Even Dwarves Started Small- see Arctic Circles at Here Gallery

Even Dwarves Started Small
An exhibition of Gocco printmakers

3rd October – 1st November (Preview Thurs 2nd Oct. 7-9pm)
Opening times: Tues – Sat: 10.30am - 6.30pm (Sat 5.30pm), Sun & Mon: closed

Here Gallery, 108 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3RU, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)117 9422 222 www.thingsfromhere.co.uk

For over 25 years, the Print Gocco screen-printing system has been used in Japan. The small plastic device is a self contained screen printing set-up, consisting of an exposure unit, pre-coated screens and inks. Originally marketed for making greeting cards and sold in toy stores, appreciation for the Gocco system has grown amongst artists who cannot afford, or don’t have the space for a traditional screen-printing equipment.

We feel that the accessibility of Print Gocco reflects our own DIY ethos in running a gallery, and so have chosen to celebrate our Fifth anniversary with a group show of Gocco based artwork. To accompany the exhibition, we will be releasing a portfolio of Gocco prints, produced in a signed and numbered edition of 50, collected in a custom made presentation box.

We’ve selected artists who look beyond the limitations of the device, to show that it can also be used to produce fine art works. Those involved are from a range of disciplines; textile design, fine art, illustration, graphic design, and animation.

Arctic Circles www.arcticcircles.co.uk
Jill Bliss www.jillbliss.com
Simon Dovar www.simpleshape.co.uk
Rob Flowers www.robflowers.co.uk
Imakethings www.imakethings.co.uk
Yellena James www.yellena.com
Xtina Lamb www.xtinalamb.co.uk
Magic Jelly www.magicjelly.com.au
Mark Pawson www.mpawson.demon.co.uk
Nigel Peake www.secondstreet.co.uk
Peskimo www.peskimo.com
Aaron Sewards www.ohrunrun.blogspot.com
Lucie Sheridan www.luciesheridan.co.uk
Julie West www.juliewest.com
Jazmin Velasco www.jazminvelasco.com

About the artists:

Arctic Circles
Amy Kimber is the designer behind Arctic Circles, inspired by her love of Scandinavia, maps and typography, modern architecture and the natural world. Amy lives, works and dithers about in Bristol.
www.arcticcircles.co.uk

Jill Bliss
Jill Bliss uses everyday items such as ball-point pens, fabric scraps, paper cuttings, and basic thread. Her deceptively simple, nature-inspired style stems from her growing up in a do-it-yourself household surrounded by nature in northern California.
www.jillbliss.com

Simon Dovar
A London based illustrator, Simon jointly runs the award winning design studio Jawa and Midwich creating record sleeves, book covers and branding. His distinctive illustration style combines freehand techniques with computer based work.
www.simpleshape.co.uk

Rob Flowers
Rob Flowers has lived in London his whole life and spends most of his time making stuff or buying assorted miscellany. Rob also makes animations with Zac Ella under the name Fantasmagoria.
www.robflowers.co.uk

Imakethings
Imakethings aka Andrew Groves is an illustrator, maker of things and creator of beasts inspired by mountains, forests and Japanese folklaw. When he is not drawing beasts and monsters, Andrew spends his time surfing, hurting himself on his skateboard and worrying about things.
www.imakethings.co.uk

Yellena James
Yellena grew up and attended art school in war-torn Sarajevo, moved to the U.S. when she was 18, and continued to pursue her study of art and design. In her artwork, she combines complex abstract forms into images that take on lives of their own.
www.yellena.com

Xtina Lamb
Xtina is an illustrator, book artist and web designer working in London. Her illustrations have appeared in magazines, advertising, websites and on book covers. She loves mid century design, architecture, patterns, thrifting, sloe gin and bike rides.
www.xtinalamb.co.uk

Magic Jelly
Magic Jelly is South Australian artist Karena Colquhoun. Her work is
fuelled by cups of tea, toast and old jazz.
www.magicjelly.com.au

Mark Pawson
Mark Pawson is a self-confessed image junkie, photocopier fetishist, semi-retired International Postal Art Superstar and aficionado of accessible, affordable, low-tech hi-fi printing methods, his favourite toys/tools are rubberstamps, photocopiers and of course the Print Gocco.
www.mpawson.demon.co.uk

Nigel Peake
Nigel Peake spends his afternoons and evenings working on drawings and making things in his attic. He graduated with a RIBA commendation for his Architecture thesis at the University of Edinburgh. Since then he has worked as a Design at the Architecture school and cycled to Budapest in search of sheds.
www.secondstreet.co.uk

Peskimo
Peskimo are Jodie Davis and David Partington. Their work is a colorful, imaginative world full of monsters and cute animals, pattern and texture, fun and frolics. They hope one day to have their own ice cream van.
www.peskimo.com

Lucie Sheridan
Lucie Sheridan works as a freelance Illustrator, working with her pen and ink, her computer and her favourite -Screen-printing. She works from her shared studio in Bristol 'SNAP' a huge building in an inky mess, with a rather fantastic gallery on the ground floor.
www.luciesheridan.co.uk

Julie West
Julie was born in the winter of 1975 in the American midwest. After moving to England in 2005, Julie now spends her days in her studio, quite content that she makes things all day. Her clients include Pictoplasma, clothing companies and numerous magazines.
www.juliewest.com

Jazmin Velasco
Jazmin was born in 1971 in Guadalajara, Mexico where she studied graphic design and illustration. Years later she moved to Mexico City to study oil painting and printmaking. And years and years later she moved to London where she continues to illustrate books for publishers in Mexico, USA and U.K.
www.jazminvelasco.com

About Here Gallery:
What started as a temporary exhibition space and information point for Ladyfest Bristol in 2003 has grown into an established outlet for artists’ books, zines, prints, handmade soft toys and other assorted oddities.

Over five years, the gallery has hosted a diverse range of exhibitions from local and international artists, received critical acclaim from Time Out and Dazed and Confused, won the 2007 BEST Creative Business Award, and recently opened a sister shop in Falmouth, Cornwall.

www.thingsfromhere.co.uk