Another delightful Etsy find – a set of Vintage Camera Prints by Suzannah Tucker.
The set consists of four photo blocks, each one depicting a different vintage camera, namely a Minolta, an sx-70, a Duaflex and an Ikonette. The images have the soft focus and colours associated with old-fashioned photography. The blocks measures 9.5 cm square and are 18mm thick.
Priced around £38, plus another £12 or so shipping from New Zealand to the UK, you can buy them online from Suzannah Tucker’s Etsy shop.
Looking for some old-fashioned elegance? You could take your cue from Chase and Wonder's Gentleman's and Lady's A – Z prints.
Alongside retro typography, each illustrates some of the paraphernalia attached to being a true gent or lady. The gentleman's print, for example, runs from automobile to a zamburak, via a gramophone, moustache and top hat. Meanwhile, the lady's print includes lipstick, a corset and heels. A bit of gender stereotyping maybe, but done by designers David Aspinall and Faye Pearce with their tongue firmly in their cheek.
The prints are limited to 200 copies and cost £60 each.
Buy them from the Keep Calm Gallery
This Retro Sweets Union Jack Print has been created by the company Swings and Pretty Things.
The print consists of lettering spelling out the names of some favourite retro sweets, including Sherbet Lemons, Black Jacks, Wine Gums, Refreshers and Dolly Mixtures with the phrase “A Quarter Of” in the centre of the picture. The text is arranged and coloured in the pattern of the Union Jack, to add to its retro appeal. The print is stretched around a box canvas, and is available in a choice of four sizes, with the smallest measuring 300mm x 450mm and the largest 665mm x 1000mm.
Prices range from £110 up to £200. Buy online from Swings and Pretty Things.
Not the first Serge Gainsbourg print we've featured – you may remember Serge – Singer Lover, Provocateur, Smoker or Lord Dunsby's Serge-inspired Melody print. But we think Serge Gainsbourg by Stan Chow has its own unique charm.
This is a more of a caricature than a serious take on the man – and all the better for it. Love that plume of smoke rising up. It's printed on 100% Cotton Matte Archival 315gsm paper, sized is A3+ (13 x 19 inches) and signed by the artist.
Good value though, you can pick one up for £20.
A nice bit of modern-day pop art by Swifty, this particular print going by the name of My Favourite Things.
It doesn't say specifically, but we can second guess that these are indeed a selection of the artist's favourite things from his childhood, brought together in a collage-style print on 190gsm archival paper, sized at 300 x 420mm (perfect for an Ikea Ribba frame apparently).
A limited edition of 20, all signed and numbered by the artist, you can pick one up for £35.
We have previously mentioned Kevin Cummins’ postcards celebrating the music of Manchester and Liverpool, but even more of a treat is his Joy Division Postcard Box Set.
Cummins is viewed by many as the definitive chronicler of the Manchester music scene, beginning his career at around the time that Joy Division started. This special edition box set features 20 of his iconic Joy Division images, reproduced as postcards and presented in hand finished box. Appropriately, the set was made in Manchester.
Buy it online from Polite Shop, priced £25.
