Liberty Best of British

Our sponsors, Liberty of London, are seeking applications from British Designers who would like to see their designs and ideas realised as products in the Liberty Store.
Liberty has a history of recognising and supporting new and emerging British design talent and designers are welcome to apply to pitch their ideas to a panel of experts. The best design ideas will have chance to showcase their products in the store. To register visit the Liberty website and find out more.



If you have never visited Liberty of London - get there soon! This beautiful timbered building on Regent Street, London is packed with lovely treasures including silk scarves, printed fabric, the most wonderful smelling toiletries and many more delights. (I used to dodge school just to visit). Look out for William Morris printed textiles and the famous Liberty peacock print.

Your Chance to Win...

Sign up to our January Newsletter before 5 January 2010 and you will be entered into a free draw to win this beautiful blue bubble dish from Glassprimitif.



About our newsletter: there are articles about arts business, features on different artists, updates and useful links too.
The next newsletter will be "SHOWCASE" the gallery edition with information for artists wanting to exhibit in a bricks and mortar gallery.

And the winner is.....

Glitterysah has won the selection of glass christmas decorations. Congratulations, Sarah.

Mini Masterpieces

These days it’s something of a cliché to look at a piece of contemporary art and think that it’s no better than the work of your 3 year old, but what do you do with the latest masterpiece that said 3 year old has just produced? Stick it on the fridge door, file it away for posterity, or even put it in the bin after a decent interval? Artful Kids is a newly established business which seeks to present a child’s artwork at its very best, so that it can take pride of place on a living-room wall, or make a lasting, personal and unusual gift.
The person behind it all is Jude Drever, who was originally trained as an artist, but spent many years working in museums and galleries before having a family and being inspired by the artwork of her small children to try and liberate kids drawing and painting from the fridge door or kitchen drawer.
A range of different styles are available, but one of the most popular so far, has proved to be the Gallery Style Posters shown here, where a child’s artwork is presented as a poster advertising an artist’s exhibition. Professionally framed, and available in a range of sizes, this displays a child’s name prominently, and yet does not look out of place on the wall of a smart interior. A careful editing process takes place to ensure that the original artwork is presented at its best.



To find out more, or see some of the other styles offered, visit the Artful Kids website Or visit the company blog, Artful Adventures for a range of features dedicated to children’s art, including tutorials, featured artists, news and longer articles.