Masks have no doubt become an essential part of our daily lives – without one we are bare to the outside world and to the greedy virus we call Covid-19. Most of our 2020 summer holiday plans were cancelled last minute, due to the first lockdown in March. As...
This week Brighton Journal spoke to Renata Koch, local artist and founder of Renush. Renush specialise in leather accessories including jewellery, handbags and belts. Using mainly vegetable tan leather, Renata handcrafts her products by combining traditional moulding techniques with contemporary design. She studied Footwear and Accessories Design at the...
This week Brighton Journal spoke to Amalia Sanchez de la Blanca, local artist and founder of Linescapes. Set up in 2014, Linescapes specialise in architectural portraits, offering bespoke commissions and detailed prints. Amalia's background as an architect informs her artwork, combining both her eye for detail and experience with...
This week Brighton Journal spoke to Lewes-based artist, Mark Ellender. Mark frequently works with automatic writing and drawing, exploring humour, pathos, love, fear and morality. Much of his work navigates unconscious and undefined themes, creating a "multitude of different meanings for viewers." We discussed Mark's current painting and collage...
This week Brighton Journal spoke to Lewes-based artist, Martin Gayford. Martin's work considers the interplay between the abstract and the figurative, frequently exploring a sense of space, colour and light. His current projects include a continuation of a series of cityscape drawings and paintings that were exhibited at his...
This week Brighton Journal spoke to local animator, illustrator and designer, Howard Kingston. Howard has worked on a number of exciting projects, including the Tron Uprising film in 2012, and animation for the Aphex Twin world tours in 2010 and 2011. His current projects include work towards a picture book,...
This week Brighton Journal spoke to Lewes-based ceramicist, Tanya Gomez. Inspired by “the endless horizon,” Tanya’s cylindrical, colourful porcelain vessels combine her dynamic throwing, cutting and assembling techniques. Her work is currently on display at Meiklejohn Gallery until September 15th, as a part of the ongoing annual Artwave Festival....
This week Brighton Journal spoke to Lynda Nurse, founder of local business EcoOctopus. EcoOctopus is a supplier of environmentally conscious jewellery, organic cotton bags and recycled cards, all designed and handcrafted by Lynda. Lynda's materials are either recycled, home-grown, organic, or reclaimed from the sea. We discussed Lynda's preparation...
Glasses wearers of Brighton celebrate! Stylish spectacle-makers Cubitts have opened their first store outside London on North Laine's Sydney Street.
Founded in 2013, Cubitts built up a large online presence to compliment its London shops, offering a wide range of frames at affordable prices and free home try-ons.
We caught up...
Maxim, best known as the MC from the iconic band, The Prodigy, is releasing a limited edition print exclusively at Brighton's Enter Gallery.
Only 40 prints of this Maxim piece exist, all of which will go on sale at Enter Gallery at noon on Friday 14th August.
Maxim has become an artist in...
