Fused Magazine have just launched their revamped website, and a lovely thing it is.
For those that don’t know Fused, they produce a quarterly publication that covers fashion, music, arts, etc and so on. They also produced a rather good students’ guide to Birmingham, a responsible for the Ltd Edition affordable art market and promote local bands overseas at showcases like SXSW.
The magazine’s distributed internationally but their blog tends to throw in lots of local mentions with posts about Plus+ and Eastside Projects recently.
Here’s what the site looks like:
Made Media made it.
I popped in to Ltd Edition the other weekend and picked up flyers, leaflets and business cards for those that had them and seemed to be Birmingham-based. Here’s what I found:
Designer Art
Sue Rowe and Tamsin Mae sell paintings as well as creating backdrops and vinyl signage/window graphics. They’ve produced the latter for Three White Walls, the Custard Factory Gallery and the window of Creative Alliance, below.
Shy Mouse Design
The Shy Mouse (I think her real name’s Annie) describes herself as “a self taught graphic designer with no formal qualifications”. There was a longer description on her table which went into more detail about just how shy she was and how the stall at Ltd Edition was a brave attempt to get herself ‘out there’. She also has a Flickr account and a small online store.
Ruth Green Design
Ruth Green creates etchings, screen prints and paintings with a retro, stylised feel. I liked her stuff a lot. Here’s a picture of a tree:
Should you be looking for an affordable art market to visit, it just so happens the second LTD Edition of the year will be back at the Custard Factory on Sunday 31 August along with the Sunday Flea.
This here is by Trav Art who will be there with some prints and t-shirts:
Ltd Edition. Sunday 27 July 2008 (tying in with the Sunday Flea). Affordable art from contemporary artists. Custard Factory. Here’s a link to some info about the artists taking part.
Last year at LTD Edition, an affordable art market organised by Fused Magazine, 30 artists sold their work to over 100 visitors in one weekend. Kerry from Fused has written to say that this year:
We are bringing a touch of culture (not that it doesn’t have bundles already) to the Custard Factory with 4 art markets planned from July onwards, all happening as an addition to the Sunday Flea
If you’re an artist and want to take part then see the site for the contact information. The blog will carry updates on the artists involved and pictures of their work/what’s going on generally.
