My first stop was Lik + Neon:
Then went to Allpress (coffee as edition? oh yeah)
The book art book shop:
Other places along the way:
And my most highly anticipated stop, the "jimbobart shop":
The shop is owned by artist and illustrator James Ward, who makes mostly ceramic sets with animals printed on them. He is a direct influence on my practice and my own small business in the making!
His studio is at the back of the shop, so I got to see some art in the making and ask a few questions!
He said he started out by using marabu porcelain pens directly onto products, had painting each one, but nowadays he uses the pens to paint onto ceramic tile, then digitises this and has giclée prints made on decal paper (by a printing company), which are then transferred onto the product. The scale of the production varies from each design.
It was great to get to talk to the man behind the art and learn about his process, especially given my similar work. His shop served as an example of 'how it's done'.
