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Shag’s Parade Of The Mysterious Shrine print set

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Everyone’s favourite mid-century artist Shag has a new print set available – and the proceeds go to charity.

The Parade Of The Mysterious Shrine is a six-print serigraph set, which features Shag’s take on a classic Shriner parade and is published by the Southern California Shrine El Bekal. 

The set comes in a unique Shrine-themed box and is limited to 300 copies, each with a certificate of authenticity. Al proceeds will benefit the Shriner Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles.

Which might make you feel better about the debit to your credit card of $750 (around £375).

Find out more at the Shagmart website

Categories / Art and Photography, Design and Interiors

Charlie Adam – mid-century artwork and design

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Big thanks to Heather for flagging up the superb mid-century artwork of Charlie Adam, which can be found at the Bungalow Graphics website.

The artist is a Brazilian, currently living in Chamonix in France – but you don’t have to go that far to buy the art, you can pick it up online. There’s a number of themed galleries on the site, including Alp Chic, Jazz a Gogo and Tiki Exotica, with prints available on MDF, signed and ready to hang. And there’s also postcards, t-shirts and homeware – which includes this rather cool melamine tray, available online for 15 Euros including postage.

If you like that, check out all the artwork and designs at the site.

Find out more at the Bungalow Graphics website

Categories / Art and Photography, Design and Interiors

Surface View and Wayne Hemingway produce retro pop culture murals

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Looking for a large feature for your home, business or club? Check out the retro pop culture murals from Surface View.

The murals are based on classic images housed on Wayne Hemingway’s and Stella Mitchell’s Land of Lost Content British Cultural memorabilia site, including everything from vintage postcards and book covers to vintage and kitsch artwork, including the Vladimir Tretchikoff image above.

Surface View has digitally re-mastered the images into high resolution files enabling the pictures to be cropped and enlarged for a suitable mural size. And they can also be tweaked by a change of colour if you require.

If you’re interested, contact Surface View for a price and an idea of range.

Surface View website

Categories / Art and Photography, Homeware

Circa Ceramics Retro Tiles

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CircaChicago-based designers Circa Ceramics offer a range of quirky ceramics on their Etsy shop, including a selection of retro-influenced porcelain tiles.

The tiles are a good way to brighten up a wall space that isn’t big enough for a canvas, but still needs a touch of colour. The current stock includes tiles with pictures of a Vespa, a Starmite camera and Mod favourite, a target. The stock changes so it is worth checking again to see if you can find a design you like.

For further details visit Circa Ceramics on Etsy.

Categories / Art and Photography, Food and Drink

Rachel Mount retro cake sculptures

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Cake artist? Is there such a thing? Well, yes there is and heading the field is Rachel Mount, who does a nice line in retro designs.

She’s been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts and Sothebys, not to mention featuring in numerous style magazines and A-listers’ parties. But that doesn’t mean she can’t make you something special, like one of the vintage 1950s handbag cakes above or the surfer girls cake after the turn.

Check out Rachel’s website for more images and information, then check your bank account. Prices start from £300 but will undoubtedly rise significantly for more elaborate work.

Find out more at the Rachel Mount website

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Categories / Art and Photography, Homeware

Dandy Star ‘Peace’ and ‘Love’ Posters

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PeaceLooking around forty years on from the first “Summer of Love”, you might wonder what happened to those hippie ideals. But that is a serious debate, best saved for another time and place. Instead why not remind yourself of more innocent, idealistic times with one of these posters from Dandy Star.

Available in either ‘Peace’ or ‘Love’, they are hand screen printed on high quality card and presented ready to hang in a white lacquer frame. At £200 a go, they aren’t cheap, but who can put a price on bringing a little ray of optimism into your lounge?

Buy online at Dandy Star.