Not content with producing highly collectible limited edition prints, Sir Peter Blake has now moved into the footwear business, specifically The First Real Pop Shoe by Sir Peter Blake.
It's available for pre-order now with a September delivery date, limited to just 600 pairs, all made to order so you are guaranteed your size. The style isn't random either – it's inspired by the footwear Blake wore in his classic Self Portrait With Badges artwork, now in the Tate Collection.
We mentioned these were on their way a short while back. Well, now you can buy the In the Long Run: 30 Years of the Great North Run series of prints, the work of Sir Peter Blake and also known as the Running Suite.
As we said before, the prints are part of a collaboration between Bupa Great North Run Culture and Opus Art, with Sir Peter Blake producing a portfolio of 10 limited edition prints which will celebrate 30 years of the Great North Run. Each image is a giclee print with silkscreen varnish, measuring 13.5 x 16.5 inches and from a signed edition of 75, all featuring objects or images from the Great North Run archives or sourced from the North East.
You can order either the full set (in a cloth-bound case with colophon page) or individual prints from Opus Art right now. The individual prints sell for £705 each.
Some time back, we highlighted the rather cool wall signs featuring Sir Peter Blake's I Love London and I Love Recycling design. Well, even better, there are now giant metal prints of the designs available – but in very limited numbers.
Printed onto recycled tin (to fit in with the theme), each one is signed and numbered by the artist, with the London print limited to 75, while the Recycling print is in a run of just 25, both sized at 62 x 81cm – the largest tin prints Blake has ever produced.
Something of a coup for us here – we have a first, straight from the studio, look at a print from the forthcoming In the Long Run: 30 Years of the Great North Run series, the work of Sir Peter Blake.
As part of a collaboration between Bupa Great North Run Culture and Opus Art, Sir Peter Blake is producing a portfolio of 10 limited edition prints which will celebrate 30 years of the Great North Run as well as the heritage of running. The images will be on display at an exhibition at the Great North Museum from 17th July – 17th October 2010, with editions of the prints for sale exclusively through Opus Art.
