Co:Lab feature on the Shetland News

There's a new Co:Lab article over at the Shetland News website. Thanks to Charlene Storey for her interest in our efforts and taking the time to chat with us.
Charlene has her own blog A Sketching Storey – we recommend you check it out.

Co:Lab - Cafe Exhibition

The first series of Co:Lab prints are on display at The Mill Cafe @ Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland!
You can see and buy them there until 7 Feb, so if your up for Up Helly Aa, go and have a look!
The Co:Lab team met Mark Inchley of BBC Radio Shetland's Sideways radio show for a feature about our exhibit on the next show. The show goes to air on Thursday 4th February at 6.10pm and will be available online via the BBC's "listen again" function for the following week (we'll post a link to this as soon as we have it). Be sure to check it out, we guarantee it will be... interesting...

The Prints

Beto + Jono

Andrew + Jono

Jono + Beto

Jono + Andrew

Andrew + Beto

Beto + Andrew

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Jono Sandliands • Beto • Andrew Morrison

These six prints are the results of a collaborative experiment spanning a total of six weeks. Basic rules were set and the time restriction put in place – one week for each step.

STEP 1 – Each produce an A4 illustration to be printed one colour. These, upon completion, are passed to one of the other co:lab members.
STEP 2 – The challenge here in the second week is to take the piece created and entrusted to you by your co:lab colleague and produce a second illustration to be printed one colour directly on top of the prints of the artwork they have been allocated.
STEP 3 – Take the six illustrations and print them together with their other halves producing three final pieces.

These three weeks three steps were then repeated. However this time in step 2 we each worked from the illustration by whomever they hadn't first time around. For example in the first round Jono created a second layer for Beto's piece. In the second round he did likewise for Andrew's piece.

The experiment was to challenge and inspire us in unexpected ways. Individually we have learned different things from the experience but together we have found ourselves varying our approach, adapting our styles to meet the challenges of another's, seeing how colours complement and which combinations best support the merging illustrative approaches.

We are happy to announce the prints are on display for a month from 12 January @ Bonhoga Gallery Cafe, Weisdale Mill, Shetland.