Andrew Pavitt

Shadow Racers

2012-01-19T12:15:00.000-08:00

A new print, and one of four Giclee prints now being sold at Pallant House Gallery Bookshop.

Camberwell Green Market

2011-12-18T12:17:00.000-08:00

My good friend Yukkiko Ikehara snapped this picture of me rumaging through my stock of cards at the Christmas market on Camberwell Green this Saturday.

A rainy start followed by bright sunshine, the day ended well with plenty of good card and print sales, and a nice local vibe.

But boy was it cold !

Silflay

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Harvest

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Mid Century Prints

2011-11-20T12:30:00.000-08:00

Hello Mr Magpie & how is your wife.

One of the three Giclee prints shown at the Mid Century Modern Show

at Dulwich college. This image sold out, but I'm sure I will be printing more at some point.

The other two prints are shown above titles Silflay and Harvest

Anna Findlay 1885 - 1968

2011-08-31T04:12:00.000-07:00

I fear I'm posting more images by other designers than my own. However the work of Anna Findlay 1885 - 1968 was just too good not to add here. I discovered this wonderful print on the excellent Modern Print blog an extensive and lovingly compiled blog highlighting the very best lino print and woodcut artists working mainly in the mid Nineteenth and Twentieth Century. The images on this blog are always well chosen, and are accompanied by carefully researched and considered information coupled with useful biographical detail. Anna Findlay was a student of the Grovesnor School, but little else is known about her after she left. I will certainly endeavour to seek out more of her prints if I can.

Boneshaker issue 6

2011-08-17T06:18:00.000-07:00

A recent image created for Boneshaker magazine

which hits the shops sat 20th Aug.

Stefan Kanchev

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Stefan kanchev 1915-2001
I never could resist a simplified bird form. Stefan Kanchev was a Bulgarian designer working in a nuumber of fields including postage stamps and logo design.
I love the way here he's balanced one wing on top of the other !
This is the last of three posts all highlighting some forgotten names of design.
The next post will be something of my own.

Lora Lamm

2011-08-14T13:32:00.001-07:00

Lora Lamm, another forgotten name this time from Switzerland, she worked a lot in Italy in the 50's and 60's making vibrant contributions to the golden age of fashion illustration coming out of Milan.

These two hats I think really are quite wonderful.

Hans Tisdall

2011-08-12T11:19:00.000-07:00

A great image from the relatively forgotten designer Hans Tisdall.Tisdall was born in Munich and settled in Britain in 1930. His clear coloured illustrative style was highly suitable to the task of making staple knowledge attractive for children, in Balbus, A Picture Book of Building 1944 Tisdall shows this to great effect. Tisdall was also a very gifted painter and producer of designs for printed textiles.

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Wine label

2011-06-22T12:15:00.000-07:00

Here and above are four

wine label designs.

Angel of the mountains

2011-05-18T01:45:00.000-07:00

As an addendum to my recent show of cycling prints

I thought I'd add this wonderful picture of the great grimpuer Charley Ghaul

My next post will be non cycling related

2011-03-29T11:18:00.000-07:00

journeys of a randonneur

March 24, 2011

This week’s cultural highlight was the private view of Journeys of a Randonneur– cycling themed prints by the very talented Andrew Pavitt. Currently showing at London’s pre-eminent cycling café Look Mum No Hands! until 3rd April, these linocut prints are both striking and stylish – a cool mix of nostalgia, dynamism and just a hint of Gallic je-ne-sais-quoi. Each print in an edition is subtly different due to Pavitt’s printing technique, which, he told me, involves using a wooden spoon. A framed print of The Fixer will soon be adorning my kitchen wall, safeguarding my red Voyager bicycle from punctures. Touch wood.

And I should say merci to M. Pavitt for introducing me to a new word: randonneur – hiker, rambler; touring cyclist (according to my Oxford Hachette French dictionary).

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2011-03-19T10:10:00.001-07:00

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Dunwich dynamo 2010

edition of 20

Image size 172mm x 305mm

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Alpine descent 2011

edition of 30

image size 230mm x 305mm

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The fixer 2011

edition of 20

Image size 120mm x 180mm

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Shadow dancer 2010

edition of 30

Image size 142mm x 310mm

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Angel of the mountains 2011

edition of 30

Image size 151mm x 255mm

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Mr mellow vello 2010

edition of 30

Image size 305mm x 230mm

The Odyssey

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To keep the other one company.

Click on to enlarge if you want.

The Iliad

2010-05-05T12:08:00.000-07:00

Dusted down and re-worked, a new version of the Iliad.

Outsource

2010-04-26T10:34:00.001-07:00

Another image for the guardian Newspaper.

The one that got away

2010-04-26T09:47:00.000-07:00

Upstream

A recent design for a greetings card image

which in the end was not used.

More than a nod to the prints of Sybil Andrews perhaps ?

See post below.

Lill Tschudi

2010-02-03T11:23:00.000-08:00

I love this lino print produced in 1932 titled 'Fixing the wires'

Tschudi, who along with Claude Flight, Cyril Power, and Sybil Andrews

formed a group known as the Grosvenor School produced many memorable images.

Moquette entry

2010-02-03T07:47:00.000-08:00

Esculate

Design produced for the anual Transport for London competition
to design a new moquette fabric for seating on the new tube line extention.

Mighty Maija

2010-02-03T07:25:00.000-08:00

Maija Isola

The Doyen of Marimeko,

and a not very typical design which like all her work

is deceptievley simple.

Alongside I've added a recent entry for London Underground's Moquette competition.

Needless to say it didn't win !

Enid Marx ( wonderful owl image )

2010-02-03T04:40:00.001-08:00

Sadly not one of mine !

Enid Marx,

painter and designer: born London 20 October 1902; RDI 1944; died London 18 May 1998.

Perhaps best known for her rather wonderful designs for textiles, which included a stunning moquette fabric for London Underground, has always been an inspiration for some of the pattern ideas I've worked on.

I thought it would be of interest from time to time to pepper this blog with a selection of work by those designers and artist's who have inspired me.

Harvest

2010-02-01T09:25:00.000-08:00

Forestry

2010-01-27T04:36:00.000-08:00

Jobs in forestry

Image for the Guardian Newspaper

The home builders

2010-01-25T11:23:00.000-08:00

'The Home Builders' available as a print.

I had my good friends Barry and Cathy in mind for this one.

It will make sense to them I hope.

silflay

2010-01-25T09:21:00.000-08:00

New Blog action

2010-01-25T08:40:00.000-08:00

I thought it was time I posted something new on my blog,

and kickstart a somewhat dormant offering back into life again.

This is a recent card design called 'Silflay'

The time of day we know as dusk, when a young Hare might be taken to jaunt and swagger !

The hand that feeds

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An image I produced in 2008 when the situation

in Burma had reached a pretty dreadful state.

Has anything changed I wonder ?

Welcome to the blog !

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I'm an illustrator and Designer who as you can see

has a liking for strong bold shapes.

As well as working for editorial and corporate clients,

I have also designed a range of greatings cards, some

of which I have posted here.

On this blog I hope to be posting new work as it happens,

and occasionally talking about the process and ideas behind what

I've designed.

My portfolio can be found at www.andrewpavitt.com

Thanks to Barry Falls for his help.