the paper convention collective launches

the paper convention collective will launch at the finders keepers tomorrow night! Our collective will be running paper workshops in conjunction with Dear Plastic, featuring Hello Sandwich , including her HELLO SANDWICH CRAFT TV! [see timetable below], so come join us!

Thanks to the wonderful K.W.DOGGETT FINE PAPER, we will have a large-scale paper installation BUILD YOUR CITY PUBLIC INTERVENTION by paper-duo Trial & Error, which will entice and interact people with paper like never seen before! Share the collaborative spirit and you might just get a paper-mask for your efforts!

We will also be trying to raise some funds for next years event and will be sellling some fabulous colourful A4 notepads, hand-made by me [lox+savvy], yes, which are 100% up-cycled item, made from paper-offcuts!

The paper convention collective paper workshop at the finders keepers

friday 3 december

7pm – 9pm “drop in” and make some paper from milk cartons

saturday 4 december

10am – xmas paper chain making

11am – flower bomb / mobile making

12pm – milk carton paper making

1pm – hello sandwich zine-making workshop [some super cute surprises here!]

2pm – xmas tree cone making

3pm – milk carton paper making

4pm – paper snowflake making

and so much much more!

We will also be promoting our HUGE PAPER EVENT which is launching in 2011, so come join the paper collective – we look forward to seeing you there!

paperconvention.com

December 2nd, 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

dear plastic and lox+savvy workshop. sat 20 november.

November 11th, 2010 | paper, workshop | 2 Comments »

the paper workshop. call out to artists.

Hello Sandwich & Lox+Savvy hosted a zine making and paper workshop on Saturday at Kaleidoscope gallery in Paddington. With K.W Doggett generous enough to supply some colourful and vibrant paper, which let all the [very] creative attendees make super-cute zines.

Whilst Hello Sandwich supplied up-to-the-minute advice and creative talk on how to create a ‘Japanese-inspired’ zine {including some super-adorable books on the subject}, myself [Lox+Savvy] demonstrated how to create your own hand-made envelopes and paper goods {with the help of a little known book called ‘Papercraft’} and not to mention the lovely Giotta [from Miss Béba] making us yummy chocolate crackles, it was an inspiring day for all!

There are plans for Lox+Savvy & Hello Sandwich to host further paper-based workshops! Stay tuned!

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Call out to artists and paper makers

To celebrate the upcoming warmer weather and papercrafting in general, Lox+Savvy has decided to host some paper-based workshops in Sydney over the next few months at Kaleidoscope gallery, each with a different paper-based workshop each time. If your passionate about paper and papercrafting we would like to hear from you.

Please email us at info@loxsavvy.com.au [and title the email as 'PAPER WORKSHOPS / SYDNEY'].

September 28th, 2010 | paper, workshop | 4 Comments »

hello sandwich and lox+savvy workshop. sat 25 september.

September 21st, 2010 | paper, workshop | No Comments »

pearl paint. New York.

Are there any graphic artists, designers, mixed-media artists, design professionals, semi-design professionals [or wanna-be’s] out there with a constant yearning for pens, gouche paints, paper, boxes, graphite [any and all types of graphite formations] etc etc etc etc? well let PEARL PAINT [which claims to be the largest in the world] be the answer to your yearning.

Before even stepping into the 5 level graphic arts supply extravaganza, I’m am blown-away with this extremely red and white [which I claim to love], 80’s retro with neon building, so I took photos.

After many of minutes starring at the outside of this building, I stepped into what I would call ‘stairway to heaven’ store and as I inclined up the ‘in original condition’ lets just say stairs each floor was surprising and engaging into all possibilities for graphics supplies you ever did wish for.

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Pearl has been seving fine artists & artisans for over 70 years. As Manhattan’s legendary landmark, the Canal Street store developed into the largest artist supply store in the city. Opening their doors in 1933 as the city evolved into a leading art centre of the world, Pearl has supplied the tools for inspiration for many student artists as well as professionals, including many of the famous names of their time. Since the beginning, Pearl has been at the forefront of art, bringing new and exotic materials from all over the globe. From new lightfast pigment technologies, to advances in sculpting materials.

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Acrylic paint#####

Airbrush#####Brushes#####

#####Cartooning

#####Sculpture

Sign-making#####Sprays

Watercolour#####Pastels

Frames#####Oil painting

Foamboard#####Drawing

Craft#####

308 Canal Street New York

You can follow them on twitter.com/PearlPaint

September 18th, 2010 | new york report | No Comments »

creative. collective. ACNE. New York.

ACNE STUDIOS ambition was to create a lifestyle brand through desirable products…I came across this New York studio in the heart of Soho by way of a colourful-wollen-clad bike outside one of it’s flagship stores. Women + men’s clothing and a magazine to boot, ACNE constantly evolve their brand, immersing from Amsterdam to Copenhagen, London to Sydney and of course New York.