Nous Vous Blog

J C / N V

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:14:00 -0400

Qubik invited me to collaborate on some schematic diagrams, interpreting installation artist Haroon Mirzas’ work. Publsihed inside the book ‘‘/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/|/| A User’s Manual’ featuring Haroons work, designed by Qubik. Was a great experience getting to know Haroons work more closely - researching electronic components and making shapes with Joe (Qubik) in his studio.

Here’s some snaps:

J C / N V

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:40:00 -0400

I’ve just moved studio and am temporarily residing with Catalogue, before I move to London this summer. So… with the move decided to spring clean my personal website. To make it less about exhibiting commercially viable work & more about documenting projects I’ve worked / am working on. I’ve always struggled with representing myself online, there’s something uncomfortable with it visually that I can’t put my finger on, I don’t like being overly descriptive about work and find it difficult to articulate the breadth of work I do - aside from image making. This site is just another attempt to develop and think about a way I can resolve the issues I have with websites. Have also added some recent things to the shop.

www.jaycover.co.uk

W E / N V

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:32:53 -0400

An editorial I did for the lovely Barcelona based bueno brilliance of Publications of Pleasure (http://publicationsforpleasure.com/) reached me surrounded by the rest of the magazine. This issue is about food, experiences with cooking. It’s a very nicely put together thing, with drawings, words - Spanish words and English words - and photos. You can learn how to make chestnut balls which looks like a fun thing to do.

Letterpressed to death!

J C / N V

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:33:00 -0400

Installation shots from ‘An Arrangement in White’ at XO gallery.

More info here: http://xo-xo.co.uk/

W E / N V

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:01:42 -0400

New A5, 16 page, 3 colour risographed book

Insel Paradies offers a view of some other place, a filmic vision of a classical utopia, a modern arcadia, a lush green world of hope.

Co published with Hato Press

£6.50 + p&p (more outside UK)

Buy it here: http://williamedmonds.co.uk/insel.html

N B / N V

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:37:45 -0400

ARKRA is a playful experiment with palindromes and association, creating a loosely-implied cosmological narrative through repetition, reflection, colour, line and form.

These images have been developed from work made for an exhibition with Human Empire and Sergio Membrillas in Hamburg, November 2012.

You can buy this book here

W E / N V

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:05:00 -0400

Pick me up 2013 baby!

Beach Gallery (http://beachlondon.co.uk/) asked us to put some work in their room alongside some good dudes and great bros. We each made one element, Nicolas made a set of large lino prints, Jay made a set of three handmade painted cushions and I made a selection of ceramics entitled ‘Aspirational Home Visit’.

J C / N V

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:57:46 -0400

A couple of drawings from my new book ‘making a way’. Very loosely based on Marcel Marceau, Bip the Clown, about being frustrated and enlightened through activity. Launching at Nous Vous contribution to Beach London at Pick Me Up - opening this Thursday. Also produced some hand-made cushions - photos soon.

J C / N V

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:40:23 -0400

We were asked to design the Cover sleeve and a Wrapping paper design for the latest edition of the awesome Wrap magazine about collaboration ‘Drawn Together’ - nice wordplay. They also asked us to answer a few questions relating to collaboration for the innards. The issue features lots of other collectives who take different approaches to collaborating, which I’m looking forward to reading and discovering more about. Buy one here:

Buy Wrag mag at big cartel

www.wrapmagazine.com

J C / N V

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:18:00 -0400

Pop by and say hello Easter Monday!? I’ll be residing - artistically - within ‘Spur Exchange’ a temporary project space located in Leeds Corn Exchange, functioning as an artists’ studio, discussion space, workshop, printing press and gallery.’

I’m going to be drawing all day from 11am - 5pm - attempting to conceive and create the cover for the next issue of ‘Spur Magazine’ as well as designing and doodling a feature about myself for inside. I’ll be going through several processes throughout the day, explaining what I’m doing and demonstrating how I do it. NO JOKE! (< that’s an April the first joke!)

01.01.13 / 11am - 5pm
Unit 23, Corn Exchange, Call Lane, Leeds, LS1 7BR.

www.spur-magazine.com

W E / N V

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:20:00 -0400

As Nic posted last week (with his tiny photos) we did a weekend of workshops at the mighty British Museum in the Great Court, that ran alongside the incredible Ice Age Art show that is on there.

Here are few more photos:

We photographed every piece made and are now up on our blog of modern archeological discoveries here: http://ourageart.tumblr.com

We’re running one more day that is open to the public on 8th April

N B / N V

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:38:05 -0400

My girlfriend is running the 2013 London Marathon and this print has been made specially to help raise money for her charity of choice, Sparks.

Sparks funds pioneering research into a range of conditions affecting babies, children and mums-to-be. Everyone who runs the marathon has to promise to raise a certain amount of money for a charity, and all money from sales of this print will go to Sparks. http://www.sparks.org.uk

We need to raise another £900 or so to reach the £2000 target before April 21st. So if you’d like to own a limited edition print and help out at the same time then please get involved!

Go For It!

20 x 20cm digital print
220gsm Eggshell Superfine paper
Edition of 50
Signed and numbered

Click here to buy this print

You can see how it’s going on Vic’s Just Giving page here.

Thanks for reading!

Nicolas

Our Age Art!

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:22:39 -0400

nicolasburrows:

Some snapshots of Nous Vous’ workshop at the British Museum today which accompanies the ‘Ice Age Art’ exhibition. Schoolchildren were encouraged to create work about their lives now that people might see in thousands of years’ time.

We got some brilliant ones; crystal rocks, robots, lions, history teachers, lots of cats, a crocodile…

In the week we’ll be uploading all of the images here http://www.ourageart.tumblr.com/

W E / N V

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:04:45 -0400

Completed another illustration for Bloomberg View, the full story is here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/dreyfus-proust-and-the-crimes-of-the-belle-epoque.html

W E / N V

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:24:38 -0400

buddies

J C / N V

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:48:06 -0500

Couple of typographic treatments done a wee while ago! Which I forgot about.

J C / N V

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:06:00 -0500

N B / N V

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:53:00 -0500

Jay and I were at Manchester Metropolitan University for the day last thursday, giving a lecture and rolling out some more workshops. Good times. Thanks to Jon and the team for inviting us (and noodles), and Daniel Thompson for sending us these photos.

W E / N V

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:08:42 -0500

New Colossal Space with the wonderful Mr. Nick White,

#10 - Nick White - (01.03.13)

‘Headless not Breadless’

This and all shows so far here

W E / N V

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:15:00 -0500

First sleepynightburgerPARTY LIVE

Come, it’ll be fun, because music is fun!