In the run up to Christmas you’ll be finding out what’s on our artists’ wish lists, but we would also like to know what’s on your Many Hands wish list. Let us know your top three favourite Many Hands products by Twitter, Facebook or email to be in with a chance of winning a stocking full of goodies! You never know, Santa might just bring you what you wish for…
Many Hands is excited to be a part of the first East London Comics and Arts Festival taking place at Village Underground (EC2A 3PQ) on the 17th of June. The event is jam-packed with exciting happenings and amazing exhibitors. Check out the ELCAF website for more information (www.elcaf.co.uk).
We will be manning a stall full of our lovely products, so why not pop along and say hello!
We are pleased to announce that all the products featured in the Many Hands’ space at Pick Me Up 2012 are now available on our online shop. Thanks so much to everyone who came to visit us, it was a flying success and we were chuffed with the response to our space. If you weren’t able to make it down or didn’t quite get round to buying that piece you had your eye on, now is your chance!
Last but not least is Stone & Spear on how a childhood collision with a grandfather clock has influenced his favourite print…
‘Tee Hee’ - Stone & Spear / Giclee Print
Tee Hee print. This print makes me laugh because it’s just a bit ridiculous. It has a mythical aspect, and also feels like it’s moving because of the cogs. It’s loosely based on the face of a grandfather clock. When I was small I jumped out of my pram in a shop and smashed my head on a grandfather clock. It cracked my head open and I’ve got a massive scar now, so it was pretty bad!
‘Amazing Friend’ - Lizzy Stewart / Litho Print
Lizzy Stewart’s Amazing Friend card (Currently Avaliable at Red Cap Cards) . It’s really cute and original – most cards just say Happy Birthday or something, no other card says that. I also really like her style, especially on the Greek Pot print as well.
‘Suram Fortress’ - Esther Williams / Screen Print
Esther Williams (part of Print Club). I hadn’t seen Esther’s work before but I really like it, all the little elements to it and how it is built up. The characters are good, and you get the notion, like with my work, of a scene or a story being told. I like how the guards are protecting the pomegranate, and the other guy is worshipping it. I also really like pomegranates…
First up is Sister Arrow on her obsession with snuff bottles and fisherman…
‘China Snuff’ - Sister Arrow / Riso Print
I think, of my own work, I like China Snuff the best. Maybe it’s because it’s my newest, but I’m also obsessed with snuff bottles at the moment. It also involves an interesting combination of processes, because it’s a risograph print with two layers of screen print on top, one green and one pink gloss, which is really subtle.
‘The Room’ - Ryan Todd (Silk Screen Print)
I love The Room by Ryan Todd, because the more you look at it the more you see, like the enormous light switch, and the leg in the window, and look, there’s a banana in the cabinet! It’s quite subversive and playful at the same time, plus it’s a great use of colour on a coloured paper background.
“Fishermen” (2012) - Matthew the Horse / Riso Print
Fisherman by Matthew the Horse (part of Pick Me Up Selects) is a beautiful example of Matthew’s ability to capture and recreate the character of humans. I’ve always loved his work, and I particularly like this piece because of the dimples and the idiosyncrasies of the people. When I was a little girl in Cornwall I always thought I’d marry a fisherman, because they’re hairy and they smoke pipes, plus I like the sea and I like fish, so I like it for that reason as well!
