Beyond the Valley of the City Babies

Iconic Wellington fashion label is taking over the Gallery On Saturday December 3 to showcase their summer collection.
Formerly the house label at Cuba St boutique Miss Demeanour their new garments are guaranteed to blow your tiny little minds.
On top of the fashin fun there will be Tequila.
Muy peligroso!
Luckily there is a shuttle van leaving Garrett St at 7, 8 & 9 pm so you can leave the car at home.
The van will be driving back to town too obviously.
Tell your ladies!

Learning: then Earning

i have just finished a 2 week small business course at the Capital Development Agency.

I am now armed with a business plan that sees Artisan Screen Prints become a behemoth of enterprise

Once in black and white it all makes perfect sense.

That and a bit of fortuitous timing and all things are looking good.

Not too much exciting on the print front except a cool print for a fella from Chile who lives in Auckland and is exhibiting in Portland

that right there is you global economy at work

Off to see the mighty beastwars tomorrow.

Obey the riff

Open says a me

An opening present in the same colours as my logo. from the lovely Tanja

It seemed fitting that the first day of spring was the official opening of the Artisan Screen Prints Gallery.

New beginnings and all that jazz.

Was a great night, lots of old friends there and a smattering of new ones.

i love 'em all.

Especially Dane.
But not in a biblical sense.

Unless the bible had stories about people that just love t-shirts.

Am still dotting the Ts and crossing the Is but am getting closer and closer to the perfect set up.
A glorious spring day in our nation's capital today just made things that much nicer out there.
So nice that I took pity on a couple of munters that had run out of gas and drove them to the garage and back to get some.

Never trust someone that has never run out of gas

Green really is the new Black.

As you may or may not know I am a huge fan of recycling and reusing.
So much so that I have turned the carpentry workshop at the Shelly Bay Air Force base into a screen printing studio and gallery.

I have turned an old work bench into my washout station.  An old knackered tunnel dryer has been transformed into a flash cure, with the help of Fusebox. I have been printing today using a fifty year old vacuum cleaner.

Even all my signs were screen printed on the back of old caltex signs I found lying about when i moved in.

This being the case I am super pleased to announce the Gallery launch is being sponsored by Rochdale Cider.

Those of you unfamiliar with NZ's brewing history (for shame) might like to know that the Rochdale Cidery dates from the 1930s and was purchased by the McCashin family in the early 1980s to be recycled as a brewery.  Thus began the delicious Macs range of beers.

Not being the type to waste anything the McCashins have kept the Rochdale name alive and still make delicious cider from the same address.

If that wasn't fantastic enough the ciders are all made without preservatives!

What a great dovetail with my love of organic cottons and eco-friendly printing techniques.

Anyway please come by the Gallery Launch next Friday The 23rd to check out how I have recycled an almost abandoned building into Wellington's newest Gallery and see how delicious the reused Rochdale recipe is.

A hint for those that read to the end: While Mac beers may be brewed by lion now the McCashin touch is evident in the delightful Stoke range of beers and there may well be a chance to sample that range at the launch. See you there

Step by step

Slowly but surely the ASP fiefdom is taking shape

Have been doing some fantastic prints for Adam Wheatley which is pretty exciting.
Very technically challenging but that is fun.
Version #1 was a right dog but #2 even had the digital printers down the road impressed.

Like we care what digital printers think.

Control + P.

That's "art"

my "arse"

The arctic conditions were not the most pleasant as there is a slight wind tunnel effect out there and an uninsulated wooden building is not the best place to spend the day in zero temps

Will have the behemoth dryer up and running soon so the cold will be the last of my worries, way down the list from my 'leccy bill.

Have pretty much decided to have a launch on the frst day of spring.

Only a month away so not that long but does give me a bit of breathing space to get Gallery sorted

Is anything more fun than a mix tape...

No

of course not.

having a fantastic new workshop in one of Wellington's coolest spots is pretty nifty but making a mix tape rules.

in keeping with my keeping with my pre digital art form I ma having an iPod free workshop so I need plenty of tapes.

I made a beauty last night, however halfway through I thought i could stop drinking beer and the tape would run smoothly

wrong!

I had 4 mis tapes, wrong choices, forgot to press source, change the speed, clean the needle, it was a disaster. Stoke dark fixed all that though

I am only one man though if anyone else out there is still with it enough to be making mix tapes send 'em to me

Artisan Screen Prints
100 Shelly Bay Road
Wellington

You know i'll make it worth your while

End of an era...

...and start of a new one!

Have just finished the last ever poster to be printed in the workshop in at Phil's Grills.

For the Beastwars show at Mighty Mighty on August 13.

Designed by Joolz Oblivion and featuring an ambigram version of their logo it can be presented both wars up!
beastwars poster @ Mighty Mighty

How fancy is that.

Now i just have a few days enjoying the massive snow up at Turoa then all hands to the pump for the move to Shelly BAy.

Apart from a mini meltdown on monday I am super exciting, I mean excited