We had a really brilliant time at the BUST Craftacular on Sunday, it was great to meet everyone who came along!!!

We made this 'Grotto' (from a borrowed gazebo frame and some foamboard cut-outs!) and set up shop on the stage.

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Here is the winning video for our Christmas competition - not bad hey!!?!?

As if 'The Truth About Christmas' wasn't enough, Rob's also done the cover for 'The Truth About Love'!!

Earlier this year, I was asked to illustrate the cover for Phillip Ardagh's 'The Truth About Christmas' and here is the finished book!

Its printed on uncoated stock and has gold foil details which make it really special, available now on HERE!

Rob has made a playlist for We Are Spilt Milk, joining the likes of Jarvis Cocker, Richard Hawley and Bernard Butler to play his favourite songs of the moment and why he loves them.

Thank you to everyone who entered the international competition, we have now announced the winner as Daniel Wong who commented on Facebook.

However, we were so impressed with all the answers and decided to give away runner-up prizes to a few of our favourites.

From the blog, the post by Peter Lorimer made us chuckle, so Peter, if you could send an email to info@misterrob.co.uk with your address, we'll get a little runner-up prize sent out to you too.

Thanks again!

For the past few years, we've printed wrapping paper to sell at various Christmas markets and this year is no different!

Rob will be selling this beautiful wrapping paper in 3 different colours at BUST's Craftacular at York Hall in Bethnal Green, Sunday 16th December. Last year sold out pretty quickly so make sure you get down early!! There's also tonnes of brilliant stalls by designers and artists which you won't want to miss!!

Wrapping paper is printed on lightweight newsprint and signed by Rob. Come down and meet us!!

For all our lovely followers who are unable to enter the Christmas competition as they do not live near enough to pick up the prize - we are now launching an international competition too!
The prize includes a 'Can We Shall We' lasercut, 'Dear Santa' tape, 'Small Girl' tile, 2013 lasercut Calendar, 'Dear Santa' teatowel/stocking and some other exciting bits and bobbles!!

All you'll have to do is think of the best caption for the picture below.

We'll announce the winner in the next few days.

GOOD LUCK!!

This blog is mainly used to update you all with news and work from the studio, but Rob also has a personal blog in which he writes about what he's up to - exhibitions, trips, ideas and his life outside of the studio. It makes for a brilliant read so take a look!

www.youcanstilldoalotwithasmallbrain.blogspot.co.uk

For the Ryantown shop, we always screenprint our shop bags and here's the latest design!!!
Jackie and Tom, our printers did a brilliant selection of colours and we had some beautiful outcomes, check them out!!!

CHRISTMAS COMPETITION!!!!!!

From now on, we will be setting competitions and here is our first. We're giving Rob's fans in the UK the chance to win this incredible prize including A signed screenprint, lasercuts, books, tapes, teatowels, bunting, tiles, eggcups YOU NAME IT!!!

To win this prize, we ask that you make a short film (no longer than 2 minutes) inspired by the subject:
'I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS......'

You can interperet this any way you like. The film can be stop-motion, animation, acted, drawn, computerised (It doesn't have to be good quality or professional) - just make it interesting/funny or heartfelt!

The deadline for entry is Monday 10th December, which gives you two weeks. Burn your film onto a cd and post it to us at:
Ryantown HQ
5-6 Teesdale Yard
Teesdale St
London
E2 6QE

Please include your name and your details - email/phone number/address.

We'll be announcing the winner on 13th December.

PLEASE NOTE: AS THIS PRIZE IS TOO BIG TO POST, THE WINNER WILL NEED TO BE AVAILABLE TO PICK UP THEIR PRIZE FROM THE STUDIO, SO PLEASE DO NOT ENTER IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT TO LONDON. WE WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH THE WINNER TO ARRANGE A SUITABLE DATE.

Sorry to international fans, we will definitely be launching competitions for people outside the UK too, we haven't forgotten you!

NEW TEA TOWELS JUST PRINTED!!!

Every year since 2008 we've brought out a lasercut desk calendar - and here's the latest!!!

Printed in a beautiful deep blue and tan, the lasercut reads:

'My home will have no windows, doors or floors nor bricks or mortar. My only home is in your arms and nowhere else'

Now available from etsy

Its just over one month until BUST magazine's Craftacular at York Hall, Bethnal Green.
Those of you who have been before will know that its a great craft fair, filled with brilliant artists and designers including our good friends Tatty Devine and the brilliant Hazel Nicholls!!
Rob will be signing his very own wrapping paper - screen printed here at the studio.
Last year was a brilliant success and its a great opportunity to get some original Christmas presents!!
Sunday 16th December at York Hall. See you there!
http://www.bust.com/craftacular/vendors-london.html

A couple of pieces of Rob's work are being shown at the Ben Penreath shop in Bloomsbury for the 'Artists of Spitalfields Life' exhibition.
Spitalfields Life is a brilliant blog all about the everyday goings-on in this particular part of East London. The Gentle Author writes every day and it makes for a brilliant read - he also has a book (of the same name) which Rob was asked to create a one-off pair of Staffordshire dogs for to illustrate the cover.
The show runs from 7th - 24th November at 17 Rugby St, Bloomsbury, WC1N 3QT.

You may love it, you may hate it, but which ever way you look at it, CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!!
To welcome in the festive season, we've created these tea towels - you can use them to dry your Christmas dishes, or with a bit of simple sewing you can make them into a Christmas stocking!!! You can even save up all the remnants to re-make into a TINY tea towel if you like....

They are hand-printed in our studio by Error Solutions and the brilliant Barbarabearo has done a step-by-step guide of making the stocking. But you have to be quick, you only have 46 days left to make them!

Available to buy in Ryantown or Etsy

For the next two weekends, one wall of Ryantown will be taken over by the brilliantly talented Sarah Lippett.

Sarah is a freelance illustrator based in London. Over the years
she has worked with the likes of The New York Times, The Guardian, Time
Out and Wichita Records. She is currently studying for her Masters at
the Royal College of Art.

The exhibition 'Ceramics and Drawings' brings together a collection of
pots and pencil drawings.

'High-Rise', a new series of drawings are a imaginary lively response to
sounds and observations of everyday life from the 7th floor of a tower
block.

The ceramics on show are favourites gathered together from a
collaboration with potter Emma Gaston, including a series based on the
Greek myth Leda and the Swan.

Check out Sarah's blog here

Its an incredibly special day here at the studio as its ROB'S 50TH BIRTHDAY!!! As the majority of us are big Harry Potter fans (Rob especially), we decided to lay out a Great Hall spread as a surprise.... Jackie made some incredible hand-painted banners, Libby made the Sorting Hat cake and everybody chipped in to make the table look incredible and cook a brilliant Roast Chicken lunch in our tiny kitchen. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROB!!!!!

One of our biggest jobs here at Ryantown HQ is posting out all of our Etsy shop orders. Michelle and Louise from the studio work hard to post out every week day from the studio and make our packages the best they can be with little presents for our lovely customers!
Here's a little photo montage of how your purchases are packaged!

We've just moved in to our new studio (next door to the old one!) and the blank walls are a perfect opportunity for Rob to start his new book!!!

I can't reveal too much this early into the writing, but we've decided to document the stages of writing on this blog.

So here it is, step one, Post-It stage.....