SNEAK PEEK: Pick Me Up @ Somerset House Collection!

Here is a very exclusive sneak preview of some of the collection of products I have created from Pick Me Up 2012 at Somerset House, the UK's first annual contemporary graphic art fair. I will be included in Pick Me Up Selects: an exhibition of 20 international rising stars of the graphic arts world specially selected by an industry panel. My collection includes digitally printed clothing, bags and cushions; playing cards and a limited edition series of 6-colour hand screen printed tshirts in a lollipop array of colours.

Ulule Portraits

Last year, I launched a successful crowdfunding project to reprint my naughty playing cards, which were launched as a limited edition of 100 packs in 2008, promptly selling out. The funds raised covered the cost of a full redesign (featuring all new "Sluts" - from the original series of 500 nudes entitled "50 Bucks: Bring On The Sluts") and a small print run. There were numerous reward options for those kindly donating to the project, one of which was a commissioned original portrait. Here are some of the resulting artworks, plus some previously unblogged portraits which really ought to have been added here long ago...

New Die Roten Punkte tshirt

Here is the latest illustration I created for Berlin's Prince and Princess of Punk; Otto and Astrid Rot of Die Roten Punkte. Here are the brother/sister duo on their NASA space mission Do You Speak Dance?

Tshirt Print for Molo Kids

Here are the 2 designs that have been licensed to Danish childrens brand Molo Kids, for girls tshirt dresses.

Straightjacket Press Newcastle create my tshirts

Here are some photos that detail the creation process of my new tshirt collection. The illustrations were adjusted for screen printing in 6 colours by the awesome Straightjacket Press in Newcastle, NSW. They were then printed onto acetates and applied to the screens, before being painstakingly hand-screened by Rob and Michelle.
All the shirts are American Apparel neons, in beautiful fine cotton. The Prince Print comes in pink, yellow and orchid and Sarah Print in orange, green and blue. The really special thing about the process for me is that unlike with CMYK or digital printing, Rob and Michelle were able to use fluroescent inks, and by alternating colours between water-based and oil-based inks, they were able to replicate a lot of texture within the images. The colours are AWESOME and these photos really don't do them full justice. The print run was all done in Newcastle, NSW, Australia. The shirts are ethically sourced from American cotton and sewn in downtown LA, and there are no sweat shops or slave labour in any stage of this production. As this is a hand screened process - nothing is done by machines, and it results in each shirt varying ever so slightly from the next. This is about as luxuriantly unique as a tshirt gets! And we made just 15 of each design, unisex sizes XS, S, M, L and XL.

Stella McCartney Cherry Heels for Surf n Ink Tattoo Convention

Here is a brand new piece I created for the "Underway Is The Only Way" Art Exhibition at Surf n Ink Tattoo Convention Australia. Both the original art and prints will be available, as well as 4 more tattoo related prints: "Sailor Jerry", "Tattooist Geordie Cole", "The Noise Of Sorrow Itself (Hannah)" and "Villainously John Galliano". The Surf n Ink program runs from 13th - 15th January at The Gold Coast Convention Centre.