Local textile and homeware brand has collaborated with on a series of playful Risograph prints: Skinny laMinx X Dream Press Prints.

Inspired by the passage of time and the process of growth, “Freedom”, “Change”, “Progress” and “Shift” are apt titles for the newly launched Risograph print series between Heather Moore of Skinny laMinx and Candice Ježek of Dream Press.

The inspiration for the series came to Heather during Lockdown. Being stuck at home made her notice small things in her environment that she’d not paid attention to before. The stacked shapes made by light through her blinds, and the way these shards of light changed as they crossed the rug sparked an idea.

READ MORE: Q&A with Candice Zežek from Dream Press

“This slow progression reminded me of the art school exercises I’d seen on the walls of my hotel during a trip to Porto in Portugal in 2019. I became intrigued to explore the progression of shapes myself – almost like seeing all the frames of a time-lapse animation at once,” says Heather.

In her studio and sketchbooks, she explored this idea of progression, in drawings of botanical and geometric shapes, making linocut prints and simple screenprints with masking tape and fabric paint. This exploration of shape resulted in the launch of two new textile prints – Flower Ring and Shard – earlier this year.

READ MORE: Cool Collaboration: Skinny laMinx X Concrete Studio Tiles

Then, working with the same idea, but in a new medium, Heather collaborated with Candice Ježek to produce four limited edition Risograph prints. “These prints are a further expression of the way we mark time, the beauty of small shifts, and the importance of presence and participation in the process of growth and change,” says Heather.

Change

Limited edition A3 Risograph print

*This collab is no longer available.

Progress

Limited edition A3 Risograph print

*This collab is no longer available.

Shift

Limited edition A3 Risograph print

*This collab is no longer available.

Freedom

Limited edition 30 x 30cm Risograph print

*This collab is no longer available.

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The Project Space has launched a Womxn Artists Relief Fund, providing financial aid for local womxn artists facing challenges due to the global pandemic.

The Project Space, founded in 2016 by the late Uganda-born artist Benon Lutaaya, focuses on the advancement of contemporary African art while standing as a platform to create opportunity and interaction for African artists – with a strong emphasis on womxn in this field.

The project aims to raise R100 000, which will aid 20 artists and the organisation, with proceeds split 50/50. When donating R100 or more, you will receive a limited-edition print of one of the artworks featured below.

For more information and to donate, visit backabuddy.co.za or follow @the_projectspacesa on Instagram.

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Collaboration is at the heart of online store Pleekō, a small print studio based in Somerset West that teams up with local artists who create a range of designs to be printed and made available to purchase online.

“We don’t do anonymous art,” says the team at Pleekō, which was co-founded by self-taught graphic designer Petro Vivier. The brand wants buyers to get to know the artists they are supporting.

You can buy canvas bags, art prints, pencil cases, tablecloths, pouches, T-shirts, wallpaper and stickers, featuring designs by artists such as Catherine Fok-Seang, WKNTZ Design, ideacircus, Julie-Ann Smith, Inge van der Post, Elana Esterhuyse, Kate Currie, Nabeela Parkar, Vos & Ink, Rozahn van Schalkwyk, Call It Magic Designs, Patricia van der Merwe, Silvan and Teresa Truda, as well as Pleekō’s own designs.

For more information and to shop online, visit shop.pleeko.co.za.

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Alexandra Dvornikovaby is a Russian artist and printmaker based in London who creates lovingly animated nighttime woodland scenes depicting animals and trees in storybook settings.

There are also depictions of fireflies, ferns, moonbeams and a girl in a dress with flowing hair. The transformative quality of her work is in part owing to her time spent studying art therapy.

“I worked as a volunteer with persons with autism and it was a big part of my life. Unfortunately now I’m not working in this direction, because I moved from Russia. Hope later I will be able to do it again [sic],” says Alexandra.

You can purchase her prints at Society6.

For more information, visit allyouneediswall.tumblr.com.

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Coinciding with the launch of this year’s FNB JoburgArtFair is the Warren Editions Pop-up exhibition, which will take place at 44 Stanley.

The exhibition will showcase the work of artists including Brett Murray, Dan Halter, Diane Victor, Georgina Gratrix, Hugh Byrne, Katherine Bull, Mia Chaplin, Michael Taylor, Sanell Aggenbach and Wilhelm Saayman.

“Some of the artists with whom we work are not readily available in Joburg, therefore it also makes sense to give time for the appreciation of their work by an audience beyond our Cape Town market,” says the team at Warren Editions. “Our emergence into a new city comes at an appropriate time for the studio, as 2017 marks our 10th year of cooperation and collaboration in Cape Town.”

The studio will have a trough full of prints of earlier works to browse, and, in celebration of its 10th birthday, a selection of works made in the first five years of the studio’s existence will also be for sale.

For more information, visit warreneditions.com.

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Describing himself as “a freelance illustrator and designer, or at least I pretend to be when I am not pretending to be something else…”, NDTank creates striking multi-purpose illustrations that can be seen on a variety of cool products.

The fact that these prints work so well on almost any material doesn’t detract from the art’s authenticity. This talented designer’s serene illustrations have been superimposed on to clothing, canvas and metal, stationery, smartphone covers, pouches, trendy tote bags, home decor pieces, rugs, bed linen, beach towels, crockery, laptop skins, and of course, art prints, all of which are available via society6.com.

View more of NDTank’s work at ndtank.com.

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Award-winning designer Bryan James has created an amazing CSS-based interactive exhibition to raise awareness about some of the world’s most endangered species.

Described as “30 species. 30 pieces. 1 fragmented survival,” this exhibition focuses on 30 endangered species from across the world. “Each species has a common struggle and is represented by one of 30 pieces which come together to form one another,” explains Bryan on his website. “The collection is a celebration of genic diversity and an attempting reminder of the beauty we are on the verge of losing as every moment passes. These 30 animals have been chosen for their differences, so that we can learn about species we didn’t know about previously as well as the struggles they have surviving.”

You can buy giclée prints and canvas prints of this interactive project at society6.com. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the EDGE (Evolutionary Distinct & Globally Endangered) initiative.

You can also download wallpapers for your desktop, iPad or phone.

Experience the interactive exhibition in its entirety at species-in-pieces.com.

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At select @home stores nationwide (as well as online) you’ll find a new limited-edition range of four Walter Battiss framed prints and four scatter cushions featuring select Walter Battiss prints.

Seven artworks were chosen by @home and Eduard du Plessis, founder of The Walter Battiss Company to feature in this collection. “An original Battiss print recently fetched R80 000 on auction,” says Eduard. “Until now, being able to own a Battiss was a pleasure limited to a privileged few. We’re certain that Battiss would want everyone who loves his work to own a piece of it, and we feel honoured to be able to help put it a little more within reach.”

The framed originally-numbered silkscreen prints retail at R1 999 each (they’re printed on Munken uncoated 240gsm art paper using light-fast archival pigment inks). Each print features a Walter Battiss (registered trademark) signature.

The 60cm x 60cm scatter cushions retail at R699 each. They contain feather inners and are fully washable.

The collection is available at home.co.za as well as at @home and @home livingspace stores in Canal Walk and Cavendish Square in Cape Town and at the Design Quarter and Sandton stores in Johannesburg.

For more information, visit walterbattiss.co.za.

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