2 days 14 hours to go!

FINAL BIDS ON THE SILENT AUCTION!

These are the last 2 day 14 hours of our online Silent Auction. We are setting off to run the marathon this Sunday morning, dressed as Where's Wally wins to be easily spotable!

To take part in the final biding frenzy for a chance to win your favourite pieces all you have to do is choose an art piece & in the comments section below the artist write: "your name" bids £ amount on "title of art piece". If you are unsure whether we have your contact details and are happy for them to be public also leave them in the comments, or email them to: kimunkey@hotmail.com

Remember to keep an eye on your competition as other bidders add their offers against yours - you may want to up the stakes as we get nearer to the final hour - bids close at 10am Sunday 22nd April!

Thanks & happy bidding!

Johan Potma

"The Writer (Anteater)"
A4 inkjet print

"Have You Seen This Sock"
A4 inkjet print

"Come Undone Ghost"
A4 inkjet print

"Food for Thought Monster"
A4 inkjet print

"Pink Creature"
A4 inkjet print

Johan Potma is an amazing Dutch painter and illustrator
who lives and works in Berlin. His work
is made with acrylics and collage on old wooden
surfaces like box lids, signs and cigar boxes. The
used materials tell part of the story through the
stains, old nails, dents and cracks; the remainder
is explained through all sorts of monsters, freaks
and oddballs acting out his ideas.

www.johanpotma.com

Nathan Fox

"Mirror"

A3 Inkjet

"Puddle"
A3 Inkjet

"Hairdrier"
A3 Inkjet

Nathan Fox was born in Washington DC in the mid-70s, Nathan suffered an early addiction to cartoons, commercials and video games. His eye-watering fixation combined with an art school training in Kansas City led to a lifelong exploration of narrative art and the over-stimulation associated with his generation. His work has appeared, frankly, everywhere.
www.foxnathan.com/

Susie Wilkinson

"Foot-tree & Moon"
A3 screenprint


Susi Wilkinson is a talented animator, illustrator & animation director who currenyl lives and works in London, running the company Slomo with collaborator Danny Capozzi. Her dark and delicious illustrations and animations have been screened at film festivals internationally including their award winning films Moby & Add N to X.

www.slomoproductions.com
http://slomoo.blogspot.com/

Sally Elford

"Approaching Storm"
Limited Edition A3 Glycee print, number 14 of 50

"Peaceful Park"

Limited Edition A3 Giclée print, number 10 of 50


Fantastic illustrator Sally Elford is based in Brighton, from where she exhibits & sells her beautiful images that combine original collage techniques with a digital format. Sally's subject matter which is often, though not exclusively, the natural world. She has recently been invited to submit a print for exhibition in the annual Brighton Fringe Festival.

www.sallyelford.co.uk

Christian Kerrigan

Encased Nature 3.0, 2010

A3 inkjet print 

A close up detail of the installation 'Chemical Garden'. A sample of moss is seen encased by curing skins within a highly concentrate body of salt water. The 'chemical sculpture' of moss and alginate, an extract from seaweed, form over time, before they drop to the bottom of the tank.

 Christian Kerrigan is an artist who uses digital technology to make sculptures, installations, and drawings, which draw out an array of ideas about nature, technology and mortality. Using raw materials from the natural world merged with new technologies in computing and science, he creates work which momentarily live.

www.christiankerrigan.com/

2011 - Short film on the V&A channel

Andre Mesquite

"Endoscopy Photos"
A3 inkjet print

Andre is a great fine artist & photographer, originally from Portugal he studied Fine Art at Byam Shaw in London, graduating in 2006.

Trevor Simmons

"Couple"
A4 original ink drawing

Trevor is an incredibly talented fine artist with a background in illustration, which he studied at Middlesex University. Currently based in London, Trevor's work has been exhibited all over the country and bought by international buyers. Heis intricate, energetic, often frenzied images show that he's certainly a talent to watch out for!

www.okya.co.uk/trevor_simmons/home

Simon Spilsbury

"Sketchbook 1"
A3 signed print

Multi-award winning illustrator with a background in advertising, Simon Spilsbury's work has been screened, exhibited and published in ads, columns & Tv idents the world over. Simon's work has been commissioned by huge brands such as Nike, Virgin, The Guardian & Waterstones to name but a few.

Simon's work is lively, spontaneous, quirky & cheeky & his accolades include the British
Illustration Gold, D&AD Silver, Campaign Poster
Silver, Epica Bronze, Communication Arts, Print
Magazine, American Illustration and featured in Luerzers
200 Best Illustrators, Illustration Now and most
recently The Hidden Art Of Illustrators, Creatives &
Designers.

Along with Richard Chant Simon set up the new image making studio Artbombers, which picked up Gold at the British Illustration Awards 2009 for their work on Paramount Comedy Central.

www.spilsbury.co.uk/
http://blog.spilsbury.co.uk/

Chris Ayers

"Punk"
A4 signed inkjet print

Chris Ayers is an immensely talented illustrator and character designer, with an impressive resume including works in films like: Men In Black II, Fantastic Four, and The Santa Clause 2. In 2006, a year after he got diagnosed of cancer he started a sketchbook called The Daily Zoo and set out to draw one animal each day for a year. It turned out to be a wonderfully successful healing process as well as a 3 fantastic books.

http://www.chrisayersdesign.com/

Valentina Grasso

"Sagitarius"
A3 inkjet print

"Frog Picking"
A4 Inkjet print

"Water dragon"
A3 Inkjet print

Valentina is an incredibe, multi-talented artist whose practise includes character animation, illustration storyboard art, character design and graphic design, as well as a painting and engraveing. Her style has a strong fantasy influence and reflects her free-spirit & love of magic and enchantment.

www.valentinagrasso.com/

Lynne Pritchard

Background from Tommy Zoom "Food Fight"
A4 inkjet print

Amazing animator and educator Lynne has worked on numerous children's television series throughout her career and specialises in stop-motion puppet animation. Lynne teaches animation techniques to all age groups and in several London colleges and acts as a mentor for the London Animation School. Lynne's work has been published in two books: The art of Stop Motion and Stopmotion.

http://www.gingermog.com/

Phoebe Boswell

"Dog running"

A0 inkjet print

Talented artist and animator born in Kenya, schooled
in the Middle East and currently based in London.
Phoebe’s animation graduation film received a number
of nominations at film festivals including a Best Film
at the British Animation Awards public choice. Recently
her animation for Wingspan’s documentary the
Pendle Witch Child was screened on BBC4. Phoebe
was nominated for a 2012 Fellowship in Animation
from the Arts Foundation and was recently awarded
the Sky Arts Future Fund.

www.phoebeboswell.com

Ben Javens

"Paisley Song Bird"
A4 Screenprint

"Me And My Arrow"
A3 screenprint

Ben Javens is a freelance illustrator living and working

in Birmingham, England. He is originally from a
small Yorkshire town called Ossett but moved away
to study fine art at university. He is a member of the
outcrowd collective, is represented by the UNSEEN
agency and has worked for clients such as the Guardian,
Time Out Magazine and the record label Static
Caravan.

http://benjavens.co.uk/
http://benjavens.blogspot.com/

Amanda Sue Rope

"Exterior 4"
A3 Screen Print

A3 Screen Print
"Exterior 3"


Talented London based illustrator and educator,
Amanda’s illustration fuses a strong graphic
language with the handmade. Amanda’s work
has been published in a number of magazines
including World of Interiors and AD Magazine.
Amanda runs the illustration pathway on the BA
(Hons) Graphic Arts programme at Winchester
School of Art.

http://amandasue.co.uk

Lucy Dalzell

"Paris"
A3 screenprint

Fantastic London based illustrator working with
drawing and collage, Lucy takes inspiration from
everyday situations, particularly focusing on architecture,
people and their surrounding landscapes.
Lucy is a member of the art collective Exchange
Projects and regularly volunteers for the Campaign
for Drawing.

http://lucydalzell.com/wordpress/

Mike Glenholmes

"Grumpy Monkey"
A3 inkjet print

Brilliant Northern Irish artist based in London working

for BD Network as a creative art-worker, Mike paints

and draws in his spare time.

Sarah Jane Coleman

"Skyhigh Hopes"
A 3 screenprint


Sarah is a brilliant illustrator, typographer and creative
all-rounder. She is based in a small industrious hosiery
town in the Midlands, she cuts her teeth making props
at the Royal Shakespeare Company, using the small
dark hours to catch up on mounting illustration briefs.
Inspired by the penmanship of a more elegant era
and with a muscular, if pedantic, grasp of the English
language, she wrapped these perma-stained fingertips
around words and pictures for advertising, identities,
packaging, record sleeves and a trillion book covers.

http://www.inkymole.com

Simone Lia

"Leave Some for the strawberries"
A4 Original Drawing

"Wheel of Death"
A5 screenprint

After studying at the University of Brighton she went
on to write and illustrate books for children.
Since then Simone has set up an art studio in an old
pub, written a couple of graphic novels including
‘Fluffy’ and has had her artwork hanging on the walls
of The Tate Britain. With characters including a wilful
sausage, a carrot, a chip who doesn’t speak, a bean
and bunnies of various shapes and sizes. These characters
have had their own strips in The Independent,
The Guardian and The DFC. Simone Lia has a new
graphic novel ‘Please God, Find Me A Husband!’
published by Jonathan Cape, it will be available in
April 2012.
http://www.simonelia.com/

Åsa Lucander

"Kaisa&Emil 4"
A 3 ScreenPrint

"Kaisa&Emil 3"
A 3 ScreenPrint

"Kaisa&Emil 1"
A 3 ScreenPrint

One half of the running pair, Åsa is a talented illustrator
and animator originally from Finland based in
London working for 12foot6. Åsa has directed numerous
shorts and commercial projects. Her short The
Imperfectionist was nominated for the British Animation
Awards public choice and Ain’t Got Nobody was
screened at film festivals internationally. Åsa has
acted as a mentor for the London Animation Studio.

http://asalucander.blogspot.com/

Kim Alexander

"Ogre meets Imp"
A4 Inkjet

"Guatemama"

A4 Inkjet

The other half of the running pair, Kim is an artist
and animator also based in London and working
for 12foot6. Kim’s short films have screened at
festivals internationally, including her Get Well
Soon film for 12foot6 which was included in this
years British Animation Awards, and her student
film Hungry for Love which won Best Animation
category at Supershorts in 2007, and music video
Slow Train which was shown at the Museum of
Contemporary Art in Taiwan. Kim runs animation
workshops at the Kids Company and acts as a mentor
for the London Animation School.

www.kimalexander.co.uk

Anna Fyda

"Strummer"

A3 Inkjet Print

 

"Selfportrait with ferret"

A3 Inkjet Print

"Alice in Wonderland"
A3 Inkjet Print


Fantastic fine artist and animator, Anna is originally
from Poland and currently based in London working
for 12foot6. Anna’s brilliant student film Secret Santa
was screened at festivals internationally
www.annafyda.com

Nigel Peake

"In the Wilds" (text)
A 2 Screen Print x2

Nigel Peake is a wonderful draughtsman best known

for his meticulous pencil, pen & crayon illustrations
rich in pattern and colour that reflect the rural, the rustic
& the architectural surroundings he passes through
in his local Irish countryside and his travels abroad.
He has recently exhibited in Antwerp, Shanghai,
Philadelphia and Los Angeles and his drawings have
been used for a variety of commercial projects.

www.nigelpeake.com

SILENT AUCTION NOW OPEN!

SILENT AUCTION NOW OPEN!

A huge thanks to everyone who came & supported our Live Auction on Friday night at the Miller - thanks to our brilliant auctioneer Tom & your enthusiastic bidding we made well over £2000 for the NSC!

Our online Silent Auction is now open for bidding unitl the day of the marathon on the 22nd April.

All you have to do to register your bid is choose an art piece & in the comments section below the artist write: "your name" bids £ amount on "title of art piece". If you are unsure whether we have your contact details and are happy for them to be public also leave them in the comments, or email them to: kimunkey@hotmail.com

Remember to keep an eye on your competition as other bidders add their offers against yours - you may want to up the stakes as we get nearer to the 22nd!

Thanks & happy bidding!

artSprint Live Auction night!

Thanks to everyone who helped to make last Friday night an amazing success, we raised a whopping £2000+ for the wonderful charity the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign.

Thanks to Andrew Kelleher for writing us this review:

Nicaragua is a word that conjures up images of civil war, poverty and gun running.

WELL… 12foot6’s very own Asa and Kim are addressing those problems one by one.

Swap gun running for fun running (even though I’m only calling it a ‘fun run’ because gun and fun rhyme) and swap civil war and poverty for ‘art auction.’ Not just any art auction though - this was ArtSprint 2012.

In need of sponsorship money for their impending marathon, the girls wracked their brains for a way to extract money from the public, and actually came up with a method that was surprisingly unpainful for everyone involved.

Kim and Asa gathered 70 art works – all very kindly donated by much-loved established artists and those on the way up. The gathering was achieved through a mixture of the universally loved methods of cold-calling and spam email (and knowing lots of talented people.)

The venue was The Miller pub near London Bridge. But don’t think just because this pub was south of the river it didn’t have major pulling power…

Turning the air musical was John Twinn and his excellent band The Invisible Gentry (available at all good iTunes.)

And playing everything that needed to be played was Fu&Spig, on the record players.

The Mighty Booth brought their strangely addictive photo booth and props down as well.

Auctioneering on the night was handled more than ably by Tom Mortimer - sitting there like Dave Allen on his stool, controlling the cash flow and keeping order with charm and brutishness.

The money poured in, and everyone from keen art buyers to drunken lunatics were swept away by the atmosphere. Targets were reached, and friendships were made and lost in the struggle to outbid strangers and associates.

Everyone agreed it was a really really good night. That might change when bank statements come through the post, but for the time being, very well done to Asa and Kim for the months of work leading up to a very excellent night.

Good luck to both ladies in their quest to win the marathon on April 22^nd. Only one of you can actually win it – but you’ll both be winners, in a way.

(Let’s just hope the money doesn’t get siphoned off into child armies and all that stuff. Which we have no reason to believe it will. Fingers crossed.)

Shaun Tan

SOLD AT LIVE AUCTION

"Portrait of the artist as a young man"
A3 Screen Print
Shaun Tan has been massivley generous and donated this print which is otherwise not available commercially - exciting!

Incredible artist based in Australia, Shaun Tan began
drawing and painting images for science fiction and
horror stories in small-press magazines as a teenager,
and has since become best known for illustrated books
that deal with social, political and historical subjects
through surreal, dream-like imagery. His books include
the acclaimed Arrival, and have been translated
into many languages. Shaun Tan has also worked as
a theatre designer and as a concept artist for the films
Horton Hears a Who and Pixar’s Wall-E and directed
the Academy Award winning short film The Lost Thing
with Passion Pictures Australia. In 2011 he received
the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award,
honouring his contribution to international children’s
literature.

www.shauntan.net/

Rob Ryan

SOLD AT LIVE AUCTION

"Other Planets Cannot Be As Beautiful As This One"
A2 Screen Print
A famous London based artist best known for his
beautiful detailed paper-cut outs, who also specialises
in screen-printing, drawing and painting. He has illustrated
book and album covers and had his work
published in magazines including Vogue & Elle, and
published his own fairy tale, This is for You.
www.misterrob.co.uk
www.etsy.com/shop/misterrob

Matt Oxborrow

SOLD AT LIVE AUCTION
"Headdress"
A2 screenprint

Matt is a London based talented illustrator and animator, also working for 12foot6 with a broad reaching style that has successfully been used in advertising, branding, editorial, TV comedy, children's TV, new media, and information graphics. He creates character filled, engaging illustration with a twist of nostalgia. Both his commercial and personal work has been exhibited in numerous shows and festivals including OnedotZero, Latitude, Brief Encounters, The London Transport Museum & The Outside Institute.

http://www.mattoxborrow.co.uk/

Simon Spilsbury

"Sketchbook 1"
A3 signed print

SOLD AT LIVE AUCTION
"Sketchbook 2"
A3 signed print

Multi-award winning illustrator with a background in advertising, Simon Spilsbury's work has been screened, exhibited and published in ads, columns & Tv idents the world over. Simon's work has been commissioned by huge brands such as Nike, Virgin, The Guardian & Waterstones to name but a few.
Simon's work is lively, spontaneous, quirky & cheeky & his accolades include the British
Illustration Gold, D&AD Silver, Campaign Poster
Silver, Epica Bronze, Communication Arts, Print
Magazine, American Illustration and featured in Luerzers
200 Best Illustrators, Illustration Now and most
recently The Hidden Art Of Illustrators, Creatives &
Designers.

Along with Richard Chant Simon set up the new image making studio Artbombers, which picked up Gold at the British Illustration Awards 2009 for their work on Paramount Comedy Central.

www.spilsbury.co.uk/
http://blog.spilsbury.co.uk/

Melissa Gates

SOLD AT LIVE AUCTION
"Unicorn"
A3 screenprint

Melissa Gates is a talented illustrator and animator. She has exhibited her work internationally, with the most recent show in Berlin. She works with her partner Dominik Binegger as welikenicethings, a multi-disciplinary digital production company based in East London.
http://www.welikenicethings.com

Chris Ayers

SOLD AT LIVE AUCTION
"Kitty"
A3 signed inkjet print

"Punk"
A4 signed inkjet print

Chris Ayers is an immensely talented illustrator and character designer, with an impressive resume including works in films like: Men In Black II, Fantastic Four, and The Santa Clause 2. In 2006, a year after he got diagnosed of cancer he started a sketchbook called The Daily Zoo and set out to draw one animal each day for a year. It turned out to be a wonderfully successful healing process as well as a 3 fantastic books.

http://www.chrisayersdesign.com/

Dominik Binegger

SOLD AT LIVE AUCTION
"My Steak is Fly"
A3 screenprint

Dominic Binegger is fantastic animator and illustrator from Germany, based in London. As well as Art he produces music too and works with his partner Melissa as welikenicethings, a multi-disciplinary digital production company based in East London.
www.welikenicethings.com

Dog Judo

SOLD AT LIVE AUCTION
Dog Judo goody Bag
T-shirt, mug & comic books

Dog Judo is an animated comedy about Rexley and Roy - two judo obsessed dogs that don’t get on. Lots of silly stuff happens - to the extent that there are very few episodes where no silly stuff happens. Recent guest stars include Rik Mayall as Roy’s father, and Emmy award winning Sopranos actor Joey Pantoliano as a mafia pug.

www.dogjudo.com