North Finchley Stall Making Workshop

Today I had the pleasure of being invited by Retail Revival to attend a "stall making workshop". I was joined by some students who are learning how to run and sell vintage items at their own market stalls at One Mitcham's Vintage Stalls Market. The workshop focused on what type of vintage goods they were going to sell and to what audience. It also gave them the challenge of dressing their stalls by coming up with a brand identity or logo for their shop name. I was on hand to discuss some of their ideas and to help them focus more on what they wanted to communicate within their brand. It was really rewarding to draw up some of their ideas and to bring their brands to life. We also discussed running themes in the look and feel of their stalls and how best to package items or create signage. The Market will be happening on Saturday 8th March and I'm sure the students would love people to come along to give feedback on their efforts and more importantly buy some vintage treasures!

Symphony Jewels 

This group were selling retro vinyl records alongside second hand jewellery, so it was tricky to communicate both strands in one logo. However we thought the simplest approach was to take the decorative nature of the treble clef and incorporate it into the long shop name with jewels and notes surrounding it.

Downstairs, Lynn and Sally were busy upcycling and revamping some old furniture. I helped create the "shabby chic" look by drawing place settings on the tables

Some alternative labels for Sally's Cake Stall - price tags on wooden spoons.

For anyone who is around Mitcham on Saturday, here is the promotional flyer for the event.

Ted Baker.com

Now that I have finally broken up for the year for Christmas I can reflect on some of the biggest projects I've been able to contribute on this year. One of which was the amazing opportunity to illustrate the website for prestigious fashion label Ted Baker! A summer of hard graft paid off and here are the results!

http://www.tedbaker.com/uk/ted-at-your-service

Original rough for Ted Baker site.

Decorating Cricklewood's Windows

Yesterday I had the pleasure of working with art student Kreos in decorating some of Cricklewood's shop windows. We had to advertise the up and coming Silk Road Festival in September which is a week long event and also the Car Rally. Some of the cafes wanted to advertise their Special Breakfasts on offer. Kreos was especially talented at drawing cars so together we did three shop windows.

Emma and Asger Tattoo

I am really excited about Emma and Asger's late summer wedding in Rye. Especially as they are both fantastic designers and illustrators it will be a creative one. This was the result of their request for guests to make tattoo transfer designs as their wedding favours. Mine was inspired by the nautical theme of their wedding. I can't wait to try on others too.

Check out their invite!

One Mitcham events

A series of posters created as part of the Regenerate Mitcham project. One Mitcham market events.

2013 so far..Part 2 Mitcham Valentine's Market

Thursday 14th February 2013 brought love and romance to Mitcham for Valentine's Day in the form of the Mitcham Valentine's Market. The event was the first in a series of events designed to revitalise the town centre as part of the Rediscover Mitcham project – a multi million pound project to improve Mitcham town centre.

Organised by One Mitcham and funded by the Mayor’s Outer London Fund and Merton Council, Mitcham town centre was transformed into  a romantic haven of hearts, flowers and cupcakes. A timetable of highlights included dancing, balloon twisting, facepainting and even free tea and cake! The events ran into the evening with dozens of jazzed up stalls to invite the local community to the event.

I had the honour of working with the Architects Studio Weave to decorate the market stalls by hand lettering romantic signs such as "Hello Sauce Pot (kitchenware)" and "Get Fruity (greengrocer). The  day was an enjoyable event and I was able to have a chat with the stall holders about the project and what they thought of the revamped market. There was also a bit of spontaneous sign making on the day too which kept me busy.

2013 so far..Part 1 The Call of the Wild Exhbition

This year went off to an exciting start with the preparations for the Call of the Wild exhibition curated by my fellow Kingston alumni illustrator Laura Hughes. Artists were asked to create an original piece in documenting the wilderness in the city. There was some really exciting work from the likes of Colourbox and Sandra Dieckmann. Plus there was a jam packed merchandise table at the end of the room selling prints, cards and trinkets which proved to be a real hit at the Private View. 

My London Wild gate below with some pics of the exhibition.