Inspired: Emperor of the Moon

Several weeks ago I was asked by a friend if I could create an art print of a Moth - This for me was a bit of a challenge, with initially thoughts of the common or garden moth being less than inspiring :) However, it became clear after doing a bit of visual research that there is as much variety in the world of this nocturnal creature as you would discover in the butterfly species. My personal favourites are those with 'feathered antennae' as with the Emperor Moths - the creative influence behind this print series.

Digital illustration begins..

followed by a hand paper cut stencil prior to spray painting
'moon' image. 

Sprayed image with additional paper cut of tree applied/sprayed.

Final hand pulled screen print over acrylic detail.

Finished print! Available at our online store

 

And the winner is........

Firstly I would like to thank you all for getting involved and being so creative, we loved going through each submission.

There has been much debate in the forage household on who should be the 2 winners, with 58 different entries it wasn't easy to come to a final decision. We finally narrowed it down to 22 then 20 then 5, 3 and finally the 2 winners!

1st winner is Gayle Worswick with  'Acorns Grow'
2nd winner is Claire Streather with 'Wish Now'

These 2 winner if you could email me with your postal address if you are having difficulties emailing you can contact me on my Facebook Page.

The print can take up to 2 weeks to produce as we will be doing them from scratch.

If you too love the winner's suggestions, we will be also creating a few extra prints that you can purchase, each hand painted with acrylic and hand pulled screen printed.

Thank you all again for your support :)

Fortune Teller Competition

Fortune Teller Competition

To purchase  this print visit our tictail store http://forage.tictail.com/

Our new Print ‘Fortune Teller’ seems to have evoked nostalgia in you all, therefore due to the success of the ‘Fortune Teller’ print we have decided to open a competition where 2 lucky winners will win a mounted, signed, hand pulled screen print of our ‘Fortune Teller’ design with the 2 words they have chosen to replace 'Love Me?'.

To purchase this print visit our tictail store http://forage.tictail.com/

We are asking YOU to come up with 2 words for a new print of ‘Fortune Teller’- There will be 2 lucky winners!

We will chose 2 of our favorite wordings and create our next run of prints with the winner’s words/sayings on it. (Please note competition winners will have NO copyright ownership of finished image, reproductions or wording, image design remains exclusively copyrighted to Forage.)

To enter the competition you will need to:

• ·         Read this post fully including T&C’s
• ·         Enter your 2 words in comment section (if having difficulties writing in the comment section on blog you can email forageuk@gmail.com with subject ‘Competition’ and email your 2 words with your full name.
• ·         Return to blog at end of competition date to see you if you are the winner

Terms and Conditions

• ·         By participating in Forage’s competition you fully agree and accept to the terms and conditions.
• ·         This competition is open to worldwide customers and we will pay for postage and handling (we are feeling a little generous)
• ·         Competition winners will have NO copyright ownership of finished image, reproductions or wording, image design remains exclusively copyrighted to Forage.
• ·         This competition is not affiliated with any other companies/agents
• ·         The prize are non refundable and non transferrable
• ·         No cash alternative will be offered
• ·         The Competition starts NOW and ends Sunday 16^th of February 2014 Midnight (UK time)
• ·         Competition winners will announced Monday the 17^th of February 2014 at 8pm.
• ·         Winners will need to get in contact and email postal address to forageuk@gmail.com  in order to receive the prize. As print will be re- made from scratch, there will be an approximately 2 week process time.
• ·         We will choose 2 of our favourite wordings and they will receive a hand pulled screen print with their chosen words, mounted and signed FREE of charge and FREE postage and handling.  

Finally GOOD LUCK!

Happy New Year (belated)

 2014 already seems to be a busy one for the Forage household, with new art collaborations and new original art work of our own.

Forage has some major sale on at the moment all ending 14/02/14 and also to beat the January blues we will be including a free gift with every purchase (even on non sale products) till the above date.

Have a browse through the online store and get yourself a bargain......
Here is a sneak glimpse of some sales- you must be quick as majority of sale stock has already been sold.
All our real coffee sack cushion are 50% off......
To Purchase follow link http://forage.tictail.com/products/cushions

Except for this particular cushion, for today only 'Blue Monday'  (20/01/14) it is only £8.00

All our River Treasure Jewellery is under £5.00. Follow link to browse or purchase http://forage.tictail.com/products/jewellery

**Exciting New Prints**
We have also uploaded silk screen prints all our original art work. (art prints are not on sale)
To view all prints and to purchase follow link http://forage.tictail.com/products/art-prints

Here is to an exciting 2014 for us all :)

New Prints

Have you checked out our new prints?

'A Cautious Cat'

Original Screen Printed Art.
A mix of digital and hand drawn imagery.
Hand pulled screen print on natural colour ribbed cotton.
Limited Edition of only 15.
Prints are Mounted, Framed, Signed & Numbered.
Image size  16 x12 inch
Frame size  20x16 inch
Can be purchased Here

'Flower Flies'
Street art inspired original screen printed art.

Hand pulled screen printed art, using a mix of spray paint  create an unique and individual print.This particular image is printed on high quality ivory 300gsm card and mounted on whitecore mountboard (which does not yellow with age), with bevel aperture. Picture is A4 in size  (mount aperture size is 7.75” x 11.24”).
Frame size required is a 12” x 16”.
Purchase Here

Forage Christmas Markets!

Still seems too early to be banging on about xmas, but we will anyway:) We'll be at several markets in the Calder Valley on the run up. So far we've had a fantastic reception to a new range of prints, where we've also been assisted by our fabulous intern Mary (an art & design student at Huddersfield University) in the studio and the stalls. Our last dates in November & December are:

30th - Hebden (Holme St Arts Center)

December

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14th - Bacup Victorian Xmas Market

21st - Hebden (Holme St Arts Center)

22nd - Hebden (Holme St Arts Center)

Keep an eye on the online shop for a new original work in the coming weeks, or try to visit us on the stall. Feel free to bring us mince pies, mulled wine and presents - it is christmas after all.

Coffee Sack Cushions

Lover of coffee??

Then Check out our collection of Coffee sack Cushions Online Now!