Commissioned by the Lakes International Comic Art Festival to celebrate the work of Tove Jansson, “Archipelagogo ” is a spellbinding multimedia exhibition by artists Jonathan Edwards and Louise Evans (Felt Mistress) creating a group of fantasy islands and creatures.
Archipelagogo is an amazing-looking exhibition by Felt Mistress and Jonathan Edwards with an Andy Votel soundtrack.
There’s a preview evening this Saturday (30th September) at the Wildman Gallery in Kendal in the run up to this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival and we gather the town is already being taken over by comics as local businesses hand their shop windows over to comic creators and local groups for the annual “Windows Trail”.
Watch out, for example, for a special window display created by artist Bryan Talbot in the window of the St John’s Hospice charity shop, which will be complete by the weekend.
Archipelagogo exhibition by me & @Jontofski with an @AndyVotel soundtrack Coming soon! (Thanks to @comicartfest @FinInstLondon ) pic.twitter.com/HQD5C1c9mJ
— McFelty (@FeltMistress) September 13, 2017
Commissioned by LICAF and supported by the Finnish Institute, Archipelagogo celebrates the work of Tove Jansson, this spellbinding multimedia exhibition by super-talented artists Jonathan Edwards and Louise Evans (Felt Mistress) creates a group of fantasy islands (archipelago) and creatures.
Each island and its inhabitants depends on the others – for example, the music created by the inhabitants of one island inspires the work created by the inhabitants on another.
Scenes from each island are depicted in a series of paintings and drawings while the islanders themselves are fully realised as 3D soft sculptures.
The soundtrack is a bespoke soundscape design created by world-renowned DJ, producer and record label owner Andy Votel.
Jonathan Edwards is an illustrator and comic artist with a long and diverse career. His work originally appeared in Deadline magazine in 1993 and since then has worked for the NME, MAD Magazine, Tank Girl, Mojo, Q and Radio Times, produced record sleeves for artists such as The Black Eyed Peas and The Jungle Brothers and created concept artwork for films and animation. He’s been a regular contributor to The Guardian since 1999 and illustrated the Hard Sell column in the Guardian Guide for 10 years.
Felt Mistress is a UK based stitcher and prolific tea drinker who creates a range of one-off bespoke creatures with her partner, illustrator Jonathan Edwards.
Louise originally trained in fashion design and millinery and has brought many of the skills learnt through years of work as a couture dress maker to the world of character design. As well as original Felt Mistress characters, Louise has also collaborated with a variety of other artists including Jon Burgerman, Ben Newman, Pete Fowler and Gruff Rhys (Louise created “John Evans” for the “American Interior” film).
Their work has been exhibited all over the world including shows in Tokyo. Osaka, Los Angeles, Mexico, Paris, Berlin and London and used in Fashion shoots, ad campaigns, music videos and films.
• Archipelagogo is at the Wildman Gallery, Wildman Street, Kendal from 1st October 2017 – 4th November 2017. The gallery is open Tuesday/ Wednesday/ Thursday and Saturdays from 9.30am – 5.00pm and admission is free
• During the Festival weekend the exhibition is open on Saturday, 14th October, 9.00am – 5.00pm and on Sunday, 15th October, from 10.00am – 4.00pm. Admission is free for Festival passholders but at the weekend admission will be £2 for non passholders
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JONATHAN EDWARDS ONLINE
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- Twitter: @Jontofski
FELT MISTRESS ONLINE
- Web: www.feltmistress.com
- Twitter: @FeltMistress
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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