Prints featuring ABCs are pretty common, but less so prints of that other touchstone of childhood learning – times tables.
The Typetable Poster not only lists the times tables 1 to 12, guaranteed to bring back memories of school, but it combines them different typography. Each number has a different font and the dates and creator of the font are listed with it.
It is available exclusively from Pedlars, priced just under £25 unframed.
Still on an Eighties words theme, although at the opposite end of the price scale from the cards below, is Dexter’s World “Subliminal Thatcher” print.
York-based artist Dexter bills his work as trying “to make sense of the 21st Century by recreating the recent past”, which he does by creating pieces consisting of hundreds of words (product names, television programmes, band names, songs, films etc). In this piece, he has added some clever shading over the 80s words, so that the portrait of Margaret Thatcher can be seen casting an ominous shadow over the picture, just as she did over the decade.
The print is available at either a 90" x 36" or 126" x 36" size through LondonArt. The asking price for the larger size is £2,550, but LondonArt allows you to make an offer on any piece, so you could be lucky and get it for less.
This Skylon print by Paul Catherall is another striking piece of artwork created to mark the 60th anniversary of Festival of Britain.
The Skylon tower was built as part of the Festival of Britain but lasted only a year before being taken down It now just survives on London's Southbank as the name of the Royal Festival Hall resturant. Catherall's linocut makes it look like the futuristic creation it must have appeared like back then – he says he was aiming to capture the adventure and spirit of optimism of the festival. The colours used are perfect to reflect the period of Skylon and help create a striking piece of artwork.
The print is limited to 60 and costs £195.
Buy it from The Southbank Centre
For an alternative Valentine's Day print, take a look at this An Embrace of Rose print by Woop Studio.
Although this print obviously has a romantic feel, Woop Studio specialize in producing prints based around collection nouns, so take a look at their other designs based around things such as a Parliament of Owls or a Stand of Flamingos. All the prints are executed in the same retro style, reminiscent of the work of someone like Abram Games in the 1940s and 1950s.
Prices start at £69 for a small unframed print.
See them online
If you liked The Prisoner poster we featured some weeks back, you'll be pleased to know that there's an euqlly-limited sequel of sorts – The Prisoner postcards by Piper Gates Design.
Like the poster, the set of postcards mixes iconic imagery from the cult TV series with the format of 1960s Penguin paperback books to great effect. Each set of eight postcards comes with a wallet to protect your purchase and each postcard in the set is signed and numbered by the artist.
See some larger versions of the images over the page or if you want to buy, limited numbers are for sale via eBay. £10.99 secures you a set.
Find out more at the eBay website
Via Modculture
Products featuring “ironic” 1950s housewives aren’t anything special and in most cases the joke has worn pretty thin, but Emma Pyrah’s “1950s Housewives” Collage are a different matter.
The retro housewives are depicted doing their chores set against a black & white background. On closer inspection, the women’s bodies are actually made up of images cut frommagazines and advertisements. There are several different designs to chose from, but they all cost £45.
Visit Henhouse Interiors to see the whole collection.
