This weekend I went to the first London Illustration fair. It wasn't particularly big but it's always good to see what's happening now in Visual Communication. I saw some amazing 15 layer silk screens from Lucille Clerc and also managed to talk to Nick Morley (aka Linocut Boy) about setting up print studios!

I discovered this book today, 'Printmaking A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes'. It's great, it takes you through really detailed instructions for various print making techniques and also has a guide to setting up your own studio. There were a couple of artists featured in the book who really stood out to me.

This is the work of Koichi Yamamoto who prints direct impressions of rollered ink using a monotype technique.

This is Thomas Kilpper who created one huge woodcut out of a disused basketball court to illustrate stories surrounding the local area. He took prints of different sections and created an installation with the images. I love the way he has created a sort of environment with his imagery of the town and its characters.

I have been researching previous UNESCO posters and so far I can't see that there have really been any for the world heritage convention specifically before. I did find an interesting poster by Miro for UNESCO and also some great vintage prints of European countries. The European country posters capture some character from each location combining traditional motifs and famous sites to make a little scene full of narrative.

More experimentation...

I was looking through the book 'Pulled: A Catalogue of Screen Printing' by Mike Perry and found  a couple of really interesting artists. Again their work features strong use of texture, shape and how different colours behave when layered through print.

 Sonnenzimmer

Michael Coleman

My housemate showed me this book cover by Marion Deuchars. The use of sweeping block colours is quite similar to what I've been doing in my prints. In this case I like the way they break the picture up and create a nice contrast between more graphic imagery and fluid, hand drawn washes. 

Here are a few artists from Heart agency whose work I really like. It is mainly reportage which I suppose I have been more drawn to this project due to my subject matter.

Simon Pemberton

Shonagh Rae

Lucinda Rogers