photos of the installation.

My friend Fergi helped me sort out the frame extensions that brought the drawings close to the glass. There is sawdust on the floor there too if it's not clear in the pictures. There is a joiner photo HERE that shows a bit more of the location and the flyer I made is HERE.

Cheers to everyone at the Changing Room for helping out and being cool, especially Kirsteen for asking me to exhibit in the first place.

* the titles are at the side because when I centre my text, the font goes all funny. trying to fix it

August News

This is a wee doodle that has been stuck next to my computer for ages. It is not related to this month's news in any way. I though it'd be nice to post more than just words though. Bum bum bum, this is the news, bum bum bum:
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CHANGING ROOM T-SHIRT
Along with 3 other artists, I've done a little drawing for a series of t-shirts to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Changing Room gallery in Stirling. I'm a bit light on details at the moment, but I know they're limited and available around the end of the month. I'll update here when I know more.
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RECOAT GALLERY: AFFORDABLE ART
Recoat in Glasgow have asked me to be in an upcoming show at the end of September. It's a big collection of affordable art - everything being under £40. Should be a thing.

The Edinburgh Festival

As usual, August means moaning about not going to Edinburgh enough. I live fairly near so nipping through is easy, but I still never quite manage to see as much as I'd like. I'll give it a fair bash this year though. Already been through twice and it's only the 3rd, which is pretty good considering it doesn't really kick off until the 4th.

I saw Phil Kay's "Justice" show, which was fun and the BO130 & Microbo exhibition at Analogue which was very good, if not strictly part of the festival.

I've made a list of who I especially want to see this year. They're all fairly well known, big-hitting guns. I'll no doubt end up in a few other bits and pieces on a whim. Above is a cheesy photoshop-filterific picture of these folks. In no particular order:

Stewart Lee: Like him, he's funny.
Richard Herring: So is he.
Phil Kay: The wee "Justice" show was alright, his main one should be pretty fly.
Simon Amstell: Not sure. Big fan of Popworld, not so much Buzzcocks.
Jerry Sadowitz: ha ha!
Daniel Kitson: He's another good guy.
Limmy: I've liked him since school but his stuff is quite hit-and-miss.
Trumptonshire Tales: Wee talk about Trumpton etc!
Kate Nash: If you don't want to marry Kate Nash, you're nuts.
Simon Munnery: Not seen much of his stuff for years.
Rich Hall: He'll be solid.
Mark Watson: He's doing another big 24hr effort.

£7.10 train fair though, crikey. Also, the Andy Warhol exhibition looks sharp.