Ham prints are instantly recognisable for their monochrome colour palette, minimal design and whimsical use of rabbits, and this show is no exception. Ham have produced giant wall stickers, merchandise and a new print for Colette to feature in the show.
‘A farmer’s daughter, Jo from Ham grew up in the English countryside before training as a fine artist at The Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford University. Jo spent the next five years working at a London design agency before launching HAM with a pop-up shop in Carnaby Street.’
The show is on in their Paris store until Saturday 2nd April and will run over the Easter period.
You don’t need to go to Paris though to get your hands on one of Ham’s iconic prints, as you can find their range here in our online shop.
And remember a rabbit print is not just for Easter, it’s for life!
James Joyce has recently exhibited at the Colette store in Paris featuring ‘100 likes’ silkscreen prints and paintings.
The word ‘Like’ has become pervasive in today’s culture. It is used constantly in sentences when it is not required, but is also a much sought after reward in social media to boost egos and show popularity for users posts.
‘James Joyce’s Like paintings take a neutral and ambiguous position. They can be read as both a reflection of a vacuous culture defined by a word that has lost it’s meaning, endlessly and mechanically repeated, or as a celebration of ‘Like’ as a positive expression, transformed from its former passive status by its modern active context.’
James demonstrates that ‘Like’ as a word, and also an action, has come to sum up today’s internet generation.
James Joyce is a London based artist and designer and studied at Walsall College of Art at Kingston University.
It’s that time of year when we are given a great excuse to treat our one and only… OUR MUMS!!
We’ve selected our top prints to help celebrate this Mother’s Day. Order by Wednesday to receive your limited edition screen prints in time for Sunday! Or purchase online and collect from our studio until Friday 6pm…
All of our limited edition, screen prints are available from our online gallery.
Click here! Or click on each image to be taken to the artist’s profile.
Lennie Lee is a painter, performer and mixed media artist who lives in the aptly named ‘Colourful House’ based in Dalston. Due to the bright exterior the house has become an East London landmark.
Lennie explores the relationship between contemporary urban daily life and the life-styles, beliefs and rituals of more primitive cultures. He has brought this style into his home by painting colourful murals throughout.
His friend Baz, aka The Skelton Cupboard has contributed too by painting the door of his bathroom with one of his well know skeleton murals.
If you are inspired by Lennie Lee’s Colourful House and want to own a piece of his style then you can by purchasing one of his Day of the Dead inspired female screen prints from Print Club London.
‘What Happens in the Print Room…’ is the third solo show by screen printer Gurley at the Anise Gallery.
London based artist Gurley has been focusing on developing her own evolution of screenprinting that uses a distinctive watercolour style. The exhibition highlights the meticulous and time intensive process of screenprinting.
Gurley merges street art, expressionism and pop art style, while taking inspiration from the streets of London and New York and popular culture.
“Popularised in the 1960’s by Andy Warhol, screenprinting is meticulous, time intensive and, akin to the photographic dark room, its results can be uncertain. It is these nuances that Gurley aims to highlight through this exhibition and her distinctive style that lies somewhere between street art, expressionism and pop art as her work exemplifies the dialogue between colour, subject and viewer.”
The exhibition is open Tuesday – Thursday and Saturday 11am – 5pm until 24 March.
13a Shad Thames, London, SE1 2PU
We are honoured to have taken on the new print edition from Print Club Artist and previous Art Director of Polydor Records in the 1970’s, Vincent McEvoy.
Vincent works primarily using screenprinting, having worked with and been influenced by Andy Warhol in the 80’s and now works printing some of the memorabilia that he has accumulated throughout his career.
“This silk screen print of David Bowie has been reproduced from a candid photograph I took in 1979. Taken at a press call at The Café Royal in London moments before Bowie faced the Fleet Street pack to promote his film ‘Just a Gigolo’ with Marlene Dietrich. This is my contribution to the collective memory of this most talented artist of our time.”
It follows the limited edition print of 2015, ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
It’s this time of the year when we all start to panic about buying our loved ones a special gift that shows just how much we appreciate them! Well, Forget flower bouquets, boxes of chocolates and bad taste gifts – We’ve put together a selection of prints which we are lusting over for Valentine’s 2016.
“I found these playing cards on one of the stalls in Istanbul, and immediately bought them. The cards remind me of the beautiful combination in a relationship of love and lust. I thought these would make intimate Valentines gifts for that someone special. They are small, fun and meaningful, and most importantly they are the same price as a shitty bunch flowers from a petrol station.”
Following the success of both edition runs of Gentlemen’s Flower Arranging Club, Print Club have spent the last month working with Thomas in the studio on a series of new and exlusive prints, available only through Print Club London. Tom’s new print ‘Lido’ is available now through the Print Club Gallery
With it’s romantic and surrealist subject matter we think this limited edition screen print makes the perfect gift for those looking for something a little more special than the usual…
Print Club London are the first studio and gallery to work with Bonnie and Clyde to create works that are entirely screenprinted (and we couldn’t be more excited.)
Bonnie and Clyde use collage, type and photography to produce visually arresting screen-prints and mixed media collages. Bonnie and Clyde decamped to the seaside with her beloved Leica camera a few years ago and began learning the art of screen-printing. Her interest in street photography, psychogeography, architecture and the sea are often reflected with the use of colour and graphical elements that shape her work.
We are happy to announce that the new and exclusive, fully screen printed edition of Hot Lips is now available from the Print Club London online gallery.
Looking to get into screenprinting? Or perhaps you already print and what you’re lacking is a 24 hour, 7 days a week print studio filled with tea, coffee, biscuits and lovely lovely artists??
Originally a screen print produced for our Blisters ‘The Sound Sessions’ Show back in 2014, Davey Podmore has now re-imagined the print ‘Ch-Ch-Changes’ by adding a final layer as a last goodbye to the late David Bowie, all of the proceeds with be donated to Cancer Research UK. “In 2014 my work was selected to take part in the Blisters Exhibition. The show’s theme was The Sound Sessions where each artist produced a piece inspired by a performer, song or gig. I chose David Bowie as my inspiration after visiting the incredible ‘David Bowie is…’ exhibition at the V&A. Bowie has so many iconic looks locked into our collective subconscious; my problem was choosing which one to go with. I decided to show them all with a montage of every look across the years, like a timeline.
On January 10th 2016, I awoke to the shocking news that David Bowie had died of cancer and that his final album release Blackstar and the video for the single Lazarus was his goodbye to the fans. I was stunned. The world seemed stunned too and there was an outpouring of sadness and love like I had never witnessed. This horrible disease had stolen someone that still had so much to give. As an icon he had touched us all, with his music being a soundtrack to all our lives.
So I contacted Print Club London wanting to do something, anything and I sounded out an idea of re-releasing the print as a variant edition with a new layer added to the montage using the final image Bowie had left us with. Print Club London loved the idea and supplied the paper, the ink, their valuable time, experience and their online shop to sell the print with all proceeds going to Cancer Research UK.
Many thanks to Kate, Fred and everyone at Print Club London; without them this would never have happened.
The print will be hand-printed, signed and a limited edition of 69; a print for every year of his life.”
Are you currently studying and enjoy dabbling in a little blogging on the side? Or perhaps you are looking for some content and work experience for your CV? Then you might be exactly what we are looking for…
Print Club London are looking for budding bloggers to embrace the London creative and print scene whilst sharing your experiences with our current followers.
Our social media channels and newsletter subscribers are ever growing and we are looking for someone who can continue to take this to the next level.
You’re aim will be to fill our Print Club news pages with engaging and inspiring content that will increase our online traffic and excite our readers!
We are looking for people who are passionate about exhibitions, art fairs, print, workshops, street art and the current creative scenes and activity!
We are looking for people with confidence who can get to know our artists and delve a little deeper into their practice, perhaps with an interview or two and some behind the print bed footage.
Plenty of content for your CV and any personal blogs.
The chance to work alongside some of the UK’s finest Screen Print Artists.
To be a part of the action, as and when it happens.
To work with us and be a part of this years Film4 Summer Screen Prints at Somerset House
The position is for 2 months with the possibility to extend.
Please email [email protected] with a short cover letter and CV outlining why you think you’d be a perfect fit.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We were treated this Christmas to a visit from our much loved Neuroscientist and long time Studio Member and Artist Johnathan Reiner.
Johnathan took full advantage of the print studio in the short time he had on his visit from his new home of Tel Aviv and we are happy to release his new limited edition screen print Kid spirit IV – Swing .
“Creativity kept me going and never failed to bring meaning to my relationships and my work. For years I explored pen on paper and more recently have been investigating colours, shapes, graphics and illustration through printmaking.
Hope you enjoy my work and feel free to contact me for a chat about medicine, art and all that lies between.”
Shop Johnathan’s Artist Page here: https://pcl2023.wpengine.com/artist/johnathon-reiner/
No sign of the January Blues in the Print Club Studios…
We’re feeling excited for the year ahead and what 2016 will bring us in new artists and more limited edition screen prints.
Here are some of our favourite new releases from the end of last year and the start of this year! Enjoy.
All our screen prints are available framed and can be shipped worldwide.
To my own work now: I love pattern and colour, organic shapes and nature. I focus on the space of a room, its interior and the crossover between everyday and slightly more ambiguous and dysfunctional spaces. My work is a journey going from nowhere to everywhere, an oasis of colour and form. And where would I be without Matisse?
My purpose is to render my emotion. This state of soul is created by the objects which surround me and which react in me; from the horizon to myself, myself included.
(Matisse)
I grew up with an incredibly cool and eclectic antique dealer for a father, so I’ve never been more that a few feet from a 17th Century sideboard or an art deco lamp. So furniture is very important to me, too – especially considering how little attention it is often paid (not least with the sea of flat- packs in which we live. Ikea, I’m looking at you). I want to return to the organic beauty of these objects/ furniture using print!
Screen printing Is a brilliant medium for these ideas: using layer upon layer of colour. The result, however, can sometimes be rather flat, which is something I am not used to, having trained as an etcher. I’ll admit that I am finding this process a little more challenging – the technique appears deceptively simple, yet its hard to grasp. But by bit, I am trying and learning.
I have been hand finishing my prints recently, just to add another dimension of marks and the illusion of depth, different textures. At the moment, I’m also experimenting with hand-drawing my positives to expose to the screen (here, the hole in my Photoshop knowledge becomes abundantly clear). Then, having printed my first layer, I overlay tracing paper, draw directly onto the new later using a combination of Indian Ink, posca pens, china graph crayons and wax pastels. Using a variety of materials, I achieve a variety of marks, which is what I want! That’s why Hockney’s prints are so genius.
This is such an exciting time and I am so fortunate to have this opportunity to meet interesting and creative people, and to challenge myself in a new environment. I will update you with my new work and progress in a week…
Recently the Print Club participated in the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea for the second year running, though this year’s stand was much more substantial. I was asked to assist on the opening night and over the weekend, which I LOVED!
It was crazy and manic and the heat would have been intolerable were it not for the G&Ts, courtesy of its sponsors Fever Tree, that always seemed to find their way into our hands, but the whole thing was incredibly exciting, too. I adored seeing how these events actually work, what type of things sell, and also learning how to communicate with people about art, which is something I always thought I’m totally rubbish at. It would seem the atmosphere at the Print Club has taught me a lot. ANYWAY, we sold a lot (I particularly loved the prints of Dave Buonaguidi and Neasden Control Centre from our own stall and Bonnie and Clyde from the Liberty Gallery)!
The few days I spent there only cemented my love for the Print Club.
You may remember Hennie Haworth’s print for Print Club’s ‘Blackout Blisters’ in 2011, the glow in the dark Coca-Cola Vending Machine! The print became a huge success and we thought it was about time a shiny new Vending Machine hit our Print Club Online Gallery.
We are frequently sent requests for a new edition of Hennie’s Vending Machines…
Introducing ‘Vending Machine in Kyoto’. It has been great to have Hennie back in the studio and we are sure this super colourful, pop styled vending machine is going to be making it’s way to your walls very soon?!
Hennie takes inspiration from many of the vending machine’s seen in Japan. They are round every corner, serving a mixture of both hot and cold drinks and treats – some useful and some not so useful, bread in a tin for example!
The vending machine craze took off in Japan in the 1950’s and we feel that this new editions colour way reflects the pop culture of the country as well as the object itself.
The Soft City is Daniel Speight, an East London based artist with a love for London’s architecture. His current ‘Book Block’ project is street art in the most literal sense; in which illustrations of the city’s streets are screenprinted directly onto the sides of reclaimed books.
TATE MODERN – 4 LAYER SCREEN PRINT
Limited Edition artwork made to order // £900
The Tate Modern Book Block was produced exclusively for this Autumns Battersea Art Fair and is available to purchase from the Print Club Gallery. We currently have one large and one small edition of the piece.
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – 6 LAYER SCREEN PRINT.
Limited Edition artwork made to order // £950
After it’s success at the New York, Wes Anderson fan art exhibition this one off Book Block of the Grand Budapest Hotel simply had to be created as an edition for Print Club. And so with some slight changes in colour tone we made it happen! As with Tate Modern we currently have one available from our gallery and other editions can be made to order.
As I sit down to write this, I am worried about two things: firstly, I have never written a blog before. And secondly I am worried I won’t be able to express quite how amazing my experience at Print Club has been so far. Bear with me, readers.
I applied for this position having just graduated from a degree in printmaking at Brighton, though I never dreamed that a place so well established would choose me for their ‘Print-ern-ship’. The link promoting it was passed around my course mates, which made the application even more nerve-wracking- now, for the very first time, my cohort had become my competition.
The portfolio I sent the Print Club consisted exclusively of etchings (my specialty for the past three years), so, I was not expecting to hear back. The fact I did was a serious confidence booster, as I left university without a clue as to how I might get my career going.
Screen printing wasn’t something I was particularly used to when I arrived here, so, although I don’t think of myself as a timid person, I began my internship feeling incredibly shy. What a difference three weeks makes! I still marvel at how everyone is so willing to help, to suggest ideas, and just to check how you’re doing throughout the day- from the founders, Kate, Fred and Rose, to the short term members. This sense of togetherness and support completely astounded me. Like so many people, I’m not good at asking for help, which generally means I have to screw things up quite majorly before finally working out what’s right.
The ‘Print-ern-ship’ offers full access to the studio, a desk space surrounded by other creative graphic designers, textile designers and fine artists AND an exhibition at the end of the placement in their own gallery. One day a week I also assist as technician in the studio- either trying to help other members or printing for the club or other corporate projects. It’s not only a fantastic way to learn and perfect techniques but it’s also afforded me a tremendous sense of belonging and offered me the chance to meet so many different people. All I can think about is how I never want this experience to end. As my time here goes on, I will continue to update you on what i’m up to, my work, whats going on at Print Club and exhibitions I’ve visited- keep an eye out !
If you happen to have come by the Affordable Art Fair Battersea last week, then you will have been lucky enough to meet the new exclusive print from HAM for Print Club London – Bouncing Rabbit Gold Edition.
HAM’s 23.5 carat gold Bouncing Rabbits have been handmade with delicate gold leaf layers on 420gsm Saunders Waterford deckled paper. Each measures 56cm x 76cm and is priced at £250 (unframed). There are only 25 prints in the edition and 21 have already been snapped up at last weeks fair.
If you are interested in purchasing 1 of the remaining 4 screen prints, then please do get in touch by either calling the studio on 0207 2549028 or by emailing [email protected]
Print only £250
Framed print in bespoke oak float frame £495 (white and black finish also available.)
To anyone who managed to grab themselves one of HAM’s golden bunnies, please do send us a picture once it is hanging proudly on your wall.
Print Club London was delighted to be commissioned to design and print 50 gifts for Pullman Contracting’s clients.
Thank you Pullman who took the initiative to look out side the box of the usual gift gubbins, and created a beautiful 3d piece of art work that was printed on the glass and on the paper, to create a print with a difference. Artwork was created with Print Club’s artist ‘Ministry of Love’ to coincide with Pullmans annual clay pigeon shoot day.
If your company is interested in alternative gift ideas and want to work with one of our artists please contact us.
Teardusk and Print Club London have teamed up to give you the opportunity to win a professional, screen printing workshop in our Dalston studios.
Who are Teardusk? Teardusk believe everyone should have the opportunity to turn their passion into their profession.
Teardusk are committed to nurturing the talents of the next generation of artists in providing support ranging from mentorship schemes, practical workshops and career advice within the creative arts.
So, how can I win the workshop at Print Club London?
All you need to do is submit the image you want to turn into a screen print to Teardusk, along with why you want to come and spend the day in the Print Club Studio and the team will choose 2 of their favourites!
It’s as easy as that.
What happens after?
During the workshop we want you to record your experience and create a blog post that will be shared and uploaded on both the Teardusk and Print Club websites.
We offer a variety of Corporate Screen Printing workshops, from both inside our Dalston studio and away! We are will transport all the necessary equipment straight to you and can set up in a small amount of time.
We are able to print your designs onto either paper, t-shirt or tote bags. If you’re not too creative you can always commission some of our top artists to create bespoke artwork for you to print! (how exciting)
We’ve worked with a wide range of clients including Nike, Liberty of London, Puma, Stella McCartney, TATE, Disney, Facebook, Google, Twitter and many more happy customers!
Our skilled print technicians will always be on hand to make sure you get the best results and teach you about the print process.
Our workshops are suitable for all ages and experience levels! Even the little ones…
Email [email protected] or call us for more information // 0207 254 9028
“The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft and directed by Mike Nichols, who died on November 19 2014, is actually a very nasty film, and a very, very funny one.”
The Telegraph
“My work plays on chance and process to produce a body of work which remains in a constant state of flux, where the process behind one image becomes the beginning of the next, focussing on the performance of chaos in a controlled visual structure, and highlighting moments in time.”
How do you feel about collaborating with Somerset House, Print Club London and Film4?
I am super excited to be working with Somerset House, Print Club London & Film4 again for the third year running! It’s a great opportunity to produce a limited edition which gets seen by hundreds of people who might not ordinarily see my work.
What message do you believe your artwork carries besides the actual redesign of the film poster?
It’s all about the personal journey of the main character, Benjamin, through his encounter with Mrs Robinson. I was inspired by all the Venetian blinds used in the set, and I loved the idea of splitting the poster up into 4 sections in the same way.
Two American college students, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, backpack across the Yorkshire moors. As darkness falls, they stop for the night at a pub called “The Slaughtered Lamb”. Jack notices a five-pointed star on the wall. When he asks about it, the pubgoers stop talking and become hostile, telling them to keep to the road and beware of the full moon. The pair decide to leave, but while talking they wander off the road onto the moors.
Steve can often be found foraging through the local flea markets for obscure books and discarded paraphernalia to use as inspiration for his varied and experimental work, which he generalizes as ‘somewhere between pop and psychedelia’.
If this is your first year creating artwork for Film Four Summer Screens – what are you most looking forward to and how does it feel to be involved?
No I have participated every year so far and I really enjoy doing them. Every year is a new film so therefore a new challenge.
Does the film carry any special meaning to you?
It’s something I watched a lot when I was younger and the pub scene has to be one of my all time favourite scenes so I have a bit of an affinity towards it.
Aaron Leonard 
It’s that time of year when we are given a great excuse to treat our one and only… OUR MUMS!!
Tom’s new print ‘Lido’ is available now through the Print Club Gallery
So I contacted Print Club London wanting to do something, anything and I sounded out an idea of re-releasing the print as a variant edition with a new layer added to the montage using the final image Bowie had left us with. Print Club London loved the idea and supplied the paper, the ink, their valuable time, experience and their online shop to sell the print with all proceeds going to Cancer Research UK.
The print will be hand-printed, signed and a limited edition of 69; a print for every year of his life.”
GAVIN DOBSON 
PROPERCORN 
Barry Leonard 
G . F Smith 
Shaven Raven Designs 
Bob&Roberta Smith 
oli fowler 
IIB Studio 
Ruby’s