I was very happy to see, this week, that the lovely people at Smash Bang Wallop are now selling a new exclusive version of the popular Subway Sphinxes t-shirt that I designed. A nice, zappy orange design. Here's their tweet:
Prints and cards
greetings card with a dinosaur design
In the last week or so, I've had a mini sales push with a couple of new developments. First off, I now have greetings cards available featuring the infamous Crystal Palace Monsters design. They are blank inside, so though they are dinosaurs in the snow and ice, they are for life, not just for Christmas.
five greetings cards with dinosaur designs
If you'd like to see these in the flesh I'm very pleased to say that Brave Girl Gifts, Crystal Palace is now selling them. It's a lovely cosy shop on Westow Hill run by Liz. She is also selling A4 prints of mine, too, featuring these old dinos and the sphinxes having their AGM in the Crystal Palace Subway.
A woman outside her gift shop
Keeping the Crystal Palace vibe going, I also had some A3 prints (and the dinosaur cards) on sale on the Handmade Palace stall this week (part of the Crystal Palace Food Market, on Saturdays - Haynes Lane, SE19 3AP.
A market stall
New Blue Sphinxes
Sphinx artwork
I've been meaning to do this for ages. I wasn't ever 100% happy with the final colours I'd used on my 'Subway Sphinxes 2', so the other day I decided to give it a make-over in Photoshop. I think it looks much better, and definitely has a feel of the classic blue on white, Ming Dynasty ceramic about it, now. Prints now on sale and available from my shop.
Design Competition With OhhDeer.com
Three cushions showing images by Matt Bannister
I've just entered a design competition through online store OhhDeer.com adapting some images that may be already familiar to you, dear Reader. The concept of the contest is as follows: I create the pillow/cushion design (or three in this case) which is uploaded onto their site. At the end of the 'live' period (I think it's mid November) the designer of the cushion with the most social media sharing AND sales will be asked to join their collective. It's a very clever device and a good way for them to see a whole range of artists' work, but within a real commercial setting.
If you're reading this, please share your favourite cushion (via the relevant Facebook link on the OhhDeer.com website) or even buy one! Even if I don't win, the automatic designs the competition creates look great, and may have inspired me to do something like this myself in the future.
Click on each design below, and it will take you to that product on OhhDeer.com.
Dinosaurs design
Three dragons
Sphinxes
Crystal Palace Subway - Open House Weekend 2013
Crystal Palace Subway
I returned to the Crystal Palace Subway last Sunday, as it was open to the public as part of London's Open House weekend. The Friends of Crystal Palace Subway, who ran and organised the visits across the weekend, were giving out postcards of my 'Subway Sphinxes' image to visitors: an arty freebie for the lucky people who managed to get tickets and a little bit of self promotion for me. Thanks to Jules Hussey for being the keeper of the cards. Some of the team were also wearing the t-shirt I designed too, which was great. I'm very pleased to have been involved in a small way with this project, and it's definitely something I'll be continuing to support.
Crystal Palace Subway
