THE MANCHESTER PRINT FAIR 2011

Our December artists!

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With our second fair, we welcome back some of our first stallholders and some fresh new faces.
Check out what they're about and see their beautiful work in the following post:

The Lab

The Lab loves all things creative, and tries to reflect this in everything that it does. It started under a simple and perhaps naive notion that good music will prevail, an ideal it stands by.

thelab.cc/
thelabcc.tumblr.com

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OWT Creative

Our work collaboratively through print and digital, making work that spans from our own high production value take on the zine aesthetic through to branding, web design, curation and art direction.

Through working within ourselves and our extended network of designers, writers, illustrators and all manner of creative types we are able to create solutions to any design problem.

http://

owtcreative.com

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NUDE Magazine

Nude was launched in August 2003 by Suzy Prince and Ian Lowey; two people brought together by a shared interest in many of the strange and exotic things which exist at the margins of pop culture. Starting life as a free-distribution zine, by our last issue in 2011 Nude magazine had evolved into a glossy, quarterly, internationally-distributed, cutting edge publication with high production values, which served up a colourful and highly illustrated overview of all aspects of contemporary independent and retro culture.

From lowbrow art to indie crafting, via street art, outsider art, comics, illustration, outré architecture, indie crafting, cult fiction, photography, indie and underground film, tiki, burlesque, designer toys, Steampunk, leftfield music… Nude magazine covered it all over the course of 17 fabulously eclectic issues, as part of its brief to explore the margins of popular culture.

nudemagazine.co.uk/

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Lottie Pencheon

… illustrator and print maker from Macclesfield.
I studied Graphic Design with illustration at the University of Salford.
I enjoy print making, especially lino printing.
I love making picture books and drawing animals.
I recently started animating using completely hand drawn scenes.

lottiepencheon.com/

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Purple Cocoon

purplecocoon.blogspot.com/

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The Mill Press

The Mill Press is an independent publishing and writing house, based in London and Manchester.
We publish a quarterly journal with a purpose to explore subjects of intrigue and ambiguity.
We also create and publish artist books, collections of short stories, photographic prints, poster design and hand made greeting cards using found objects.

themillpress.co.uk

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Alex Hoggarth

I love typography, photography and topography as well as other things that don't have ography after their name.

alexhoggarth.com

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Caroline Dowsett

I'm an aspiring freelance illustrator and am currently studying Graphic Design at MMU. Inspiring my doodles;films and characters, literature, lyrics & music, prints, old imagery, nature, editorial images, life and bits & bobs I find along the way.

dowsettdoodles.blogspot.com

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Book Club Clothing

Sara Maria Keating // Chris Binns // Alex Frazer

With a DIY ethic, Book Club Clothing combines a love of traditional illustration and literature. Producing tee-shirts, tote bags and prints inspired by the sea, books, tattoos, punk-rock, traditional illustration, England, Americana, life, love and everything in between.

bookclubclothing.bigcartel.com

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Salford Illustration

Salford Illustration is a platform to explore and debate the activity of illustration in the 21st Century.There is a focus on practitioners living and working in Salford and Manchester but we are keen to maintain a global perspective.

salfordillustration.com

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Sarah McKevitt

I have recently studied at the University of Salford where i obtained a BA Honours in Graphic Design. I have always been a creative, favouring the arts throught my education. The degree has also increased my passion and thirst for knowledge in my chosen field.

My art background affords me the ability to see things and design things in a way that provides complete production, in content, layout and design to the client or business i am working with.

sarahmckevitt.com/

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310

We are a collection of illustrators, who each brings their own unique flavour to the studio where we go to create, motivate and collaborate.

Consisting of Mark Mottershead, Chris Howker, James Hood, Stephen Brown, Daniel Hodgkinson and Carrie-Anne Brown – we all met through our course in Stockport and have since then continued our friendship outside of it’s walls to form this band of eager and motivated freelance illustrators.

weare310.blogspot.com

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St.Huro

Design, Illustration and Crafts produced for mass consumption by 3 Northern monkeys.

st-huro.tumblr.com

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Do Not Touch Manchester

Manchester made clothing.

December Fair

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Following the success of The Manchester Print Fair's debut in September we welcome you to attend the 2nd event this year!

The Manchester Print Fair is an independent arts event, celebrating the best of design, art and photography.

The fair will offer a variety of artist publications, zines, screen prints, homewares and more!

This month will feature work from:

THE LAB
OWT CREATIVE
NUDE MAGAZINE
SALFORD ILLUSTRATION
THE MILL PRESS
LOTTIE PENCHEON
ALEX HOGGARTH
BOOK CLUB CLOTHING
CAROLINE DOWSETT
STUDIO 310

Snaps from MPF September 2011

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©Caitlin Howard

MPF September 2011 review by Ian Footitt at www.c-21.co.uk

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I love Night & Day. Great for boozing and live music and now a great space for the first Manchester Print Fair.

The event was billed as ‘a new independent arts event, celebrating the best of design, art and photography in the North West.’ It featured work by a variety of individuals and groups showing off their latest creative endeavours including zines, posters, artist publications and prints.

There were loads more things to see at the Manchester Print Fair – more than I could fit into a single post! Overall the standard was very high and it was inspiring to see a huge variety of work by people self-publishing and doing it because they are passionate about what they do. I might just have to start my own zine.

(Read in full here)

The Reading Room @ The Manchester Print Fair

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Parlour Press bring their Reading Room to our fair next Sunday! They have just visited Lytham St Annes with their beautiful books!

Very excited to have this part of our fair.

Photos:

Group stall!

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We have two gorgeous artists joining us on the fair's Group Stall this September!

I met them both at the last Sunday Market @ Islington Mill, which goes to show how well these events can bring like minded people together.

Their bags, tshirts, books, china ware and more will be available on the 25th @ Night & Day.

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New stallholders

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Here are our the latest additions to our fair!

Emma Brown Owl

I love to be playful and experimental with work and I always try to be as imaginative as possible when answering briefs. I love drawing, exploring, painting, making, animating etc.

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Vapid Kitten

Vapid Kitten is published quarterly and this will be the third edition, which will be going to print in January. The ‘zine is used as a platform for commentary on modern society. This is done through with the often very whimsical and quirky contributions of various artists and writers. Vapid Kitten currently houses photography, articles and creative writing.

http://www.vapidmedia.co.uk/

new poster!

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Our stall holders!

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So far, we are delighted to have the following people involved:

Owt Creative
Our work collaboratively through print and digital, making work that spans from our own high production value take on the zine aesthetic through to branding, web design, curation and art direction.

Through working within ourselves and our extended network of designers, writers, illustrators and all manner of creative types we are able to create solutions to any design problem.

http://www.owtcreative.com/

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Parlour Press
Our books focus on language, narrative, alternative communication, what you see is not always what you get. We aim to take our books to the far corners of the United Kingdom seeking out unusual and beautiful libraries and reading spots.

http://parlourpress.blogspot.com/

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Jamie Mills
Jamie Mills recently graduated from the University of Gloucestershire with a First Class Honours degree in Illustration. Now based in York, his work draws influence from nature, structure and patterns to create narrative illustrations.

http://www.jamie-mills.com/

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GOODGRIEF!

Good Grief! is a zine shop in Manchester specialising in art books, comics, prints and tapes and records. All good things garnered direct from the artists from around the globe.

http://goodgriefshop.blogspot.com/

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Alex Hoggarth

I love typography, photography and topography as well as other things that don't have ography after their name.

http://www.alexhoggarth.com

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Salford Illustration

Salford Illustration is a platform to explore and debate the activity of illustration in the 21st Century.There is a focus on practitioners living and working in Salford and Manchester but we are keen to maintain a global perspective.

http://salfordillustration.com/

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The Manchester Modernist Society

We will meet and gather, mooch, amble, collaborate, make connections, gently protest and point things out where we see fit. We will speculate, agitate, cogitate, publicise, dream and philosophise over afternoon tea, on walks, talks and various outings. All we need is for you to join in, keep us informed of your events and activities across and around the city and create some of our own for your delectation.

http://www.manchestermodernistsociety.org/

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Mmopus

Mmopus books is an editorial project from illustrators
and visual artists Maïto Jobbé duval and Melanie Williams.
Through on-going self-published series and editions,
Mmopus attempts to put together a collection of inspiring collectables,
and to develop a body of narratives or sequential works. To some extent,
each publication is the result of an experimentation with visuals and written
words, often through collaboration, which results in an evocative storytelling.

http://www.mmopus.com

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http://themillpress.co.uk/

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Mr.PS

Mr.PS products are designed and screenprinted by hand by Megan Price in sunny Manchester.

Megan was led by her passion for print to set up Mr.PS to create an enticing range of merchandise using bright colours and classic graphics based on adventures at home and abroad.

Design inspiration comes from vintage signage, eating and drinking, and the great British seaside; using imagery from photos taken whilst out-and-about and delightful line drawings.

http://www.mr-ps.co.uk/

Manchester Print Fair 2011

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This September will mark the launch of The Manchester Print Fair.

Celebrating the best of design, art and photography in the North West, the fair will offer a range of printed goods including artist publications, zines, design posters, photographic prints and more!

Stalls are available at £10.00 for the day (11am-5pm). Tables are 2.5ft x 5ft.

The fair will be held at:

Night & Day Café
26 Oldham Street,
Northern Quarter,
Manchester,
M1 1JN

For booking and enquiries please contact us at hello@themillpress.co.uk
or visit themillpress.co.uk