Looking for a lil stimulation post-New Year i visited friends at Analogue Books in Edinburgh and caught Untitled 04 THE ART BOOK, this time currated by Anna Wolf. It's a beautifully printed monochromatic volume that fits in a heap of contemporary illustrators, fashion designers and photographers into its 175 pages. Really the best lil' compendium I've seen in a while. When I showed it to Vix the first thing she said is "oh, Anna Wolf, she's a regular customer of ours. And look, here's some work by guest artist Lizzie Stuart." Small frickin' world guys.
Well you made a beautiful thing here. And we noticed. And bought it. And appreciate it. Here we have featured one of our favourite contributions to the book, the photography of Cedric Bihr.
-Dominic Flannigan
* 09.11.09 - Sale Now On!
We have a tee shirt sale now on as we make room for our new stock arriving. Guys Tee shirts down toi £26 with all grils tees down to £20. And our staple classic The Building Collage is staying low at £15 for a beautiful fleece lined crew. Check out the store for more details.
-Vixy Rae
* 09.11.09 - Land Of Odds
Yo, so we had to post here that we have closed up the IVY bar pop up shop and will be looking for the next little pop opportunity as it arises. We're always keepin our eye open for spaces. But here's a toast to The IVY for being awesome hosts to us. We're gonna miss that Chorizo hot pot and endless coffee pot fellas. Thank you so much. X
-Vixy Rae
* 08.09.09 - Hudson Mohawke Butter Artwork ( Kinda Exclusive, Kinda )
On October 12th my colleague Ross Birchard, aka Hudson Mohawke (bff idst) releases his debut LP on Warp Records and you should buy it. I thought I'd take the time to show you the artwork for the sleeve and explain the process a lil. The commissioned designer for the work was Oddities collaborator Tom Scholfield aka Konx Om Pax who is going to be working up various visuals and designs to do with the release but a week shy of deadline he was knee deep in huge 3d liquid shapes playing with the visual themes of Butter. I was lucky enough to hear the record in advance and just kinda thought that the design needed an injection of airbrush 80s fusion. Ross asked me to come up with some ideas and then in a beautiful spirit of collaboration and a lot of ichat screen sharing we passed weird animals back and forth for a bit of post apocalyptical acid / air art. I'll leave my rubbish hand drawn logo for when you see it on a tee shirt. Think Mazerati meets Maiden. So, Warp Records for dolo. Go support Hudson Mohawke's Butter.
Visit Hudson Mohawke's Myspace.
-Dominic Flannigan
* 30.07.09 - Suzy Q & The Owls Gallery
It's been a long time coming but we've finally added Suzy Q & The Owl's beautiful screen prints for sale in her own 'gallery' section on the site. It works just the same as our shop and accepts all major credit cards. The prints are all a standard size of 50 X 70cm so they fit the mainstream retailers frames (you know the ones). Check out the gallery here.
-Dominic Flannigan
* 30.07.09 - Oddities Young Team
After seeing some new work at the degree shows this year we couldn't help make micro - runs by some hot new illustrators who caught our eye.
So for the next few months we welcome to the oddities family...Tobias Cook & Lizzy Stewart
Tobias Cook is a recent graduate of the Edinburgh College of Art, where he studied Illustration and other ways to avoid real life for three years. Fond of things that break in interesting ways, unusual shapes suspended above a shoreline, things that look better upside-down - little weird eccentricities that sweep the mental rug from under your feet. A love of visual narration and the surreal has led to his work being described as looking like something Haruki Murakami would write. His homes over the last decade have included Newcastle, Hull and Kyoto, but his roots are now firmly planted in Edinburgh.
Lizzy Stewart has been drawing buildings and bears for the past four years at the Edinburgh college of Art. Her work comes from a love of music and books and an inabilty to do anything else but draw. She wants to match on paper that feeling you get when you hear a wonderful song, that kind of emotional, gut reaction that tells you this song is meant for you to hear; it tells a story that you understand. In the past she has worked with Tiny Showcase, Analogue Books, End of the Road Records and Anorak Magazine. Although she lives in Edinburgh, she is originally from South Devon where she enjoys seaside walks and ineffective bus routes.
-Vixy Rae
* 30.07.09 - Model Won
Just wanted to show off the new models for the website - Jo & Gaby. You look fit.
- Vixy Rae
* 03.07.09 - You Are Not Alone
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- Vixy Rae
* 04.06.09 - Fame Part 1
A bunch of you will of seen these before I reckon but we've dropped the price of our famous Building Collage crew HERE and to celebrate it before the last remaining crews fly from our stock room we thought we'd stick up all the friends and vaguely cool- folks who dropped by and worn our threads. Peace to Profisee, Dizzee, Calvin, Noel, Dai @ Circulations, Mikey, PJ & Chuck from The Cool Kids and the really nice gentlemen from The Carps: Jamal & Neil. Lookin' good y'all.
- Vixy Rae
* 04.06.09 - Fame Part 2
There's plenty more where these came from... In fact, check out Chuck's naked belly... HERE. ( You fella's should of paid for the shipping of your own luggage btw. )
- Vixy Rae
* 04.06.09 - Kung Fu Don't Die
Shit. David Carradine R.I.P.
- Dominic Flannigan
* 30.05.09 - Jen Stark Tunnel Vision
The suns shining today and here behind the tinited glass of The IVY / Land of Odds zoning out entirely to this Tunnle vision Kaleidoscope sculpture by Jen Stark. I like to hit play on all three just out of sync of each other. Eughhhhhhh.
- Dominic Flannigan
* 30.05.09 - The Blessings say "You Go Girl!"
I'm in a production group called The Blessings alongside my hetro-life-partner Martyn Flyn aka Fine Art. We freaked a song from the Mileece Formations EP with the mega hit by Ciara & T Pain 'Go Girl' and want you to hear it, download it and play it out.
Check out The Blessings' Myspace and download the full quality mp3.
- Dominic Flannigan
