This year, we’ve been working on improving the profile of our small maker studio – in particular, through getting out to different kinds of events.

For those not aware, for about 18 months now we’ve been building an art / maker space and studio, which is known as Forge & Craft – based in the Wimbledon Art Studios community, in south west London. The concept is that we are interested in making physical art with technology, and in particular our primary work is using pen plotters. I wrote some more about it last year.

We’ve now taken part in three Wimbledon Art Fairs at the studios (and we’ve signed up to take part in the next show, in November). These are four day open studios weekends, where you can visit us as well as exploring over a hundred (!) other artist spaces.

Since the last show in April, we also had a stall in the Night Market at Electromagnetic Field (where I also gave a talk about the history of computer art with plotters – I’ll be sharing more about the talk when the videos become available; and, we showed our machines and craft in our popup village). Two weeks ago we travelled up to Liverpool for this year’s Liverpool Makefest – we went as visitors last year, but this time, we got involved as exhibitors. It was a lot of fun!
Our stand at Liverpool Makefest 2024My brachiograph and other drawing machines on display
Coming up next, we’ll be at the Twickenham High Tide Festival (specifically, we will be located at Twickenham Green), on Sunday 28th July; and then, as mentioned above, we’ll also open the studio again in November for the next Wimbledon Art Fair.

Finally, as well as the talks and shows, I was really honoured to be commissioned to create some prize pieces for CommCon this year. It was a lot of fun to work with my restored, vintage 1980s Roland DXY-1100 flatbed plotter, and to collaborate with Dan to create some images of London and San Francisco for the event.
CommCon 2024 LondonCommCon 2024 San Francisco
We’re working on a refresh of our simple web landing page at the moment, but in the meantime, you’re free to also take a look at the shop and see the kinds of art we’re working on. We have a Pixelfed profile with images of our work, as well. If you are interested in discussing commissions or any other opportunities you have in mind, please get in touch.

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