Sumi Ink Club @ This One Wall

We host Sumi Ink Club once a month, on the last Friday from 7 - 9pm. You simply grab a brush, pour some ink and get involved with a collaborative ‘doodle’ workshop. Held by our flexible member and illustrator Rob Lock, the group get together to produce large drawings in an informal and fun evening.

The bright colourful wall to the side of the building, now know as This One Wall, said goodbye to our resident illustrator Matt Keeling‘s locally inspired prints. It has now welcomed a Sumi Ink Club exhibition curated by Rob Lock.

The work displayed is the result of our evening collaborative illustration workshop. The pieces are a response to This One Wall’s current theme ‘memories’, which you can read more about here.

This One Wall had a quick chat with Rob to find out a bit more about the exhibition, and the club. Enjoy.

We’d also like to thank Colchester Institute School of Art and Design who supply the paper each month!

Grab a brush and pour some ink

Friday 27 January
7pm til late
15 Queen Street, CO1 2PH

The Sumi Ink Club is back!

Illustrator Roblockness held a open illustration drawing event on Dec 7 2011 inviting people to fifteen Queen Street to get creative. View pictures from the previous event here.

Sumi is a Japanese type of ink. Clubs are held around the world inviting artists to come collabortively illustrate using just this ink on paper. There are many different rules depending on the club. They normally state to not take too long, fill the space, and even paint over other peoples work. Just have fun and enjoy.

This time we will be painting a large piece of paper covering the whole wall in the meeting room. Come get stuck in and make a collaborative illustration!

We will provide you with the brushes, ink and a little bit of music. Plus it’s free!

Also a big shout out to our fantastic sponsors The Colchester School of Art at Colchester Institute who have provided the paper. We dip our brush to you.

If you need more information please contact Roblockness.

RSVP on our meetup page Creative in Colchester.

Sumi Ink Club

Our flexi member Roblockness (Rob Lock) hosted the Sumi Ink Club here a few weeks ago.

Based on the Los Angeles group - Sumi Ink Club, we invited participants to come use the Japanese ink known as Sumi and draw on the walls. There are many different rules but for this evening event, Roblockness simply asked “no names, numbers or words”.

Areas were masked out in our current empty office space and people went wild for the evening. View more pictures of the night on our flickr here.

We hope Rob will host another Sumi Ink Club in 2012. Watch this space!

Sumi Ink Club @ 15 Queen Street

Friday 7 December
7pm til late
15 Queen Street, CO1 2PH

Inspired by the Sumi Ink Club illustrator Roblockness invites you to fifteen Queen Street to get creative.

Sumi is a Japanese type of ink. Clubs are held around the world inviting artists to come collabortively illustrate using just this ink on paper. There are many different rules depending on the club. They normally state to not take too long, fill the space, and even paint over other peoples work. Just have fun and enjoy.

We will be painting the walls of one of the empty office spaces at fifteen Queen Street. Come meet some other local creatives and help make the building a visual treat.

We will provide you with the brushes, ink and a little bit of music. Plus it’s free!

If you need more information please email hello@15queenstreet.org or call 01206 562888.

sumi ink club uses group drawing as a means to open and fortify social interactions that bleed into everyday life. sumi ink club is non-hierarchical: all ages, all humans, all styles.

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