“For the last two years I’ve been solidly working on this new project, ‘Wooden Postcards’.
This is an amalgamation of various skills and expressive of a world attitude and philosophy.
Old world because the objects are handmade using wood and paint. New world because they have a humour and reference to the now.”
Craig Atkinson is a UK based illustrator producing some lovely scratchy illustrations… sometimes naïve in style - but still wonderfully expressive in terms of capturing mood & expression.. love the celebrity portraits:
Craig is also the joint founder of Café Royal, a zine & underground press purveyor which sells some lovely wares through it’s online shop.
Just completed another interface for a Radio National project, this time for the national project / competition Marvellous Museums.
“Australian museums come in many shapes and sizes, with themes and collections of infinite variety. Millions of Australians visit museums every year, enjoying the chance to see the objects and the images that reflect both our past and our present.
From Sunday 18 May, ABC Radio National will celebrate these inspiring institutions with a museum-themed week of programming and the launch of the first Marvellous Regional Museums Awards.”
A remix of some of The Present History material for a Australian INfront project that sadly never eventuated…
A friend tipped me off to the work of Sara - she is a fine example of sticking to your niche aesthetic and being very successful for it. Link.
Rachel traveled up north to direct a fashion shoot with long time collaborator Emily Robinson who lent her skills as both illustrator and model. The photo formed the basis of a work entitled ‘Absit Omen‘ which was exhibited at Viewing Space Gallery as part of the 2007 Melbourne Fashion Festival.
In November 2006 we launched a fine arts publication entitled ‘The Present History’. Here is a quick spiel: “The Present History was produced in Canberra, Australia by The Contextual Villains and contains the combined work of over 25 visual, sound and text based artists. This 700 copy limited edition release is hand numbered and signed by The Contextual Villains.”
The Present History recently won the Desktop Magazine Create Award in the category of Best Design for Creative Print Media. It has been featured in magazines such as Desktop, Oyster, Wooden Toy and appeared on the following websites FFFFound, BD4D, Coudal Partners, Australian Infront, Dexinger, The Artlife, Sarsparilla and many more…
