Amazing news - Gabi & Phil selected for paris pictoplasma exhibition.

http://paris.pictoplasma.com/

This is very exciting. Pictoplasma put out a call earlier in the year for drawings / models / prints of monsters (primarily the "Yeti")... gabi made an amazing needle felted plushie of a yeti & Phil enetered some of the "oor monsters" chaps...

the entries for the comp reached over 5000 and 500 have been selected for the final show... we're in the top 10% of entrants. Now, that's cool.

Peacock Visual Arts - Xmas Show

Gabi & Phil have work in the 2011 PVA Winter Show.

Keep your eyes peeled for some lovely black and white drawings from Gabi

Phil's produce entered a photo (in aid of Japan Tsunami victims) and a collaboration photo with John Rutherford.

the show's on until 23rd December.

http://www.peacockvisualarts.com/

Getting busy...again...

Just a quick post to let everyone know we (Gabi and I) used to post our news through the G-R-A blog - which we have let slide for a while now...

BUT! We promise to get back on top of this - post more news regularly, and not rely on faceBook to drop our news onto... after all, this is a little more "permanent" and specific. We're also using the blog to populate other streams... filtering news etc, and feeding it through www.feedburner.com (pulling out Small Stories specific news for example).

Anyway... we promise to put our news on here more often.

Eyes peeled for news about up and coming Craft Fair's Gabi will be taking part in leading up to Christmas...

Our NEOS 2011 event @ the Wyness Hall, Inverurie.

Here's a wee video by Phil showing what the NEOS 2011 event at the Wyness Hall looked like. hope you enjoy!

My Etsy Shop is back up and running...

After setting it up this time last year, I had taken my eye off the ball, and let items expire, failed to update or maintain my Etsy profile...

So! I've re-populated it with some new items, and I promise to keep uploading new things every month!

I've already made one sale since re-instating my shop!

Phil and I are also working on a new G-R-A website, Small stories site + lots more plans for 2011...

and we promise promise promise to get the typefaceaweek CD done and dusted this year (only a year late).

don't forget, we've got a Small Stories facebook page too, where you can also access new images of my work and comment (please do!)

ME~IDEA (by Phil Thompson) - PVA photostream on Flickr

Peacock Visual Arts have uploaded a selection of photos from the opening night of "ME~IDEA" - Phil's first solo show. http://www.flickr.com/photos/peacockvisualarts_printmaking

Phil @ Peacock Visual Arts

Phil's show exploring opinions, relationships with media & information (ME~IDEA) is now open at Peacock Visual Arts and will be on until the 22nd of december. Phil has also set up a microsite to document some experiments, texts and drawings : me-idea.co.uk

gabi @ lovely pigeon

We've sent a few items to lovelypigeon for their pop Up Craft Fair in East Neuk Open Studios, St Anns, Fowler Street, Cellardyke, KY10 3HW... Gabi's had some amazing feedback from them about the new work, and lots of stock has sold even before the kick off! (so has sent more). Here's hoping we can meet up with the Lovely Pigeon Peeps sooon! keep your eyes peeled for a pop up event near you!

Phil's solo show at Peacock Visual Arts

www.me-idea.co.uk

Artist Philip Thompson continues to explore and question our relationship with ‘the news’ and how information gained through personal /collective experiences, social, historical and geographical contexts ultimately informs our understanding of how meaning is constructed and “opinions” are formed.

Me-idea will transform Peacock Visual Arts gallery into a sculptural experience by combining found objects with digital and documented correspondence.

27 November - 22 December
opening night Friday 26th Nov 6-8pm, all welcome

Small Stories featured on Baffie Blog

We've had a lovely, glowing review of Small Stories (and more specifically, Gabi's hot hot hot skills!) on Baffie - A fantastic online shop for Scottish Crafts.

thanks Baffie!