It’s that time of year again and we’ll be attending a couple of events in the run-up to Christmas. First up is Etsy Made Local Bristol, where we’ll have a stand on Saturday the 30th of November. Taking place in Bristol City Hall from 10am – 5pm, we’ll be selling our full range of products […]
Last month, whilst on a brief trip to Antwerp in Belgium, I visited the fantastic Plantin-Moretus Museum. Arriving by train at the ludicrously impressive Antwerpen-Centraal station, the city itself has a long history of being a focus for art and culture, both with it’s school of painting which included Rubens and Van Dyck among others, […]
As the nights draw in and the temperature drops, ’tis the season for Winter markets and events! We’ve got a busy month coming up starting first with the Picton Street Fayre on Saturday the 1st of December. We’ll have a small stand and be there all day, along with a host of other makers and […]
The 5th of July is the 70th anniversary of the creation of the National Health Service here in the UK, which fundamentally altered the public’s relationship to healthcare. In 1948 Aneurin “Nye” Bevan, the Health Secretary in Clement Attlee’s newly elected Labour government, pushed forward the ambitious plan to provide free healthcare to all; financed […]
Having just about recovered from Open Studios a couple of weeks ago, I’d like to extend a hearty thank you to all the people who came to visit P&E in what was our last Open Studios at Cockpit Arts. It was great to see lots of regular visitors and new guests alike, plus it was […]
That’s right, in just a few days we invite you to come to the annual Summer Open Studios at Cockpit Arts Holborn; where we and over 100 other designer / makers will be welcoming the public into our workspaces, a perfect opportunity to meet independent craftspeople and buy direct from them too. We’ll have our […]
Starting the new year with some design inspiration, I took myself along to the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow to catch their latest exhibition, on the life and work of May Morris, William’s younger daughter. It was a fantastic and comprehensive collection of her work; from the early designs she produced for Morris & co, […]
Firstly a big thank you to everyone who came to visit us at this year’s Holborn, Cockpit Arts Christmas Open Studios last weekend; we had a great turnout and it’s always nice to chat to the public about printing and the launch of our new product range. Following on from that, we are pleased to […]
I recently took a short trip to Lisbon and while I knew it was a city famous for it’s ornamental tile work, it was fantastic to see it up close, especially since so many of the patterns and flourishes have a lot of similarities to letterpress ornament. There were some great examples of the range […]
If there are three things that I like in particular it’s: printing, coffee and tinkering, and this slightly mad experiment combines all three! I think the idea came from somewhere between testing out some new inks I’d recently acquired from Hawthorn Printmaker Supplies, experimental home-made ice cream recipes and a pub chat about memories of […]