100 Views of Birmingham

A series of engravings with loose connections to Hiroshige's 100 views of Edo but in Birmingham

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Oh Kardomah! – Mike Allison – Printmaker

New print

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The ear worm going round in my head as I listened to the US election was Oklahoma! This view of what was once the Kardomah Cafe soon became ‘Oh Kardomah!’ I got the drawing and photos for this view just before lockdown. Birmingham was a far cry from how it usually is this time of year but the shops looked good and the light was perfect. #kardomahcafe #birminghamshopping #birminghamnowbeforethen #birminghamviews #viewsofbirmingham #birminghamprints #brumlife #hiroshige #printspotters #printmaking #linocut #linoprint #linocutting #inkpaperandprint #inkonblock #handcarved #ukprintmaker #megaprintmakers #xilo #xilogravura #xilografía #woodcut #grabado #gravuresurbois #artecontemporanea #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CHi40ufjw7R/?igshid=z3mn88lon54u

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Almost ready to reveal my new view but meanwhile here is the rather lovely keyblock. I've built up layers and layers on this print and this will form the final layer - part printed, chopped up, wiped away and inked in different colours - goodbye keyblock #xilo #xilogravura #xilografía #woodcut #grabado #gravuresurbois #artecontemporanea #contemporaryart #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #prints #printmaking #printmakersofinstagram #linoprint #linocut #giftideas #wallart #christmas #gifts #shopsmall #printmaking #printsuk #get_imprinted #birminghamart #birminghamprint #printspotters #artbrum #100viewsofbirmingham #printsofbirmingham https://www.instagram.com/p/CHfXB14j90c/?igshid=22i5ge8hnw8s

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I gathered quite a lot of ideas from this area the last time I was in Birmingham. It was photographs that I took on a canal trip a year or so earlier though that I used as the basis of this print. I rediscovered my ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ soundtrack and ‘Bathtub’ became a working title for this as yet untitled view. . . . #birmingham #hellobrum #thisisbham #visitbirmingham #secondcity #megaprintmakers #contemporaryprintmaking #linoprint #blockprint #inkonblock #justprintmaking #printmakersofinstagram #linocutting #reductionlino #blockprinting #linocutprinting #linocut #birminghamcanals #arenabirmingham #nationalindoorarena #commonwealthgamesbirmingham #thebathtub #100viewsofbirmingham #oldturnjunction #deepcuttingjunction https://www.instagram.com/p/CG0P08xDkta/?igshid=14ajeo2zdcsgf

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First few layers on my next view. My first go at the New Street Signal Box - almost as iconic as the Rotunda that appears in the background. #bhamuk #independentbirmingham #madeinbrum #midlandscreative #smallbusiness #printartist #instaart #instaarchitecture #iluvbrum #illustration #brumart #urbansketch #urbandrawing #instabrum #art #archisketcher #bigonbrum #architecture #linocut #reliefprintmaker #reliefprintmaking #engraving #blockprinting #megaprintmakers #ukprintmaker #linoblock #printmaking #inkonblock #100viewsofbirmingham #newstreetsignalbox https://www.instagram.com/p/CGUcCWNjsWE/?igshid=1lb0610nr895g

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Craven Arms in Sunshine - My wonderfully wobbly view of the Craven Arms in Brum. This print combines different relief methods but mostly engraving. #birminghamprintmaker #birminghamprints #brumart #birmingham #viewsofbirmingham #printmaking #printmaker #engraving #oldpubs #cityscape #100viewsofbirmingham #reliefprint #inkonblock #inkonpaper #inktober #printmakersofinstagram #printstagram #peopleofprint #lockdownart #linocut #linocutprint #linocutprinting #handprintedcollective #megaprintmakers #limitededition #printcollector #originalprint #originalprints #birminghamgram https://www.instagram.com/p/CGPZyl-jaVZ/?igshid=138dsp8lmh633

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This is the first layer of my @oldjointstockbirmingham print. I’m adding some engraving elements at the front and lots of different colours, but this is just a print to take a look at how the drypoint plate has worked out. . . . . . #100viewsofbirmingham #mikeallisonprintmaker #drypoint #viewsofbirmingham #birminghamprints #colmorerow #oldjointstock #limitededitionprints #wip #architecture #drawing #architecturaldrawing #urbandrawing #sketchwalker #printmakingart #printmakingprocess #justprintmaking #megaprintmakers #printmakersofinstagram #bestprint #ilovebrum #hellobrum #thisisbham #secondcity #birmingham #brumart #bhamgram #originalprint https://www.instagram.com/p/CFMvd8DDt4_/?igshid=1fqx9y4mhqfmx

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This is my print ‘Library Reflected’. Right at the end of the printing process on this one, there is a rather fiddly series of key blocks that show the library reflection. It is a bit of a tense moment because a lot of time goes into getting the print to this point and making sure that the eight small engraved plates are all inked and registered correctly is no mean feat with slightly wobbly hands. Anyway this one is just what I’m after. #10 in the edition, i will list it for sale later today on my website £150 unframed with free P&P. #birminghamlibrary #birminghamrep #get_imprinted #imprinted_vids #reflection #visitbirmingham #hellobrum #ilovebrum #brumpic #birminghamlife #brumlife #printmaker #reliefprintmaking #birminghamart #viewsofbirmingham #inkonblock #justprintmaking #printmakersofinstagram #printmakingstudio #engraving #keyblock https://www.instagram.com/p/BxwpD2djn4-/?igshid=1syc8bjydoi4r

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Brum Photos

I've really been enjoying taking photographs in and around Birmingham recently. I've been looking for a night time scene in particular, partially inspired by some wonderful photographs of Japanese...

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1st layer from Gas St. Basin print is a dry point. Layers of white will be placed over the top. Drawings and photos completed on site. #gasstreetbasin #drypoint #paynesgrey #prussianblue #printmakingprocess #originalprint #100views #birmingham #birminghamart #birminghamcanals #canalsbirmingham #canalreflections #engravings #intaglioprint #reliefprintmaking (at Gas Street Canal, Birmingham)

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Latest two views loosely create a diptych. They are engravings with monoprint and stencilling. An early evening view of Victoria sq, Birmingham #im_printed #victoriasquare #birmingham #birminghamviews #100views #brumart #originalprint #originalprints #cityscapebirmingham #birminghamcityscape #limitededition #ironman #gormley #gormleyironman

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This are the latest views in the 100 views of  Birmingham series. www.100views.co.uk

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Happy New Year Inner Ring Road - one of my original prints of Birmingham.

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Koloman Moser’s textile design Cloverleaf, 1898 (via here)  

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Would look good on the side of a building

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Happy New Year Inner Ring Road - one of my original prints of Birmingham.