September 2010
15 posts
Roll call
Papergirl Manchester artists! If you have submitted work please check that you are listed below. If not please email papergirlmanchester@gmail.com
OYUNGA GOMBO-OCHIR
VARIOUS & GOULD
SIOBHAN MC SORLEY
MJ DESIGN
SAGA BERGEBO
RAE CARTER
MR OWL
HJRC
CREATIVE GINGER
THE CLOUD COMMISSION
MALARKY
CLARE PLUMLEY
HAYLEY WRIGHT
JAY COVER
NATASHA THOMPSON
RANDOM FEATURE
TXLW
SARA TERESA
NELL
DEBBIE...
Bicycles like to draw
Drawing Machine #1 (To your hearts content) Joseph L. Griffiths via NOTCOT
Q&A with David Musrie
What is your name? David Musrie Do you own a bicycle? My bike is in Berlin, where I lived for 3 years as an Interior Designer. Funnily enough I spoke with my friend last week who is ‘looking after’ it for me, asking him how thing are at the moment he replied “well my bike is broken at the moment”, the said bike turned out in fact to be my bike… so it appears my...
Q&A with Oyunga Gombo-Ochir
What’s your name? Oyunga Gombo-Ochir Where do you live? Levenshulme, Manchester Why did you start making beards? I use to have a major beard envy so I decided the best cure was to grow my own. Naturally knitting seemed to be the perfect solution. How many beards have you made? Oh hundreds, I seem to keep giving them away! I am now stocking in Good Grief! in Affleck’s Palace so no...
Q&A with Laura Gee
What is your name? Laura Gee Where do you live? Manchester How many candles did you blow out at your last birthday? I blew out one candle in a tiny cake on a park bench in Athens. Describe your style. I create hand drawn, playful illustration, in 2d and 3d, recently I have been making more 3d work, which is lots of fun. My work is narrative based drawing on my own experiences. I like using...
horsey by eungi kim
via designboom & NOTCOT
I wish I had one of these for Papergirl Manchester distribution. Designed by eungi kim, ’horsey’ has been shortlisted for the desinboom ‘seoul cycle design’ competition.
designer’s own words:
‘horsey’ is an attachable bicycle ornament/accessory which makes one’s bicycle look horsey!
the ‘horsey’ package...
Q&A with Jay Cover
What is your name? Jay Cover Where are you based? Leeds Do you own a bicycle? I do, it’s red and currently broken. It’s a mountain bike, although I’d prefer a racer or street bike - Leeds is very hilly. How would you describe your work? Playful & simple Does art pay the rent? Yes, I work as part of Nous Vous and we are all full-time freelance Graphic Designers/...
The Art of Giving Art
Papergirl – The Art of Giving Art is a publication celebrating the 5th anniversary of Papergirl.
Created by Aisha Ronniger, it features 90 pages of essays, artist interviews with pull out posters, articles and a manual on how to do your own Papergirl. It is a limited edition of 1000 hand-assembled pieces in german and english, on different paper, with lose inlays and folded pages to rip...
Q&A with Karina Yarv
What is your name?
I am Karina Yarv Where do you live? I live in wonderful Russian city - Saint Petersburg. Do you own a bicycle? Tell me about it. I have a very old bicycle, it’s green. And I haven’t use it since….well, it was really so long time ago. How would you describe your work? As for portraits - I love black so it is the maint ‘theme’ in my palette. Yes,...
We love these photos of the Levenshulme Bicycle Orchestra kit, art directed by Jack Alexander. Come see the prints at the Papergirl Manchester exhibition.
www.levenshulmebicycleorchestra.com
Q&A with Katherine Beefheart
What is your name?
Katherine Beefheart
Where do you live?
The edge of hell (Stockport)
How many candles did you blow out at your last birthday?
33
What is your mode of transport?
Legs or my dinky Fiat 500
How would you describe your work?
Sweary philosophy immortalised in thread
What are your tools?
Needles, thread, material, camera, scissors.
What are you working on at the moment?...
