2020 was quite a year… let it drift away. Now it’s 2021. Happy New Year to all.
Crest - sneak peek
I recently completed an exciting project for a client who has hundreds of years of history. They approached me to update their crest and I jumped at the chance. The main reason I work with museums is because I genuinely enjoy historical content (I studied Archaeology at UCL) and so, with this project, I relished the research just as much as I enjoyed the drawing and design. It’s too early to share the whole thing but here’s a tantalizing glimpse. More details to follow in 2021.
Did you know I created the current crest for King’s College, Cambridge? Take a look:
http://chutneychorus.com/#/crest-kings-college-cambridge
(post by Tanya)
NHS Rainbow design
Inspired by all the wonderful rainbow drawings in local windows, we've created this NHS Rainbow T-shirt. All profits donated to frontline NHS staff and volunteers. Available for children & adults from www.thosewhowait.com
No. 3 Dino Bus
Our no. 3 Dino Bus design proved to be a big hit at Crystal Palace Artists’ Open House. T-shirts now available for children and adults at thosewhowait.com. Made from organic cotton, they’re designed in Crystal Palace, printed on the Isle of Wight using renewable energy throughout the supply chain. Prints also available, email me for size and colour options. Prices start from £15 for small framed giclée print. Email: mike@chutneychorus.com
(post by Mike)
Open up!
Have an eyeball at our work. We’re taking part in the Crystal Palace Artists’ Open House. Our studios are on the Triangle, behind Iceland.
https://www.crystalpalaceart.co.uk
Sat 29 Feb & Sun 1 Mar
Sat 7 & Sun 8 Mar
11am - 6pm
Cooper's Yard Studios
Cooper's Yard
Crystal Palace
SE19 1TN
Glassist
I made this glass design for the open studio coming up - it’s a modified version of the beer mat design from a couple of posts ago.
Hope to see you at the open studio!
https://www.crystalpalaceart.co.uk
Sat 29 Feb & Sun 1 Mar
Sat 7 & Sun 8 Mar
11am – 6pm
Cooper's Yard Studios
Cooper's Yard
Crystal Palace
SE19 1TN
(post by Tanya)
Happy New Year for 2020!
Wishing all our clients and friends a wonderful 2020. We look forward to working with you over the coming year.
Tanya & Mike
Going out with a bang (and a fizz)
It’s the last day of 2019. I’m so pleased to have completed my creative year working on the design for Cooper’s Yard Beer. It’s one of those gratifying jobs where I got to use my whole caboodle: writing, illustration and design. My client is Gavin Rookledge of Rook’s Books (mentioned two posts ago). Yes, they are gold embossed leather labels … Gavin wanted to create limited edition bottles as gifts for his clients. The hops for the brew were grown in the yard of the studio and new Cooper’s Yard resident, Emma Lee Cheng of letterpress fame, printed the beermats. So satisfying on so many levels.
I’m really looking forward to 2020 and what it will bring. Wishing you a creative year ahead. Whatever you’re doing, do it!
(post by Tanya)
Horniman Market - now on Sundays
It’s always great to get a brief from one of our favourite clients, the Horniman Museum. They asked us to update the market identity we created for them a couple of years ago as they were moving it to a Sunday. To expand the suite, we made a walrus on a veg ‘berg and a fruit ‘berg.
We are regulars to the market and particularly recommend Aston’s, the bread stall.
To see the other versions of this design, take a look here:
Yard signs
It’s that peaceful time between Christmas and New Year when things are quiet down at the studio. I’m taking the opportunity to update the blog and share several projects from the past year. As you may know, I have a space at the lovely Cooper’s Yard in Crystal Palace. Never a day goes by when I’m not grateful to be here. My landlord Gavin Rookledge (also an artist) approached me to update the signage around the Yard – this is the first two of the set. Using his surname as inspiration, Gavin named all the buildings after birds in the Corvus family, the most well known of which is the rook. (The Jackdaw houses artists’ spaces and the Chough Hut is a pukka little bar used for open house and other events.)
Link to Gavin’s website:
The photo of the Yard was taken by Leo of Figuration, also resident here:
And yet another Yard resident, Ben Alderman of Jetpack Graphics, designed Gavin’s website:
https://www.jetpackgraphics.com
(post by Tanya)