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May Party: Game On

Spins & Needles | Ottawa | Pixel Party | Friday May 25

Spins & Needles is back this month on Friday May 25! [...]

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What Goes On at a Silkscreening 101 Workshop?

One of our past participants, Marion, sent us these  photos of what goes on during the Spins & Needles Silkscreening 101 Workshop. The photos capture the different steps [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: Station16

Our last Prints & Inks profile is not on an artist but the Montreal-based creative print shop and studio Station 16. The shop + studio offers limited edition prints from [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: Deadweight (Sandi Falconer)

Next up as part of the Prints & Inks artist profile is Toronto-based designer and screenprinter Sandi Falconer (aka Deadweight). Her prints reflect slightly askew hand drawn text, tired eyes, [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: Jamie Q

Next up in our Prints & Inks artist profile series is London, Ontario-based artist Jamie Q, who works in a variety of media including painting, drawing, zine-making, printmaking, and sculpture. [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: Guillermo Trejo

Next up we’re profiling Prints & Inks contributor and Ottawa-based artist Guillermo Trejo. Originally from Mexico, Guillermo studied at the National School of Painting, Sculpture and Etching in Mexico City, [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: whatisadam

Next up we’re profiling Prints & Inks contributor and Montreal-based street artist whatisadam, who depicts North-American wildlife in new ways in his prints. His ‘comic-book cover’ posters of prostitute Deers, [...]

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March Party: Zap, Boom, Pow

Spins & Needles | Ottawa | Superheroes Party | March 2012

Inspired by vintage superhero television shows, Roy Lichtenstein pop art, and DIY digital [...]

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Prints & Inks Artist Profile: Patrick Fraser

As part of  Prints & Inks, the blog will be profiling some of the awesome people in the show: ranging from an illustrator/designer who is a beginner silkscreener [...]

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Atelier Populaire: Renegade Print Workshop

With this post, we’re going to go a little back in time. Silkscreened posters have played a hugely significant role in social and political movements, from the Federal Art Project of the New [...]

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