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[29 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
They are here!

Wotson peeps!
A freshly baked batch of ‘I Heart Kernow’ T-shirts have finally touched down dons la Soup Gallery!
Thats right people-you can now represent the land of pasties once more in a choice of three delicious flavours: Canary yellow, Indigo, and the old favourite, White.
You can cop one in store or online (FREE P&P!) Get them while they are hot!
We also have some awesome NEW artwork in store from old favourites Haacht, and your friendly neighbourhood gallery owner Mark Polglase.
And we are extremely pleased to be showcasing the awesome work …

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[24 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
Thumbs Up!

Whats crack-a-lackin!?!
Last week my good friend Big Dave came down with his girl and copped a bit of quality time in Pastyland, before they go jet settin’ it off on a round the world trip.
I am sure I have posted up before about Big David (aka Enlish) and his super emcee abilities around valentines day. But if you never saw the post-the kids got more hot spits than a medieval hog roast.
Anyways, I need not continue on how flippin dope he is, as Big Dave has put up a link …

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[21 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
I heart….

Alright me beauties!
Just wanted to lay down a quick post to brag about all the flippin ace things we have coming up for y’all in the next few weeks…
I know a whole bunch of you have been in a state of despair after the lack of show in the upstairs gallery this month. Unfortunately, I was without a studio space and so was Haacht so we had to use the upstairs to get our paint on for a short while. Sorry bout that….
But dry them weepy eyes people! Because it’s …

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[20 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
Featured Flickr Artist – 5. Oliver of the Sky

Howdy peeps!
Here we are with another killer flickr featured artist-this time we gave the task of interviewing an artist to Plymouthian slickster Haacht- The jazzy fizzer reached out to interview one of his favourite flickr artists, Berlin based creative powerhouse, Oliver of the Sky.
1. Could you tell me a liltle about yourself, name, where you are from
and when did you start drawing/painting?
“My name is Oliver of the Sky, ‘of the Sky’ being a translation of my name …

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[18 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
Sam Bassett @ Orchard Gallery

Local illustrator, and thoroughly nice fellow Sam Bassett, is currently exhibiting his new show ‘Truth had a Baby’ at the Orchard Gallery in St Ives.
Born in St.Ives (1982) Sam went on to study at Falmouth College of Arts and The Arts Institute Bournemouth. Over the past year he has been working on pieces both in London and back in Cornwall.
Sam’s real excited about exhibiting the newly concocted paintings and constructions he’s been working on up at …

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[10 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
Streetlife DJ’s @ M.H.K.C

What up Soupsters!
Thought I would give y’all an early heads up on the next offerings from My Heroes Killed Cowboys and introduce you to who’s down…
For their second party of summer 09, My Heroes Killed Cowboys are asking you to prepare for one of the best and most entertaining DJ sets you’ve ever heard as they host another Westcountry debut, this time from the worlds coolest record label- Kitsune, Paris.
The STREETLIFE DJs are a duo with over 30 years turntable experience between them, a blatant disregard for sticking to musical …

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[5 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
Featured Flickr Artist – 4. ERMS

Eh up Peeps!
Its time for round four of our Flickr Featured Artist series!
This time we managed to catch up with globe trotting, style captain ERMS!
No matter if ERMS is hittin’ Canvas, Wall or Sketchbook he never fails to drop the mad fresh flavour that has writers slingin’ props and eye candy enthusiasts going Mmmmm.
We reached out to see if the funk master would flex lyrical and tell us a little bit about what graff is all about for him and where he is at right now, both stylistically and geographically……
“I …

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[3 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
The High Line

Been a while since there was a post from me (your old friend Tripsy), but was just browsing the internets and came across the High Line, the disused railway throughout lower Manhattan in New York, and thought i would share it with all you guys. It’s not about art but is pretty inspiring… especially check out the photos by Joel Sternfeld super tasty.
© Wally Gobetz (Creative Commons)
I also found a nice little video about the turning of a section into a park. So next time your in New York have a peek, …