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Here are our Christmas Holiday business hours for our retail stores, customer service and shipping departments. Hope everyone has a Happy & Safe Holiday!!
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Our website Customer service department will be closed Friday Dec 24th until Tuesday Dec 28, 2010. All customer service enquiries will resume being answered on Tuesday Dec 28, 2010. However, any order requiring DHL courier service will begin shipping on Wednesday Dec 29, 2010.
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Our shipping department will be closed Friday Dec 24th at 1pm until Tuesday Dec 28, 2010. All customer orders will begin being processed and shipped on Tuesday Dec 28, 2010. However, any order requiring DHL courier service will begin shipping on Wednesday Dec 29, 2010.
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Friday Dec 24th OPEN 10 AM to 5PM
Saturday Dec 25th CLOSED for Christmas
Sunday Dec 26th OPEN 9AM to 6PM BOXING DAY SALES
Monday Dec 27th OPEN 10AM t0 8PM
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Friday Dec 24 OPEN 9AM to 5PM
Saturday Dec 25th CLOSED for Christmas
Sunday Dec 26th OPEN 12PM-5PM BOXING DAY SALES
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Our website Customer service department will be closed Friday Dec 24th until Tuesday Dec 28, 2010. All customer service enquiries will resume being answered on Tuesday Dec 28, 2010. However, any order requiring DHL courier service will begin shipping on Wednesday Dec 29, 2010.
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Our shipping department will be closed Friday Dec 24th at 1pm until Tuesday Dec 28, 2010. All customer orders will begin being processed and shipped on Tuesday Dec 28, 2010. However, any order requiring DHL courier service will begin shipping on Wednesday Dec 29, 2010.
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Friday Dec 24th OPEN 10 AM to 5PM
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Friday Dec 24 OPEN 9AM to 5PM
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Sketchbook to America
I’ve finally finished my sketch book for the Art House Co-op Sketchbook Project - and this morning I posted it off to the Brooklyn Art Library, where it will join all other sketchbooks ready for the nine state tour. All the books submitted in time will do a tour of galleries and museums in Brooklyn, Austin, San Francisco, Portland, Atlanta and Chicago - where the public will be able to book them out like regular library books.
Here are a few drawings from the one that I have just sent off. If you would like to see the entire sketchbook I will shortly be posting all of the drawings (all 40 pages) on my other blog - Oodles of Doodles. I’ll aim for one post a day but we’ll see how it goes.
This drawing takes its inspiration from my sculpture, The City.
As you can see - I have a bit of a thing for boxes on wheels...
...and for things bursting or pouring out of boxes.
So far six states, have signed up to play host to the show but it is likely that more states will take part before the exhibition starts in March 2011. After the tour, all sketchbooks will enter into the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Art Library, where they will be bar-coded and available for the public to view. All participating artists on the tour have a webpage in which to show off their work – and here’s mine.
Here are a few drawings from the one that I have just sent off. If you would like to see the entire sketchbook I will shortly be posting all of the drawings (all 40 pages) on my other blog - Oodles of Doodles. I’ll aim for one post a day but we’ll see how it goes.
This drawing takes its inspiration from my sculpture, The City.
As you can see - I have a bit of a thing for boxes on wheels...
...and for things bursting or pouring out of boxes.
PHANTOM BRAVE: HEROES OF THE HERMUDA TRIANGLE PRE-ORDER PRICE DROP
The good folks at NIS America are giving a more competitive $19.99 MSRP (down from $29.99) for the 3/8/11 launch of Phantom Brave: Heroes Of The Hermuda Triangle - PSP (Preorder) . All existing preorders in our system will automatically be adjusted to the new price point!Already one of the highest reviewed strategy RPGs of all‐time, this PSP release is certain to win over a whole new host of fans!
Enhanced, Expanded, and Portable! Phantom Brave for the PSP will feature new story chapters, characters, items, better graphics, and a revamped UI. The game is now more user‐friendly and packs more content for over 100 hours of game play
Unique Strategy RPG gameplay The innovative “CONFINE” unit summoning system allows for nearly limitless gameplay combination. Players can summon ghosts and monsters as battle units by confining souls into objects on the battlefield like rocks, plants, and items. Depending on the object, the end result may differ dramatically
Randomly‐generated Dungeons Explore a different dungeon every time you enter. The layout of the battle map and the types of enemies, objects, and items you’ll come across can all change by chance. This gives incredible replay value for those who want to “master” the game.
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We have put all colours of the SONY PS3 DUAL SHOCK 3's on sale by $5. We've dropped them down to $44.99 from our regular price of $49.99 but considering most big box retailers sell these for $54.99 regularly you could look at it as a $10 savings!!
All New Swirly Skull Prints
As promised – here’s my new, 2 colour, ‘Swirly Skulls on Pink’ screen prints. They come in a strictly limited edition of 60 and each print is signed, titled, editioned and dated. The paper dimensions are 70 x 50 cm (larger than the new, single colour, ‘Swirly Skulls’ prints which are 60 x 40 cm – see two posts down). And as with the new, one colour, Swirly Skull prints, these are also available for the super low, commission-free price of £60 each if bought directly from my good self. If you would like one just drop me an email at waynechisnall@yahoo.co.uk .
FAD Q&A
My new Swirly Skulls prints (see the previous post) have just gone on sale at FAD website’s on-line shop. I’ve also taken part in a Q and A session that can be viewed in the Interviews section of the site. And if you can’t be bothered to click on the link to view my ramblings: well, here they are anyway -
1 If you weren’t an artist, what else would you be?
I’d still be a hoarder of junk. Maybe I’d open my own junk shop. I think I’d be good at that.
2 Name 3 of your least favourite artists.
Only a very tiny percentage of the artwork that I see ever gets me all fired up and excited. It’s not that I think the rest is bad – it’s just that the things that inspire me usually come from areas outside of art, or on the fringes of it. So I don’t really have any least favourite artist (unless you count the artists that a really like but not quite as much as the ones who’s work I really love – I suppose that technically they would be my least favourite), just lots who’s work doesn’t do much for me.
3. Anytime, any place – which artist’s body would you most like to inhabit?
It would be great to have some of the opportunities that certain artists have or have had but I’ve always liked being me and living in my own head so I’ll probably just stick if that is OK.
4 What is your favourite ‘ism’?
Buddhism… oh, you meant art movement ‘ism’.
When I was at University I loved art theory and it really helped my practice to a certain degree but art historians seems obsessed with ‘isms’ and movements and any number of ways of dividing art and artists into either this or that camp. Some artwork interests me and some artwork doesn’t. That’s the only two classifications of art that I need.
5 What was the most intelligent thing that someone said or wrote about your work?
Can’t remember – most of the time people say something to me about my work is while we’re at the opening of a show and I’ve normally had a drink or two by that point.
6. And the dumbest?
Again, I can’t remember but what ever it was, it was probably me that said it.
7 Which artists would you most like to rip off, sorry, I mean appropriate as a critique of originality and authorship?
I can’t see much point in deliberately ripping off other people’s work but as a kid I was obsessed with anything macabre (be it literature, TV, film, comics, animation or whatever) and the short films of animators such as the Brothers Quay and Jan Svankmajer have greatly influenced the sort of sculptural work I produce. Like them I try to make something that looks like it inhabits that half world somewhere between here and the realm of dream or fairy tale.
One thing that I do try to emulate, especially in my drawings, is the natural flow of organic forms. I love the functional aesthetics of nature and I have a bit of an obsession with roots, vines, tendrils and tentacles. They frequently appear in my drawings – either as an aspect of nature or as a biomorphic bridge between the geometric world of the man-made and the world of the organic.
Growing up in rural(ish) Shropshire probably had a big influence on my appreciation of natural forms. As a kid I would spend a lot of time exploring woods and field, and always marvelled at the easy with which nature reclaimed areas of man’s intervention. It was amazing growing up in the place that saw the birth of the industrial age, and being able to play amongst the ruins of old mills, kilns and giant bits of rusting machinery.
8 Do you care what your art costs? State your reasons!
Yes, to a certain extent. It’s very expensive and time consuming being an artist and the price of your work should reflect not only this but also the life time of practise and artistic development that went into getting you to the point you are at now. However, saying that, I don’t know of many artists that don’t make art for the love of it – so even if no-one was willing to buy my work, I’d still be making it.
9 What are the three big ideas that you would like your work to express?
I don’t know if my work expresses big ideas. My work tends to come out of a jumble of personal obsessions, observations, foibles, interests and minor anxieties. There are lots of re-occurring themes or motifs that surface in my work though. There is the roots or vines thing, as previously mentioned, but there’s also my love of boxes and containment. My tower and box sculptures (all on wheels) came about through anxieties about frequently moving from place to place and the logistical issue of transporting possessions. This probably all stems from my earlier experiences as a child when I had to move home a lot (often at a minute’s notice and in the dead of night) and only being able to take what ever we were able to carry. So the boxes and the tower pieces (where as much stuff is crammed into as small a space as possible) are partly a comment on our need for material possessions with the wheels providing a comical reminder of how this dependence on ‘stuff’ limits our mobility.
But there are lots of other ideas and issues that weave in and out of my work. One of these is memory and its mutable nature. I’ve always been fascinated by the fallibility of memory and how the stories of our own lives, that we tell ourselves, can subtly change over years – like a very long game of Chinese whispers. This is more strongly evident in my pieces that incorporate or recreate childhood artefacts and toys. When I made my life size model kit sculpture, And When I’m a Man (I’ll Think as a Man), I sprayed in a lurid green colour that was closest to my memory of some cheap plastic soldiers that I had as a child – recognising that the memory of the colour was probably inaccurate and an exaggeration of the original colour.
The majority of my sculptural work involves the reworking and assemblage of found objects/materials. And I like to use materials that I feel have a certain ‘resonance’ – a resonance that that is built up by interaction with people or the environment.
10 Are you a political artist?
Not so as you’d notice.
11 How do you start the process of making work?
It varies from piece to piece. With my 2D work I sometimes just get an image that comes to me and I try and render it as accurately as possibly – with varying degrees of success. Although recently I’ve been doing a lot of automatic drawing, where I just sit down and force myself to draw as fast as possible. This I try and do without thinking what the drawing will turn into. Again, this works with varying degrees of success but lots of interesting ideas come out of it and I find it to be a very good way of getting the creative juices (I really don’t like the phrase ‘creative juices’ but it probably best describes what I’m talking about) flowing.
As for my sculptural work – they almost always start with lots of preliminary sketches and working drawings. The first stages of drawing tend to be concerned with building a rough image of how I want the piece to eventually look. The next stage of drawings might be concerned with the logistics of construction and problem solving, although this also tends to be ongoing during the construction process, as I encounter unforeseen problems or issues. But as I said, it varies from piece to piece so these steps change and don’t always apply.
12 What next?
After the initial sketching stage I find the materials that I need and work them into the required shapes – then the building process begins as I join the various components together. Here I’m obviously talking more about my box and tower type constructions. Some other sculptures might be formed in a more organic way. The thing I love about sculpture is that it’s a very process based activity – one where the process or the materials themselves can often inform the next stage of the sculpture’s development. This can turn the finished sculpture into a very different beast than originally intended – or give birth to the ideas for a whole family of related but different sculptures.
It constantly keeps you questioning what you are doing (in a similar way to drawing) whilst also allowing you to loose yourself in the work. That sounds quite contradictory – maybe it’s a Zen kinda thing.
I think that the thing I love most about sculpture is that, for me at least, it feels more truthful. There’s something about making sculpture that allows you to lean deeper into your subconscious and come back out again with a few more nuggets of understanding – but I might be wrong.
13 If Moma and the Tate and the Pompidou wanted to acquire one of your works each, which would you want them to have?
I’d let MOMA have And When I’m a Man (I’ll Think as a Man) because it’s my biggest sculpture to date and I’d like it to be seen by a wider audience. It’s also too big for me to store in my studio. I’d let the Tate have The City. Again because I’d like it to be seen by a wider audience but also because it’s my favourite piece so I’d like to be able to visit it whenever I liked. As for the Pompidou – maybe they could have Magnet or Fetish.
14 Complete the following sentence “Blessed art the artists, for they shall make their own worlds.”
15 Complete the following sentence “Blessed are the curators, for they shall arrange the worlds as they see fit.”
16 Complete the following sentence “Blessed are the art critics, for they shall explain these strange worlds.”
17. What is your favourite cheese?
I don’t have a favourite but (fat-free and synthetic cheese aside) I haven’t yet found a cheese that I don’t like – the stronger and smellier the better.
18. What’s next for you?
I’m currently working on a new series of orifice box sculptures. What sets this series apart from my previous box sculptures is a carved orifice set into the front of each piece. However, they are temporarily on hold at the moment as I attempt to fill a new sketchbook before Christmas, so that I can send it off to the Art House Co-Op Sketchbook Project which will be touring around the US early next year.
I will also be exhibiting a couple of sculptures from the 13th January at the new show at Scream in Mayfair.
1 If you weren’t an artist, what else would you be?
I’d still be a hoarder of junk. Maybe I’d open my own junk shop. I think I’d be good at that.
2 Name 3 of your least favourite artists.
Only a very tiny percentage of the artwork that I see ever gets me all fired up and excited. It’s not that I think the rest is bad – it’s just that the things that inspire me usually come from areas outside of art, or on the fringes of it. So I don’t really have any least favourite artist (unless you count the artists that a really like but not quite as much as the ones who’s work I really love – I suppose that technically they would be my least favourite), just lots who’s work doesn’t do much for me.
3. Anytime, any place – which artist’s body would you most like to inhabit?
It would be great to have some of the opportunities that certain artists have or have had but I’ve always liked being me and living in my own head so I’ll probably just stick if that is OK.
4 What is your favourite ‘ism’?
Buddhism… oh, you meant art movement ‘ism’.
When I was at University I loved art theory and it really helped my practice to a certain degree but art historians seems obsessed with ‘isms’ and movements and any number of ways of dividing art and artists into either this or that camp. Some artwork interests me and some artwork doesn’t. That’s the only two classifications of art that I need.
5 What was the most intelligent thing that someone said or wrote about your work?
Can’t remember – most of the time people say something to me about my work is while we’re at the opening of a show and I’ve normally had a drink or two by that point.
6. And the dumbest?
Again, I can’t remember but what ever it was, it was probably me that said it.
7 Which artists would you most like to rip off, sorry, I mean appropriate as a critique of originality and authorship?
I can’t see much point in deliberately ripping off other people’s work but as a kid I was obsessed with anything macabre (be it literature, TV, film, comics, animation or whatever) and the short films of animators such as the Brothers Quay and Jan Svankmajer have greatly influenced the sort of sculptural work I produce. Like them I try to make something that looks like it inhabits that half world somewhere between here and the realm of dream or fairy tale.
One thing that I do try to emulate, especially in my drawings, is the natural flow of organic forms. I love the functional aesthetics of nature and I have a bit of an obsession with roots, vines, tendrils and tentacles. They frequently appear in my drawings – either as an aspect of nature or as a biomorphic bridge between the geometric world of the man-made and the world of the organic.
Growing up in rural(ish) Shropshire probably had a big influence on my appreciation of natural forms. As a kid I would spend a lot of time exploring woods and field, and always marvelled at the easy with which nature reclaimed areas of man’s intervention. It was amazing growing up in the place that saw the birth of the industrial age, and being able to play amongst the ruins of old mills, kilns and giant bits of rusting machinery.
8 Do you care what your art costs? State your reasons!
Yes, to a certain extent. It’s very expensive and time consuming being an artist and the price of your work should reflect not only this but also the life time of practise and artistic development that went into getting you to the point you are at now. However, saying that, I don’t know of many artists that don’t make art for the love of it – so even if no-one was willing to buy my work, I’d still be making it.
9 What are the three big ideas that you would like your work to express?
I don’t know if my work expresses big ideas. My work tends to come out of a jumble of personal obsessions, observations, foibles, interests and minor anxieties. There are lots of re-occurring themes or motifs that surface in my work though. There is the roots or vines thing, as previously mentioned, but there’s also my love of boxes and containment. My tower and box sculptures (all on wheels) came about through anxieties about frequently moving from place to place and the logistical issue of transporting possessions. This probably all stems from my earlier experiences as a child when I had to move home a lot (often at a minute’s notice and in the dead of night) and only being able to take what ever we were able to carry. So the boxes and the tower pieces (where as much stuff is crammed into as small a space as possible) are partly a comment on our need for material possessions with the wheels providing a comical reminder of how this dependence on ‘stuff’ limits our mobility.
But there are lots of other ideas and issues that weave in and out of my work. One of these is memory and its mutable nature. I’ve always been fascinated by the fallibility of memory and how the stories of our own lives, that we tell ourselves, can subtly change over years – like a very long game of Chinese whispers. This is more strongly evident in my pieces that incorporate or recreate childhood artefacts and toys. When I made my life size model kit sculpture, And When I’m a Man (I’ll Think as a Man), I sprayed in a lurid green colour that was closest to my memory of some cheap plastic soldiers that I had as a child – recognising that the memory of the colour was probably inaccurate and an exaggeration of the original colour.
The majority of my sculptural work involves the reworking and assemblage of found objects/materials. And I like to use materials that I feel have a certain ‘resonance’ – a resonance that that is built up by interaction with people or the environment.
10 Are you a political artist?
Not so as you’d notice.
11 How do you start the process of making work?
It varies from piece to piece. With my 2D work I sometimes just get an image that comes to me and I try and render it as accurately as possibly – with varying degrees of success. Although recently I’ve been doing a lot of automatic drawing, where I just sit down and force myself to draw as fast as possible. This I try and do without thinking what the drawing will turn into. Again, this works with varying degrees of success but lots of interesting ideas come out of it and I find it to be a very good way of getting the creative juices (I really don’t like the phrase ‘creative juices’ but it probably best describes what I’m talking about) flowing.
As for my sculptural work – they almost always start with lots of preliminary sketches and working drawings. The first stages of drawing tend to be concerned with building a rough image of how I want the piece to eventually look. The next stage of drawings might be concerned with the logistics of construction and problem solving, although this also tends to be ongoing during the construction process, as I encounter unforeseen problems or issues. But as I said, it varies from piece to piece so these steps change and don’t always apply.
12 What next?
After the initial sketching stage I find the materials that I need and work them into the required shapes – then the building process begins as I join the various components together. Here I’m obviously talking more about my box and tower type constructions. Some other sculptures might be formed in a more organic way. The thing I love about sculpture is that it’s a very process based activity – one where the process or the materials themselves can often inform the next stage of the sculpture’s development. This can turn the finished sculpture into a very different beast than originally intended – or give birth to the ideas for a whole family of related but different sculptures.
It constantly keeps you questioning what you are doing (in a similar way to drawing) whilst also allowing you to loose yourself in the work. That sounds quite contradictory – maybe it’s a Zen kinda thing.
I think that the thing I love most about sculpture is that, for me at least, it feels more truthful. There’s something about making sculpture that allows you to lean deeper into your subconscious and come back out again with a few more nuggets of understanding – but I might be wrong.
13 If Moma and the Tate and the Pompidou wanted to acquire one of your works each, which would you want them to have?
I’d let MOMA have And When I’m a Man (I’ll Think as a Man) because it’s my biggest sculpture to date and I’d like it to be seen by a wider audience. It’s also too big for me to store in my studio. I’d let the Tate have The City. Again because I’d like it to be seen by a wider audience but also because it’s my favourite piece so I’d like to be able to visit it whenever I liked. As for the Pompidou – maybe they could have Magnet or Fetish.
14 Complete the following sentence “Blessed art the artists, for they shall make their own worlds.”
15 Complete the following sentence “Blessed are the curators, for they shall arrange the worlds as they see fit.”
16 Complete the following sentence “Blessed are the art critics, for they shall explain these strange worlds.”
17. What is your favourite cheese?
I don’t have a favourite but (fat-free and synthetic cheese aside) I haven’t yet found a cheese that I don’t like – the stronger and smellier the better.
18. What’s next for you?
I’m currently working on a new series of orifice box sculptures. What sets this series apart from my previous box sculptures is a carved orifice set into the front of each piece. However, they are temporarily on hold at the moment as I attempt to fill a new sketchbook before Christmas, so that I can send it off to the Art House Co-Op Sketchbook Project which will be touring around the US early next year.
I will also be exhibiting a couple of sculptures from the 13th January at the new show at Scream in Mayfair.
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Features
Light-up accents illuminate nighttime sessions USB Corded Controller
Rubber grips with a soft-touch finish and perforated details
Unique, performance enhancing contours and design
Precision controller parts and vibration suppor
Features
Light-up accents illuminate nighttime sessions USB Corded Controller
Rubber grips with a soft-touch finish and perforated details
Unique, performance enhancing contours and design
Precision controller parts and vibration suppor
New Screen Prints - Swirly Skulls
Christmas is just around the corner and you still can’t think what to get Great Aunty Flow. Well fear not – I have just the solution. How about one of my brand new Swirly Skull prints? Guaranteed to cheer up any stuffy old living room and compliment the bewilderingly pervasive ceramic cat collection.
If the image looks strangely familiar then you might remember the postcard-sized single skull versions that I made and handed out free to the folks queuing for last year’s RCA Secret show. I have been promising to bring out this larger, 9 skull version for over a year now but due to a prolonged bought of slackness, I’ve only just got round to it – just in time for Christmas. What a coincidence!
These new hand-pulled, screen prints are in a limited edition of 50 - a much smaller edition than my Spidey Pods prints (scroll down the page for details), and each print is signed, titled, dated and editioned. I’m currently in the process of cropping the prints down from the 70 x 50 cm paper, on which they were printed, to 60 x 45 cm as this size works best with the image. However, I may keep a couple back, un-cropped, just in case anyone would like to frame them in a larger frame with a wide mount. I know that Ikea do a nice 70 x 50 cm plain black or white wood frame, with a mount, for about £20 but I’ve not tried a print in one of these frames yet so can’t comment on how they look.
As they’ve only just been printed, they don’t yet appear for sale in any galleries, shops or other sites. And as is the case with my Spidey Pods prints, I am offering these prints on my blog first, at a commission-free price. They are £60 each (30-50% less than in shops and galleries). So if you fancy buying one just drop me a line at waynechisnall@yahoo.co.uk and we can work out how to get one to you.
However, if you like your screen prints with a bit more colour then hang on till the end of the week when I will be bringing out a two colour, limited edition (probably in an edition of 45 to 50 prints) version. This set will also feature the 9 black Swirly Skulls but printed on a dripping block of baby pink. As the block of pink colour extends beyond the boarder of the skulls, the image holds it own on a larger sheet of paper so will be printed on 70 x 50 cm sheets.
So, as they said on something probably quite corny – ‘Watch this space’.
If the image looks strangely familiar then you might remember the postcard-sized single skull versions that I made and handed out free to the folks queuing for last year’s RCA Secret show. I have been promising to bring out this larger, 9 skull version for over a year now but due to a prolonged bought of slackness, I’ve only just got round to it – just in time for Christmas. What a coincidence!
These new hand-pulled, screen prints are in a limited edition of 50 - a much smaller edition than my Spidey Pods prints (scroll down the page for details), and each print is signed, titled, dated and editioned. I’m currently in the process of cropping the prints down from the 70 x 50 cm paper, on which they were printed, to 60 x 45 cm as this size works best with the image. However, I may keep a couple back, un-cropped, just in case anyone would like to frame them in a larger frame with a wide mount. I know that Ikea do a nice 70 x 50 cm plain black or white wood frame, with a mount, for about £20 but I’ve not tried a print in one of these frames yet so can’t comment on how they look.
As they’ve only just been printed, they don’t yet appear for sale in any galleries, shops or other sites. And as is the case with my Spidey Pods prints, I am offering these prints on my blog first, at a commission-free price. They are £60 each (30-50% less than in shops and galleries). So if you fancy buying one just drop me a line at waynechisnall@yahoo.co.uk and we can work out how to get one to you.
However, if you like your screen prints with a bit more colour then hang on till the end of the week when I will be bringing out a two colour, limited edition (probably in an edition of 45 to 50 prints) version. This set will also feature the 9 black Swirly Skulls but printed on a dripping block of baby pink. As the block of pink colour extends beyond the boarder of the skulls, the image holds it own on a larger sheet of paper so will be printed on 70 x 50 cm sheets.
So, as they said on something probably quite corny – ‘Watch this space’.
5 SUPER SAVER SPECIALS ONLY $19.99 EACH
For a very limited time while qty's last we have put the following 5 titles on sale for only $19.99!!
Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
Shaun White Skateboarding - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
Shaun White Skateboarding - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
Ruse - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
inFAMOUS (Greatest Hits)- PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
Shaun White Skateboarding - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
Shaun White Skateboarding - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
Ruse - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
inFAMOUS (Greatest Hits)- PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
All the XBOX 360 versions of these games are region free and will work on a PAL XBOX 360 console. Look for more sales and specials soon!!
Infant only made happy by Florence and the Machine
This is like 2 weeks old so it's ancient in internet terms, but I figured I should get some stuff queued up on my blog since we've been so buy taking care of our little baby Violet
I know people like posting there "haw haw look, this baby cries when it hears the OSU fight song haw haw" but I promise that this is more entertaining than those.
I know people like posting there "haw haw look, this baby cries when it hears the OSU fight song haw haw" but I promise that this is more entertaining than those.
This is also nuts
Ok so I watched like 30 seconds of this, but that was enough to know there are some crazy bubbles in here
This is nuts
Ok so I watched like 2 minutes of it. But that was enough to know that there is some crazy bicycling in here.
RED DEAD REDEMPTION WINS GOTY
Congratulations to the folks at Rockstar Games for having their awesome title Red Dead Redemption win the Game Of The Year award at this year's VGA awards. For a limited time we're adding a FREE SHIPPING PROMOTION on both Red Dead Redemption - 360 (Region Free) (FREE SHIPPING) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) and Red Dead Redemption - PS3 (FREE SHIPPING) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs). Also, in stock shipping for free aswell is Red Dead Redemption - 360 (Region Free) (Preplayed) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) . The XBOX 360 version of this title is region free and will work on all PAL XBOX 360 consoles.
NOW IN STOCK AND SHIPPING
These titles have come in this week and have begun shipping.World of WarCraft: Cataclysm - PC is finally out and is the expansion everyone has been waiting for. Grab your great sword and go slaying!
Based on the new 3D animated film Yogi Bear: The Video Game - Wii and Yogi Bear: The Video Game - DS hit the (picnic) grounds running.
Stuck in that awesome RPG Golden Sun: Dark Dawn - DS ? Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Official Strategy Guide (Prima) - DS is for you!
Wanna look cool in neon blue? Tron Evolution (PS3, Wii, 360, DS, PSP) puts you in the game, with light cycles and disc-based battles.
Sketchbook Project USA
I know that I usually work well to tight deadlines but I think that I should have paid a bit more attention to when the handing in date for the Art House Co-op Sketchbook Project was, when I signed up for it all those months ago. I knew that it was some time in 2011 but after having a quick check on-line I realised that the completed sketchbooks have to arrive back at the Brooklyn Art Library in the US (ready for their six state, museum and gallery tour - Brooklyn, Austin, San Francisco, Portland, Atlanta and Chicago) by the 15th of January. Taking into account the amount of time it will take to post them from the UK to the US and the fact that I just started my first sketch last night, I’m foreseeing a few very late nights ahead of me this festive season. Lovely!
So here’s what I’ve done so far. A few down – bloody loads to go!
This is a sketch of a component sculpture I made from an old, smashed doll’s head and selection of crabs legs – glued together.
Not sure what was going on in my head when I did this one - just felt the urge to draw tubes and pipes. I like tubes and pipes - what's wrong with that?
Again - not sure what I was thinking when I did this one. It seems to be a slightly depressed, clock-work thing.
And finally... this one. I haven't a clue... you tell me!
Participating artists were invited the chose from a wide selection of themes before starting their sketchbooks. I chose ‘I’m a Scavenger’. Considering my love of rubbish and approach to selecting materials (when sculpting), I think it’s quite apt.
So far six states, have signed up to play host to the show but it is likely that more states will take part before the exhibition starts in March 2011. After the tour, all sketchbooks will enter into the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Art Library, where they will be bar-coded and available for the public to view. All participating artists on the tour have a webpage in which to show off their work – and here’s mine.
TRON EVOLUTION 360 REGION FREE TEST RESULTS
We have tested Tron Evolution - 360 (Region Free) (Preorder) on our PAL XBOX 360 and can confirm IT'S REGION FREE!!
Impossible/clever crossword clues
Karen and I were doing the USA Today crossword which usually has its share of cryptic crossword clues. I decided to see if I could find some other ones online and found quite the list here: http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/fun/wordplay/crossword.html
Here are a few of the unfair and/or clever ones:
Globe plotter.
IAGO
Dancer's group. (8 letters)
REINDEER
It can help you get a date? (6 letters)
CARBON
It may be fit for a queen. (8 letters)
BEDSHEET
Its employees are in training? (7 letters)
LIONEL
Lift a curse. (5 letters)
BLEEP
Number 10 on a table. (4 letters)
NEON
Place to find a nun? (7 letters)
DREIDEL
United, for one. (7 letters)
SYNONYM
Here are a few of the unfair and/or clever ones:
Globe plotter.
IAGO
Dancer's group. (8 letters)
REINDEER
It can help you get a date? (6 letters)
CARBON
It may be fit for a queen. (8 letters)
BEDSHEET
Its employees are in training? (7 letters)
LIONEL
Lift a curse. (5 letters)
BLEEP
Number 10 on a table. (4 letters)
NEON
Place to find a nun? (7 letters)
DREIDEL
United, for one. (7 letters)
SYNONYM
QWOP: Really hard/funny game (at least to me and Karen)
Goal: run to the finish. But you move your calves and thighs with different buttons. It's like trying to control the relays in your brain or something. On a track made of banana peels.
Here is a youtube of me trying to play it.
[For the record, when Karen says "ow," it's not contractions: those are laughter muscles being sore]
Here is where you can go play it: http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html (Try to beat my record of 3.8m and Karen's record of 12m (the goal, btw, is 100m)
Here is what I feel like
ZHP UNLOSING RANGER VS DARKDEATH EVILMAN PSP
We have finally received our full shipment of ZHP Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman - PSP (Preorder) and have now shipped all existing orders. The title is now in stock and ready to ship!
FREE SWAG FRIDAY ON TWITTER
Every Friday is our free swag Friday giveaways on Twitter. We give away free games, gaming accessories and novelty items. We are currently giving away a brand new copy of Infamous (Greatest Hits) PS3 on twitter right now. Follow us @Videogamesplus_ and win some cool gaming gear and games!!
Police chief investigates 'most grisly murder in 35 years' before discovering blood-spattered scene is a horror movie set
^^that's the headline of a Daily Mail article that you can read on their site
I wouldn't be surprised if it was fake, but let's just keep believing.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was fake, but let's just keep believing.
A FEW BARGAIN BIN ADDITIONS
We have added the following titles into their systems respective BARGAIN BINS. All games sell for $19.99 brand new.
- Rock Band 2 (Game Only) - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
- The Beatles: Rock Band [Game Only] - PS3 (In stock usually ships in 24hrs)
- The Beatles: Rock Band [Game Only] - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships in 24hrs)
- Vancouver 2010: Official Video Game of the Olympic Winter Games - PS3 (In stock usually ships in 24hrs)
- Dirt 2 - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
- Dirt 2 - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
EA SPORTS MMA $30 PRICE DROP
We have lowered the price of both EA SPORTS MMA - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) and EA SPORTS MMA - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) down $30 from $69.99 to new low prices of only $39.99 each. Look for more price drops soon. The XBOX 360 version of this title is region free and will work on Pal XBOX 360 consoles.
EPIC MICKEY NOW IN STOCK
We have shipped all preorders and now have this amazing title instock.
As an added bonus all preorders have been shipped and new orders will be shipped a EPIC MICKEY PIN with their order.
Disney Epic Mickey - Wii [BONUS : WITH EPIC MICKEY PIN] (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
As an added bonus all preorders have been shipped and new orders will be shipped a EPIC MICKEY PIN with their order.
Disney Epic Mickey - Wii [BONUS : WITH EPIC MICKEY PIN] (In stock usually ships within 24hrs)
Xmas Art Fair and Lucky Skip - Sat 27th Nov (2-6 pm)
If anyone’s at a loose end this weekend please feel free to come along to the Cecil Court Christmas Fair (Saturday 27th November, 2-6 pm), a short walk from Leicester Square tube station, London. The fair sees the launch of Tenderproduct’s new print space - a basement area featuring a brand new collection of books, limited edition artist prints and original artist drawings and sculptures.
Although my new Swirly Skull prints aren’t yet ready (hopefully they’ll be available in time for Christmas), my Spidey Pods prints will be for sale at the launch. However, if you would like to buy a print from me at the ‘direct from the artist price’ feel free to get in touch at waynechisnall@yahoo.co.uk. They are hand pulled, 3 colour, screen prints on acid-free, archival paper. The paper size is 58.6 cm x 54.2 cm (image 38.7 x 39.4 cm). Every print is signed and numbered (being from a maximum edition of 300). And if you would like to get your hands on one, my ‘commission-free’ price is £100 (around 33% off the usual gallery and shop price), unframed.
To find out about the inspiration behind the print check out the original Spidey Pods sketch on my Oodles of Doodles blog.
Tenderproduct’s print space launch also coincides with Garudio Studiage’s Lucky Skip. A hand made artist skip full of wrapped goodies direct from Garudio Studuiage and tenderproduct: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GET FOR JUST ONE POUND? An excellent way to kick of the Festive season, Garudio Studiage’s Lucky Skip will provide Cecil Court visitors with an afternoon of delight and surprises.
The Salvation Army Brass band will add to the Court’s festive mood by playing some Christmas Carols. Tenderproduct will be serving sweets and hot drinks to keep you warm as you take your lucky dip in the skip.
As well as myself, other artists participating in the Tenderproduct launch include: Janne Malmros, Junko Otake, James Irwin, Irene Pérez Hernández, Dan Arnold, Reena Makwana, Joseph Whitney, Katy Binks, Lizzie Cannon, Rachel Gannon, Tomasz Goli, Hannah Waldron, Akiko Ban, Glyn Walton, Nicko Straniero, Jacob Love, Mimi Leung, Sally Spinks, Lisa Slominski, Jeremy Wood, JL Murtaugh, Nicholas Phillips and Luzelle van der Westhuizen.
BLACK FRIDAY WEEKEND SALE NOV 26 - NOV 29
We're having our first ever Black Friday Sale both online and in-store. Sales will run from Friday Nov 26th to Monday Nov 29th. Certain specials will have limited qauntities and will be 1 per customer. Follow us on twitter as we will be tweeting some sneek peaks into the savings today.
BLACK OPS CONTROLLERS NOW IN STOCK
We have received a shipment of PS3 Call of Duty: Black Ops Precision Aim Wireless Controller - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) and Xbox 360 Call of Duty: Black Ops Precision Aim Controller - 360 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs).
Features
-Large "Combat" buttons for on-the-fly custom remapping
-PrecisionAIM - Instant sensitivity adjustment for "sniping"
-Quick-fire triggers
-Ergonomic soft touch non-slip grips
-Immersive backlit analog stick modules
-Built-in rechargeable battery
-Lag-free 2.4GHz wireless signal
-Premium "Alps" analog modules
TRON: EVOLUTION COLLECTORS EDITION PS3 & 360 PREORDER NOW!
We have just opened up preorders on Tron: Evolution Collectors Edition [MOVE Compatible] - PS3 (LIMIT 1 PER CUSTOMER) (Preorder) and Tron: Evolution Collectors Edition - 360 (LIMIT 1 PER CUSTOMER) (Preorder).
Collectors Edition includes:
-Welcome to the Grid, Program. Race into the digital grid on this exclusive light cycle collectible.
-Based on the in-game light cycle model from TRON: Evolution
-Created by renowned collectibles manufacturer Slideshow Collectibles
-Housed in a sleek, TRON-inspired, protective casing with a drawer for the game
-Includes a $10 value Hollywood Movie Money certificate to see TRON: Legacy, in theatres starting December 17th
LATEST 2 XBOX 360 GAME REGION FREE TESTS
We have tested the latest 2 XBOX 360 game releases on our PAL XBOX 360 console and can confirm that Splatterhouse - 360 (Region Free) (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) is region free but unfortunately Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom - 360 (In stock usually ships within 24hrs) is not.
Atlus Announces Radiant Historia DS
Atlus has announced that Radiant Historia with [BONUS MUSIC CD] - DS (Preorder) will be releasing on February 22, 2011.
BONUS: Atlus has made each and every launch copy of Radiant Historia into a premium boxed set. Packaged alongside the game is a free music CD featuring unique piano arrangements from famed composer Yoko Shimomura's acclaimed musical score.
Channeling the heart and soul of fan favorite 16‐bit RPG classics, Radiant Historia combines a unique position‐based battle system, intricate hand‐drawn details, and one of the best soundtracks in recent memory as it takes gamers on a steampunk adventure back and forth through time. PREORDER NOW!!
GRAN TURISMO 5 PS3 NOW SHIPPING
We have begun shipping all preorders for Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 (Preorder) to try and have customers receive game on street date or as close to it as possible. Street date shipping policy in effect. If your parcels takes only 1 business day to arrive from us your order will ship out tomorrow Tuesday Nov 23rd. If your parcel takes 2 or more business days to arrive from us than it will ship out today. Also, all in store preorder pickups will be available on Wednesday Nov 24th which is the official street date. NO EXCEPTIONS ON THIS PICKUP POLICY!! Thanks too all who preordered this blockbuster game from us!!**
Karen and I watched Oprah's Favorite Things 2010 the other day
Here are just the reaction shots cut down into one video [from part 1/2]:
The Saturday Night Live parody almost isn't an SNL parody so much as an SNL reenactment [sorry, no high quality versions online]:
The Saturday Night Live parody almost isn't an SNL parody so much as an SNL reenactment [sorry, no high quality versions online]:
RCA No-longer Secret 2010
Well, the RCA Secret is over for another year so now I can reveal which were my six postcard-sized artworks.
Number 411 (Jellyscuttle). Quite a few people worked this one out because it’s a copy of one of my quick-fire drawings.
This tentacle orifice box pencil sketch which was bought by Mr Adam Stone (one of the many dedicated front line RCA enthusiasts who braved the cold weather and camped out for the opening) was number 701 in the show.
Like the previous drawing, this orifice box sketch (number 2002) was probably quite easy to work out as being one of mine, especially if you’ve look at my new series of sculptures.
Number 2441 is a follow up piece to last year’s Love Is card – and features one of the same creatures. A friend told me that they thought the Love Is drawing seemed cynical so I thought I’d up the ante a little with this one.
I entered these last two biro drawings under my nickname, Chig (I thought it needed an outing). They proved to be the hardest ones for people to work out as being mine. This one, number 2210, is of a crow (my favourite bird) with human-like hands instead of feet. Actually there seemed to be a few crow pictures in the show this year. I've just found out that my Werecrow card is now in the possession of Sandy Lyell, up in Edinburgh - thanks for the lovely email Sandy.
I drew this winged torpedo one, number 605, after I got back from viewing an exhibition by a Russia artist in Shoreditch. In the show the artist (whose name I shamefully can’t remember) had made a model submarine that travelled up and down a massive water-filled Perspex tube that ran the length of the gallery.
Number 411 (Jellyscuttle). Quite a few people worked this one out because it’s a copy of one of my quick-fire drawings.
This tentacle orifice box pencil sketch which was bought by Mr Adam Stone (one of the many dedicated front line RCA enthusiasts who braved the cold weather and camped out for the opening) was number 701 in the show.
Like the previous drawing, this orifice box sketch (number 2002) was probably quite easy to work out as being one of mine, especially if you’ve look at my new series of sculptures.
Number 2441 is a follow up piece to last year’s Love Is card – and features one of the same creatures. A friend told me that they thought the Love Is drawing seemed cynical so I thought I’d up the ante a little with this one.
I drew this winged torpedo one, number 605, after I got back from viewing an exhibition by a Russia artist in Shoreditch. In the show the artist (whose name I shamefully can’t remember) had made a model submarine that travelled up and down a massive water-filled Perspex tube that ran the length of the gallery.
DONKEY KONG COUNTRY RETURNS NOW SHIPPING
One of the BIGGEST titles of this year is shipping today!!
Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are Back! Retro Studios brings the jungle boys back for some awesome 2 player co-op action!
This is to try and have customers receive the game on, or as close too street date as possible. We can no longer except any cancellations on these products! Thanks for ordering!
**In-Store pick ups for this title is Sunday October 21st, 2010, no exceptions!**
Game Releases Week Recap
There has been a lot of games in the last week that have been released, and we just want to get our customers up to speed in case anyone missed any of these great titles.
- Sonic Colors (Wii, DS)
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Limited Edition (Wii, PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (Regular and Limited) (PS3, Xbox 360)
- Xbox 360 Controller with Play and Charge Kit [SILVER] - 360
- EA Sports Active 2.0 Bundle (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (PC, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, DS)
- DanceDanceRevolution Bundle [MOVE Compatible] - PS3
- DanceDanceRevolution Bundle - Wii
- Michael Jackson The Experience - Wii
- Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii)
- Game Party: In Motion [Kinect hardware required] - 360
- Deca Sports Freedom [Kinect hardware required] - 360
- 999: 9 Hours, 9 People, 9 Doors - DS
- Apache Air Assault (PS3, Xbox 360)
- Create (Wii, Xbox 360, PS3)
And much much more. Check The New Products list for more new games.
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