Starting from tomorrow, Faberge are conducting a giant egg hunt in London for 40 days and 40 nights. There will be 200 eggs to find, all individually decorated by artists and designers and both me and my fantastic assistant (also fantastic artist) Hazel have both done our own eggs!!!

Mine is hand painted and reads:

'We promise to keep the egg safe, we promise to keep the child safe. Every bone, beak and wing is precious to every bird in our world'

'We promise to help this small, small bird in this big, big world!'

Hazel's is made from thousands of sticky dots which she bought on our recent trip to Japan and reads: 'Its what's inside that counts'



You can read all about the Big Egg Hunt here.

I was asked by Stylist magazine to participate with the likes of Naomi Campbell(!!!) Dame Edna(!!) and the BRILLIANT Caitlin Moran in a feature called 'When Stylist Met Kylie'

We all had to ask her a question which was pretty exciting as you can imagine!! Here's mine:

ME: 'You stole the show at the Sydney 2000 Olympics; which British musician would you love to see opening our Olympics this year in London? (For me it has to be Elton!)'

KYLIE: 'That would be appropriate; Elton is a living legend. It would be sensational. And having just seen Coldplay recently that would be spine-tingling as well. What I mostly remember from my performance at Sydney 2000 is fear. Fear, excitement, and also pride. The pride in the country was so immense at the time. To be in the stadium, centre stage and know it’s being broadcast to four billion people; it was just such an honour.'

You can read the rest of the questions here

A little while ago, I was asked by Pitney Bowes to join lots of other artists and celebrities in the 'Pushing The Envelope' campaign. The idea is to customise an envelope to be auctioned which will raise money for The National Literacy Trust.

Here's my entry!

NEW LASERCUTS ON ETSY!!!!!!!

We have decided to expand the range of screen-printed cards in the Ryantown shop!! We have got 8 new card colours and have printed them in various colour combinations and are looking great!!!! We spread them all out onto my desk and picked the best ones to reproduce so they'll be in the shop this weekend!!!

I've just received a copy of this new book, Print & Pattern 2 by Bowie Style. Print and Pattern is a brilliant blog and always has loads of interesting stuff to look at so go have a look here!! There's already been one Print & Pattern book which has evolved from the blog and I was really pleased to be included in the new book along with lots of other talented designers, it really is worth a look!!!

Every year I do a special Valentine's Day print for all you helpless romantics out there !

Here's this years one ! It measures 28.5 x 35cm and you can get one for £120 from my shop Ryantown in London or on the internet from my etsy shop by clicking this link



The print comes in 3 slightly different versions, man & woman, woman & woman and man & man.

And the words on the prints read.

‘All of the thoughts that I have held inside me ever since I was very small, silly fancies, grandiose ideas and embarrassing and happy and silly dreams that were always just mine and mine alone.
Could I share with you, and you alone, everything that lives inside my heart and my head that I have never shared with anyone but myself all of the years I have lived so far until now.’

Yesterday, we tested out colours for my new 2012 mug and they came out brilliantly!!! They are two-colour mugs in 3 different colours which you can see above. The mugs are all hand-made here at the studio and they should be in the Ryantown shop this weekend!!!

Starting from tomorrow TAG Fine Arts will be representing me (amongst other artists) at the London Art Fair at The Business Design Centre in Islington, London. The dates are:
Tues 17 January | 6pm – 9pm (Invited guests / Preview & Six Day Ticket Holders)
Wed 18 January | 11am – 9pm
Thurs 19 January | 11am – 9pm
Fri 20 January | 11am – 7pm
Sat 21 January | 10am – 7pm
Sun 22 January | 10am – 5pm

My good friend Jeb Loy Nichols has used my artwork on his new album. Jeb is a writer, musician AND an artist. Three things he does incredibly well! Click here read all about him and check out some of his music on youtube!
This really good new LP doesn't come out until March but its getting a few spins on the radio so I thought it might be worth a mention.
The water color on the inside of the sleeve 'I walked and I thought...' is a picture I did many years ago and Jeb owns.
I speak to jeb on the phone pretty much every day and we play soul records we've discovered down the phone to each other and talk about lots of good stuff, Werner Klempererer, Frank Gorshin's incredible impressions of burt lancaster and Rod steiger, my love of Howard Stern, his hatred of Howard Stern and loads more other good stuff !!!
This year we are bringing out a special edition of the album with stories on one side and Jeb's songs on the other !

I was asked by the publishers, Sceptre, to write a bit about 25 year-old self to celebrate their 25th birthday. They have published various writers' stories of being 25 in this little book. If its too small to read, here is what it says:

'I turned 25 in November 1987, when I was in my final year at the Royal College of Art. I got married to my wife Lorna who I had been going out with since I was 18 and we had been living together since we were 19. Since then our two daughters have been born, gone to school, university and left home and now it is 25 years later, and once more its just me and Lorna at home together - as the great Gilbert O'Sullivan sang, 'alone again naturally'

To welcome in 2012, we're doing a lucky dip at Ryantown shop, 126 Columbia Road!! If you spend £10 or more, you get a free lucky dip of one of the presents wrapped up here.
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

In the new year, these mugs that I have designed for McLaggan Smith mugs will be available to buy from various shops. I am donating all of my royalties from the design to Maggies Cancer charity.

This is the last blog post of 2011. Thank you to everyone who reads about what I've been up to, its been a brilliant year and I'm looking forward to sharing some of my projects of 2012 on here. We hope you have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!!!!

Luv Rob, Lorna, Hazel, Libby, Jackie and Michelle

This year I was asked by St Judes gallery to feature in a new publication called Random Spectacular. The book includes work by artists such as Angie Lewin, The Gentle Author and me along with many other brilliant artists. The first issue is an edition of 750 and the profits from the sales of the first issue are being donated to Maggie's cancer charity. You can get a copy here!!!

If you're coming into Charing Cross train station in London this winter, look out for (although you can't miss it!!!) the Coutts bank window on the other side of the road. I have created a Christmas window for them to raise money for Kids Company. Incorporated into the windows there is a stuffed Elephant, a Dolls House and a Rocking Horse which are being auctioned off with the proceeds going to Kids Company. You can also make a £5 donation to Kid's Company by texting KIDS HELP to 70700.
Thank you to Ltd Limited who did a beautiful job installing the display and Coley Porter Bell who made the whole thing happen!!!

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For the last four years I have designed a Christmas card for the fantastic Modus. The very talented John Brown makes my design come to life and each year I look forward to seeing how John will animate it.

I will be doing my second Christmas fair this year at the annual Mangle Christmas sale. The Mangle is where I share a print studio with Dan Holliday and RAD skating company Lovenskate!!! I will be selling my Christmas wrapping paper, as well as slight seconds of ceramics and possibly some other bits too!!
A few of my other good friends will be selling bits and bobs, including Hazel Nicholls, Suzie Winsor, Lorna Ryan of Barbara Bearo, French, Kim Jenkins and Lilli Cowley-Wood & Jazmine Miles-Long and that's not even everyone!!!
The sale will be taking place at DreamBagsJaguarShoes this Saturday 10th December, 11am - 6pm.

Today is the first Christmas Wednesday on Columbia Road of 2011. Every year, the shops on Columbia road open their doors on Wednesday evenings (usually only open on weekends) throughout December.
For those of you who are close-by, its a lovely way to spend a cold winters evening. Shops open around 5pm and close at 9pm, including Ryantown.

If you are unable to get to any of the evenings, I have put some of my screenprinted Christmas cards on etsy today, which you can see here, along with lots of other handmade products from Ryantown.

Tomorrow I am off to JAPAN for ELEVEN days !!!! I'm pretty excited about it and I am going to blog about my trip as it unfolds on my personal blog.

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