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An interview with Matt JOnes aka Lunartik

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Where are you now?

Good question, I’m in Berlin of all places, living the artist dream!

It’s got a lot of good things going for it as a whole, it’s a vibrant city, full of art, culture and especially exciting is the food. It’s a place similar to London, but not as crammed or nor as busy, and it’s nice to have a bit of time to think and chill for a change. It’s also a good place to work from as there’s less distractions over here and this keeps me more focused in artistic and in my private life is better for it.

Where did your inspiration for the Lunartik Mini Tea Tour come from?

Well, I’ve always been involved with exhibitions and I do like the traveling around.

So I needed to combine these to get out of the studio and meet people, so I begun the Mini-Tea Tour back in 2011 to help promote my Mini Tea series of vinyl figures and also to collaborate with other artists.

You’ve worked with the likes of Mr Scruff as an artist – tell us a bit about that.

It’s good fun, I like to work with all types of artists, from large “Celebes” like Mr. Scruff and “Pete Fowler” to newbie’s on the Vinyl scene. With this tour in mind, I found myself trailing the internet to find the best eclectic artists across the scene to make for a very interesting show.

What is so compelling to people about the vinyl art scene?

Toys and collecting art and meeting up with artists. Artoys make the unaffordable art affordably obtainable.

Most of the artists I’ve met are super fun and they love to sign and draw for people at signings. I think all artists buzz at signings and the fans really appreciate it.

How long have you been practicing as an artist?

Well, in the toy scene, I’ve been around since 2004, and before that I came from a product design background. I call my self as a designer/artist and I guess I’ve been practicing since I was old enough to hold a pen.

What really helped you get to where you are now?

Money. Oh no, that’s not correct, it was the lack of money that drove me to where I am now. I strive for good design and I have a passion for art, so all these things keep me going. Money is a by product of doing lots and lots of self directed work and making stuff people enjoy – and in-turn making stuff and design makes me a happier person.
And this is where I am right now.

Lastly – fave type of tea to drink?

Well, not being a tea snob or nothing, so I like a good old mug Yorkshire or PG.

Invasion – Lunartik’s Mini Tea Tour 2012 – Private View 3rd August! Guest List Only.

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INVASION!!! is proud to present ‘Lunartik’s Mini-Tea Tour 2012’ featuring 70+ custom works of art. All brewed to perfection by artists from around the world including: Chauskoskis, Phil Corbett, Steve Talkowski, Ronzo, Doktor A, Sichi, Uamou, Un-plugged, Matt JOnes, Bwana Spoons Triclops Studio, Itokin Park, Betso, Voltaire, Pete Fowler, Felt Mistress + many more!

This touring collection of vinyl art that has passed through Vienna, Berlin and London makes a special appearance at the Cambridge Art Salon alongside the best of Cambridge’s comic artists, urban vinyl, illustrators, graffiti artists and tattooists.

*Opening Party* Friday 3rd August 7pm.
Guest List only – please rsvp – info@cambridgeartsalon.org.uk

Studio Exhibition @ Cambridge Art Salon

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A Month of Art @Cambridge Art Salon

7th July to 29th July 2012

Members of the Cambridge Art Salon will be showcasing their finest work throughout July. The Studio Exhibition will bring together works of different local artists.

The Cambridge Art Salon is located at 29 Cromwell Road. The gallery will be open on Thursdays from 5pm to 7pm and from Friday to Sunday from 10am – 5.30pm. The artists will be present on the weekends. Further information: info@penelopehayes.co.uk

 

 

 

During the period from 7th to 15th of July, Giulia Portuese-Williams, sculptor, Susan Windeatt, painter, Henry Sheperd, photographer and film maker and Ruth Schmid, designer and bag maker will be presenting their latest works.

Giulia Portuese-Williams                                Susan Windeatt

Ruth Schmid                                                  Henry Sheperd

They will be followed from 20th to 29th by the works of Karen Lewis, hat maker, Rob Wilson, illustrator, Diana Probst, painter and Penelope Sackett Hayes, ceramicist and textile artist. This is a unique opportunity to engage with the artists, see them work within the gallery space and purchase original art works.

Karen Lewis                                                     Rob Wilson

Diana Probst                                                   Penelope Sackett Hayes

Ancestors – Exhibtion by Maureen B. Cintract

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“Ancestors” by Maureen B. Cintract @ Cambridge Art Salon from the 2nd of June to the 5th of June

Maureen B. Cintract’s paintings depict her ancestor’s journey from Africa where the earth is rich in the precious metal gold and its people became liquid gold. Some of these people became Jamaicans; they used spirituality as the fire to light their way into the 21st century.

2012 makes the 50th anniversary of the Independence of Jamaica. Maureen will turn  some of her paintings into designs for T-shirts celebrating this historic landmark.

Maureen was born in Jamaica and brought up in the West Midlands. Whilst visiting the USA, she seized the opportunity to study at Kean College of Art as my parents objected to an Art education in Birmingham.  The visits to New York with its amazing architecture led to an Interior Architecture qualification then into a B.A. in Theatre Design at Central St. Martin’s School of Art and Design London. With her qualification’s in hand, Paris was her next stop, where designs of stage sets, film settings, exhibitions and interior as well as costume design projects were the highlights.

An invitation to live in Cambridge came up. So with new adventures on  the sky line, Maureen and her family crossed the  Channel and here she was back home again – to finish what she had  started.

Exploring…isms or Playing with the Masters

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Exploring…isms or Playing with the Masters @ Cambridge Art Salon Thursday, the May 24th – Tuesday, the May 29th

A Group Exhibition of Deanna Tyson and her students

Deanna explains:  “Exploring ……isms began as a group exercise but has grown into a show where the actual mounting of the exhibition has become an integral part of the exercise. The aim of the original exercise was to research and explore different art movements, to study styles and discover underlying philosophies. The task was for each student to find a masterpiece to which they could relate, which intrigued and inspired them,then to interpret it in three different styles. The fourth would represent their own take on the original now probably influenced by their studies. I took art movements from 18c to the modern day and grouped them into three, time -related sections from Impressionism, through Cubism to Conceptualism. From each group students selected one movement to interpret within a 20x20cm square. They were then going to cut these images into four and play with them further. However, at this point, I realized how interesting their work was and decided to make the exercise an even bigger challenge by extending the decision making to mounting and presentation. In mounting this exhibition, unaided for the first time, they have done a brilliant job.”

The CONTINUOUS CONCERTINA BOOKS are an on going project, inspired by Deanna’s visit to Kettle’s Yard last year to view a wonderful exhibition by Andrew Lanyon entitled VON RIBBENTROP IN ST. IVES and capture daily thoughts, associations and ideas, taking the mind and the line for a walk.
Each member of the group was also asked to put in a piece of work of special significance to them that did not have to relate to any of the work we do in the studio groups in Fulbourn.

DEANNA TYSON

Cambridge Art Salon Supporter Survey

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‘A Piece of Magic …… is a Hat’

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A feast for the eyes awaits visitors to the ‘Cambridge Art Salon’ where the works of three bespoke milliners is being exhibited between 3rd May – 15th May – offering an exclusive preview of their 2012 couture collections.

‘A Piece of Magic ….. is a Hat’ celebrates the creative flair of Karen Lewis, Sandra Belgrave and Daniel Pilecki – presenting an exquisite display of designs ranging from beautifully fashioned fascinators, elegantly sculpted headpieces, – and eye-popping statement hats.

The exhibition promises a dazzling array of couture creations from Cambridge Milliners – Karen Lewis and Daniel Pilecki – the former, drawing on her extensive experience of working with luxurious textiles – to produce sublime ‘jewel-like’ highly coveted hats, while Pilecki evokes the glamour of Hollywood with a series of show-stopping sculpted designs – proving imagination holds no bounds.

Joined by London based designer – Sandra Belgrave with a range of city slick, cutting edge – Ladies and Men’s Hats – with her signature twist, the exhibition will have hats for every occasion – many of which will be for sale.

Ladies need look no further if seeking inspiration for a head-start in this summer’s fashion stakes.

Magic indeed!

Karen Lewis

After studying fashion and then textiles at Cumbria College of Art, Karen went on to create her own work, culminating in amillinery course at Kensington and Chelsea College under the guidance of Noel Stewart. Her collections have been inspired by many different themes such as fossil drawings by Ernst Haeckel, natural floral forms and garden architecture. Karen specialises in manipulating fabric and creating unusual textures to form her headpieces. She uses traditional materials such as sinamay, crin and felt, and also source silks, ribbons, buttons, feathers and anything of interest from vintage shops and markets in London and Paris.

On Karen’s well-established millinery blog, the reader can discover what inspires her work.

http://www.designsbykarenlewis.com/

http://designsbykarenlewis.blogspot.co.uk/

Sandra Belgrave

Sandra Belgrave is a designer who creates high quality bespoke hats and couture headpieces. For years, she has worked as a designer in Digital Design, jewellery and theatre design, as well as a photographic retoucher for fashion photographers and the animation industry. She then moved into the world of millinery, after studying and qualifying at Hortensia College in Chelsea under the guidance of internationally famous milliner Noel Stewart.

Sandra specialises in contemporary hat designs to suit the elegant, sophisticated and stylish woman. Her unique creations are hand-made, using an extensive colour palette of rich felt, feathers, materials and zips sourced from around London. Every beautiful hat or headpiece is a celebration of exceptional craftsmanship and outstanding quality.

Daniel Pilecki

After studying Drama, working as a TV Researcher and Location Director in London and Paris for a Japanese Fashion TV programme and making performance art ‘props’, Daniel decided to turn his passion for millinery into his profession. He went on to study at Kensington and Chelsea College under the tutelage of Noel Stewart.

When working on his unique creations, Daniel uses peachbloom felts, straws and sinamay, luxurious silks and satins, sumptuous velvets, leather and metal, antique lace and veiling, feathers and quills, beading and semi-precious stones. Some of his work features oriental pleating and folding techniques; an eye-catching fusion of East and West. Every piece of headwear is an individual, hand sewn work of art, to be loved and admired, worn and enjoyed. An unshakeable belief that women should look beautiful in his pieces underpins each of his creations.

http://www.titfertatdesigns.co.uk/index.html

Postcards From Santiago

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mOOaRT > Unique and Original Art by Susan Windeatt

27 April to 1 May

Ever wanted to give up your job, leave your home, bills and clean clothes behind and walk hundreds of miles toward the sunset? Well CAS resident artist Susan Windeatt did just that – Come along and check out her artwork in April.

“Postcards from the Camino” features art and photography inspired by travels along the legendary European pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela and the Galician Coast of Spain. Including unqiue watercolour and ink sketches created en-route through France, Spain and Portugal.

Now based in Cambridge, Susan works in a variety of media. She originally trained in architecture and computer animation and has produced art for the computer games industry as well as graphics and illustration. Finding herself increasingly drawn to working with traditional media her intricate drawings and watercolour sketches portray a three dimensional and organic view of the landscape and architecture that surrounds her.


For more information on Susan’s work please see her website and facebook page:

http://www.mooart.com/
http://www.mooart.com/artist.php
http://www.facebook.com/mooart

Gone

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Resident artist Peter displays his work at Cambridge Art Salon from 20-25 April.

The show is featured in the April Explorer magazine:

‘The three dimensional work featured is a response to his father’s diagnosis and subsequent death from Alzheimer’s. Using found and made objects Peter has attempted to give a sense of what is has been like for him witnessing the slow but inevitable progress of the disease.

Peter says: “My father was an artist, and creative long after he lost his ability to communicate verbally, but in the end his spirit and identity vanished infront of us and him. The paintings concern happer times, growing up with my family in a small, provincial seaside village in North Wales, I play with the subject matter working the tension between tone and colour, content and form”.’

https://www.facebook.com/events/357488254292231/

Romsey Mill at Cambridge Art Salon

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13th – 18th April

This April the Cambridge Art Salon is being taken over for one week by students on an alternative education course at a local charity, Romsey Mill. The Step-up course helps to improve the confidence and aspirations of young people (14-16) who are struggling to engage with, or at risk of exclusion from, mainstream school and the range of art work being displayed represents the students’ efforts towards achieving a Level 1 Arts Award. Within the week there will be a special open evening on Tuesday 17th April (6-9pm) when the students, who come from the Manor, Netherhall and Parkside schools, will be joined by friends, family, Romsey Mill staff and school representatives.

Romsey Mill is a Cambridgeshire Charity creating opportunities with young people and families to overcome disadvantage and social isolation.

www.romseymill.org

CAS Creative Director Ruthie Collins says ‘The Cambridge Art Salon is really happy to give young artists the chance to showcase their work in a white cube gallery to family, peers and the community. Romsey Mill do excellent work and it’s a pleasure to be able to support them once again. This show is a real insight into what can be achieved when young people are given support in the pursuit of art and creative excellence.’

bright imaginings

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Paintings by Alice Hill

Friday 6 – Tuesday 10 April (closed monday)

Private view Friday 6 April 7.00-9.30pm Please RSVP

Alice explores organic forms within her paintings. She is inspired by the natural world and uses its boundless imagery, from ripples in the sea, to rain drops on a petal, to a weather worn, smooth shell discovered on the beach. Alice continuously aims to push the pronominal constraints and meanings of these entities and draws from them as an initial starting point to a painting. However, the final outcome is typically very free and abstract, perhaps suggesting and provoking more feeling to the viewer than the original drawing. To achieve this Alice is a big believer in experimenting and taking risks. She applies vivid colour and adds spontaneity to an oil painting by using spray paint and gloss paint, mediums that can be unpredictable. This hopes to convey a feeling of expression and movement in her work. Alice enjoys playing with the imagination and is fascinated with people’s responses to her work and what they discover within a painting. Further more, colour is hugely important to her, as she believes it evokes different feelings and reactions in people, spurring on dreams or recapturing distant memories. Alice’s work is an infusion of her inspirations, combining impulsive painting with a stylised element.
   

This April 2012, Alice goes back to her roots to hold her first solo exhibition at the Cambridge Art Salon. ‘Bright Imaginings’ will feature new and exciting work up for sale. The exhibition runs over the Easter weekend Friday 6thApril to Tuesday 10thApril (opening Friday night, closed Monday). Alice’s work has been featured in online magazine Running In Heels, national newspaper The Guardian and Inspirational Woman Magazine. Her vibrant paintings have been sold to collectors and art lovers in Cambridge and the East of England. She is 26. A fine artist who graduated from Cambridge School of Art in 2008, Alice continued to live and paint in Cambridge exhibiting her work at restaurants such as Cottos and The River Bar and Kitchen until May 2010 when she relocated to Norfolk. She’s also exhibited with ‘Changing Spaces’ in Summer 2009; Positiveworld Studios’ group show ‘Transforming Space’ in October 2009; ‘All Things Said’ with two other contemporary female artists at The Shop, Jesus Lane in December 2009. She’s also exhibited installation work at The Theatre Royal in Bury St. Edmunds, as part of a ‘Shakespeare Sonnet Walk’ organised by the theatre; plus appeared at The Bicycle Shop in Norwich.

 

The Shadows on the Ceiling

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From 30 March – 4 April


An Exhibition by Robert Wilson


Rob graduated from UWE Bristol with a BA (Hons) in Illustration. Using traditional materials such as pen and ink, pencil and sometimes paint, his work swings between humourous/satirical images, and the more dark and sinister. He describes his latest work as having a macabre quality.

Over the years Rob has been inspired/influenced by lots of different artists; comic artists such as Robert Crumb, Daniel Clowes and Adrian Tomine, some artists who do ‘retro’ type illustrations like Josh Agle and Derek Yaniger, and well-known illustrators e.g. Ronald Searle, plus plenty of others. For this most recent work, the most likely parallel interms of overall style would be the drawings of Edward Gorey.