Chapman and Bailey

Come and check out our fabulous range of Da Vinci brushes at C&B art shops now

2012-01-26T14:30:00.000-08:00

New shipment of Da Vinci Brushes in stock

The quality, craftmanship and performance of Da Vinci brushes

is unsurpassed. Da Vinci brushes are unique in their outstanding

features. Da Vinci brushes are handmade using top quality raw

materials. They have excellent colour holding capacity, a lively

elasticity and quickly regaintheir original shape when new paint

is absorbed. All the features result in a highly precise, elastic

instrument. Our brush assortment for oil, tempera and acrylic

painting is as comprehensive as the many modern painting

techniques. Flat or round-shaped, extra short - short - medium

and long length, as well as fresco and filbert shape.

click for more info

2012-01-09T14:14:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, we hope you had a great holiday break.

Just letting you know that C&B Melbourne Artshop and C&B Brisbane are now open.
Come in and have a chat to Toby or Brad about how we might be able to help you in 2012

Toby @ Melb. Artshop:
420 Johnston St, Abbottsford Vic.
Phone: 03 9417 7957 / 03 9417 0500
artmaterials@chapmanbailey.com.au

Brad @ Brissie Artshop:
4 Byres St, Newstead, Queensland 4006
Phone: 07 3666 0028
enquire@chapmanbaileybrisbane.com

Christmas @ Chapman & Bailey

2011-12-18T15:11:00.000-08:00

Drop by our artshops to provide you with some inspiration for that perfect gift for that special person and/or yourself.
Grab a selection of some of our beautiful things to make sure you are in good supply for the holiday season.

Find us at:

Victoria

420 Johnston St, Abbotsford, Victoria.
We will be open until Friday 23rd December, 5pm.
Vince and Tobey will be happy to help you with all your queries.
Ph. 03 9417 7957
Reopening early - Jan. 4th 2012

Queensland

14 Byres St, Newstead, Queensland
We will be open until 1pm Friday 23rd December, 5pm.
Phone Brad on 07 3666 0028
Reopening Monday 9th January 2012.

Alice Springs
8 Hele Crescent (next to RAFT)
Alice Springs, Northern Territory
We will be open until Friday 23rd December, 5pm.
Phone Danny on 08 8952 8751

Reopening Monday 30th Jan 2012 Ho Ho Ho !

Chapman & Bailey Stretching Services Goes To the Kimberley

2011-12-05T14:41:00.000-08:00

This month Mozart, Oleh and Mark offered the Martumili Artist community a portable stretching service.

Martumili Artist community is in the Kimberley, Western Australia.

At least a 100 canvases were stretched up on site.

C&B sent up and set up a Belle Arti Electro Miller machine, a portable flexible stretcher making machine great for small enterprises who want custom made stretchers quickly and cheaply.

The Martumili community ended up buying the machine when they saw the ease of use and convenience it offered.

Find out more about the The Belle Arti Electro Miller machine here

Howard Arkley : Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art @ Chapman Bailey gallery

2011-12-04T19:03:00.000-08:00

Howard Arkely

7 December - 17th December

Limited Edition Fine Art Reproductions released by The Estate of Howard Arkley
Opening Tuesday December 6th 2011
6 - 8pm with opening remarks by
Dr John Gregory, author of Carnival in Suburbia:
The Art of Howard Arkley

The digital archival Fine Art Reproductions are reproduced using pigment ink on 100% cotton fibre mouldmade 256gsm stock.

Prints are an edition of 499 and come in three sizes. They are numbered, accompanied by a Ceritficate
of Authenticity and have the Estate of Howard Arkley stamp and digital signature.

Images available for viewing on www.kallirolfecontemporaryart.com

Exhibition runs until 17th December

All enquiries: Kalli Rolfe 0417 302 003
@Chapman & Bailey Gallery
350 Johnston St, Abbotsford.
10am - 5.30pm Monday - Friday
11am - 5pm Saturday

Chapman & Bailey - Latest Enews Out Now

2011-11-13T17:17:00.000-08:00

Go to www.chapmanbailey.com.au to download a pdf version

20% Off All Art Materials @ Chapman & Bailey Artshop - Starts Tomorrow!

2011-11-10T23:37:00.000-08:00

3rd Annual Belle Arti Chapman & Bailey Art Award 2011

2011-11-01T15:42:00.000-07:00

November 15 - 25, 2011

Opening Tuesday 15 November, 6-8pm. Winner announced at 6.45pm

Chapman & Bailey Gallery, 350 Johnston St, Abbotsford, Victoria.

Gallery hours 10am - 5.30pm Monday - Friday
11am - 5pm Saturday.

For information please click here

Free R&F Encaustic Paints Demo Instore this Thursday

2011-10-16T19:43:00.000-07:00

Chapman & Bailey present free R&F Encaustic Paint instore demonstrations, this Thursday 20th October @ Chapman & Bailey Artshop, Abbotsford Melbourne with U.S. encaustic paint specialist Cari Hernandez.

Cari specializes in sculptural wax, combining fibre and encaustic, refined and advanced fusing techniques, and encaustic altered books.

Cari has taught and exhibited widely in the US and internationally.

Come and learn about R&F encaustic paints and have a go!

Please RSVP workshops@chapmanbailey.com.au or ph. 03 9417 0500

R&F Encaustic Workshops in October

2011-09-26T16:57:00.000-07:00

R&F specialist Cari Hernandez (www.carihernandez.com) will be presenting R&F Encaustic Paint workshops in Melbourne in October 2011.

Cari specializes in sculptural wax combining fibre and encaustic, refined and advanced fusing techniques, and encaustic altered books. Cari has taught and exhibited widely in the US and internationally.

 Register now. Limited numbers.

For more information and to register go to workshops @ www.chapmanbailey.com.au

Melbourne Workshops

2 day Encaustic Workshop

Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th October @ our new encaustic studio in Fitzroy.

3 day Advanced Encaustic Workshop

(Please note: the Advanced Workshop is only available to those who have completed a R&F Introductory Workshop).

Monday 24th - Wednesday 26th October @ our new encaustic studio in Fitzroy.

5 day Full Course Encaustic Workshop

Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th October, Monday 24th - Wednesday 26th October @ our new encaustic studio in Fitzroy.

New Dates for October R&F Encaustic Workshops

2011-09-12T17:08:00.000-07:00

Melbourne - 2 day, 3 day Advanced and 5 day full course encaustic paint workshops.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the dates of the Melbourne R&F Encaustic Paint workshops have been changed.

R&F specialist Cari Hernandez will now be presenting R&F Encaustic Paint workshops

Melbourne workshops will be located in our new C&B encaustic studio in Brunswick St, Fitzroy.

New Dates:

2 day Encaustic Workshop
Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th October @ our new encaustic studio in Fitzroy.
Cost: $290 + GST = $319 inclusive two days.

3 day Advanced Encaustic Workshop
(Please note: the Advanced Workshop is only available to those who have completed a R&F Introductory Workshop).
Monday 24th - Wednesday 26th October @ our new encaustic studio in Fitzroy.
Cost: $435 + GST = $478 inclusive two days.

5 day Full Course Encaustic Workshop
Saturday 15th - Sunday 16th October, Monday 24th - Wednesday 26th October @ our new encaustic studio in Fitzroy.
Cost: $725 + GST = $797 inclusive.
Be Quick. Limited numbers.
To register and for more info. click here.

Join our general workshop mailing list at workshops@chapmanbailey.com.au to keep informed about future workshops.

Chapman & Bailey Alice Springs Grand opening Saturday 10 September 4-6.

2011-09-05T17:04:00.000-07:00

Chapman & Bailey Alice Springs

Grand opening Saturday 10 September 4-6.

8 Hele Crescent, Alice Springs (next to RAFT)

Come along old friends and new, to help us celebrate our most exciting new venture!!!

For those who don't know us, Chapman & Bailey have been a hub of the professional arts community in Melbourne for nearly 20 years. As manufacturer's of stretcher frames (custom and stock), fine conservation framers, art stretchers, distributors of linens and cotton canvases, and fine art materials specialists (small volumes to bulk) we pride ourselves on our comprehensive art service and fine art materials range.

Chapman & Bailey in Alice Springs will provide a more direct and fully comprehensive art materials shop for outback customers, and the first conservation framing facility in the centre.

We hope you can join us at Chapman & Bailey for our grand opening (Desert Mob week-end), or drop in next time you are in town.

Check us out at www.chapmanbailey.com.au

P.S. Grand Opening art materials special: 20% off all Arches fine art papers

JOINTHASSLES & HELEN HUGHES - State of Decay

2011-09-05T16:56:00.001-07:00

Chapman & Bailey Gallery - JOINTHASSLES & HELEN HUGHES - State of Decay

10 September – 1 October

A group show curated by Helen Hughes & Harriet Morgan
Opening Saturday 10 September 3-5 pm

STATE OF DECAY looks at the literal and metaphoric concept of deterioration within life and imagery. The ever-impending feeling of both existing and ending, and the effect we have on the all the elements that go together to make the world we live in. The artists involved all differently communicate this aesthetic or ideology, displaying their thoughts on decomposition, mortality, decay and adverse experimentation within their visual and audio practices, whilst also simultaneously communicating how a human might feel, operating on a day-to-day basis- within this decaying and rotting earth.

STATE OF DECAY embodies the conscious & unconscious impact of living, the outcome of death, the emotional mindset associated with it all & the visual effects that fading, ageing, rotting, wear, time or hand can have on an image and the mind.

The exhibition runs from 10th September to 1st October 2011

Stewart Cole / Marco Fusinato / Mark Groves / Blake Hesken / Christopher L G Hill / Luke Holland / Tom Miller / Harriet Morgan / John Nixon / Alex Vivian

Opening Performances from Marco Fusinato / Millitary Position / Mishing / Dead Boomers

Reflective written responses from Christopher LG Hill / Helen Hughes / Harriet Morgan / Simon Taylor

New Advanced R&F Encaustic Workshops in September & October

2011-08-23T19:33:00.000-07:00

R&F specialist Cari Hernandez will be presenting R&F Encaustic Paint workshops in Melbourne and Sydney in September & October 2011.

Sydney - 2 day Intro. encaustic paint workshops.
Melbourne - 2 day Intro, 3 day Advanced and 5 day full course encaustic paint workshops.

Melbourne workshops will be located in our new C&B encaustic studio in Brunswick St, Fitzroy.

Be Quick. Limited numbers.
To register and for more info. click here.
Watch Cari Henandez on You Tube here .

Join our general workshop mailing list at workshops@chapmanbailey.com.au to keep informed about future workshops.

Open Spaces - Sheridan Brown

2011-08-09T21:57:00.000-07:00

Open Spaces
Sheridan Brown
15 August – 3 September

Opening Tuesday August 16, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Chapman & Bailey Gallery, 350 Johnston St, Abbotsford, Victoria.
Ph: (03) 9415 8666

Gallery Hours
10 am - 5.00 pm Monday - Friday
11 am - 5.30 pm Saturday

Click here to view images and for more information.

Johnston St - imagining the future?

2011-08-09T19:25:00.000-07:00

Exhibition & Public Forum

Exhibition:
Tuesday 9th - 13th August @ Chapman & Bailey Gallery, 350 Johnston St, Abbotsford Victoria.
Public Forum and presentation by students:
2.00pm Saturday 13th August
Johnson Street from Fitzroy to Abbotsford is under pressure for major redevelopment.
Residents, commuters, planning authorities, businesses, landowners and developers have widely diverse views on how the street should develop.
Considering issues of traffic, public transport, density, height and community amenity, students in the Master of Architecture program at Melbourne University have developed a range of exciting and challenging options to show that good design can enhance and invigorate communities and the urban environment while providing opportunities for business and development.
The work explores urban design and architectural possibilities for encouraging both urban intensification and socio- cultural sustainability.
For more information contact
Ian Woodcock 0413 044 080 or iswo@unimelb.edu.au

CALL FOR ENTRIES

2011-08-02T22:54:00.000-07:00

3RD ANNUAL BELLE ARTI CHAPMAN & BAILEY ART AWARD 2011

A $5000 National acquisitive prize will be awarded for an artwork finished on a 40cm x 40cm stretched Belle Arti canvas.

The art award is in its third year and is an exciting venture between two fine art companies. The Italian company P.E.R Belle Arti is a preparer of some of the world’s finest linens and cottons and Chapman and Bailey distribute these products throughout Australia. Chapman and Bailey have for many years provided a complete service to artists, and to the wider arts community. Chapman and Bailey are very excited to be hosting this prize as we acknowledge the depth of talent that exists in the arts community in Australia and we are very pleased to support it in this way.

Entrants will be provided with one free stretched Belle Arti canvas.

For more info. and to enter click here

Judges:
Vera Moeller - artist
Natalie King - independent writer and curator
Gareth Sansom - artist

Entries close:
Friday October 21, 2011

Preservation @ Monash Gallery of Art

2011-07-31T02:32:00.000-07:00

Preservation: Hedy Ritterman
FOCUS GALLERY
20 July –21 August 2011

Hedy Ritterman’s exhibition is a meditation on the complexities of the contemporary photograph and the institutions such as Monash Gallery of Art that exhibit and collect photography. It embraces the objectness of the photograph and the desire to collect these photographs.

“The history of photography is bound up with the history of collecting photography. And yet photography has an uneasy relationship to the tradition of object-based museum collections – not least because of the potential proliferation of copies always promised by the medium. At a moment in which photography is increasingly shifting away from the print to the screen, Hedy Ritterman’s site-specific exhibition at Monash Gallery of Art both celebrates photography’s materiality and unveils the tensions implicit in photograph’s passage into the museum.” said Dr Daniel Palmer, Senior Lecturer, Art Theory Program, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University.

MGA is unique among Australian cultural organisations. Indeed, it is the only cultural institution in the country – regional, state or national – whose collection is focussed solely on Australian photographs. As such, MGA is a cultural institution of national importance.

Ritterman states, “As an artist I use photography to articulate my sense of the world...I am particularly curious about photographic collections and the way photographs are compiled and shown by an institution like MGA.”

In this exhibition Ritterman presents the visitor with images of innocuous gallery items - usually hidden from view - such as bollards, white gloves and temperature gauges. Ritterman transforms these humble objects into spectacular images, with rich and seductive surfaces. One photograph measures 2 x 4metres!

MGA Gallery Director Shaune Lakin said, “Ritterman presents a beautiful exhibition that draws the viewer in with great visual effect and explores the complex relationship between the photographer, the work and the institution.”

This exhibition asks us to consider our relationship with photography. Preservation creates an open space where something as ubiquitous as the photograph can be reconsidered anew, with room to think about its future possibilities and limitations.

To read the transcript of Hedy's speech click here.

Mark and Phillip from Chapman & Bailey skillfully install the 2 metre by 4 metre piece Bollard.

Hedy and Mark Chapman @ the opening of Hedy's beautiful show, 'Preservation'
Monash Gallery of Art

Come and see the winning Sow's Ear entry @ C&B artshop, Melbourne

2011-07-26T21:21:00.000-07:00

On display now. The winning design is Hooped Light, an intricate pendant light designed by New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based designer Hayley Anne Brown. Made from over 700 pieces of timber off-cuts threaded together on metal hoops, the pendant casts a lace-like pattern of light and shadow across the room. The interior is painted in red, pink and orange, giving the piece a warm glow. It is on display hanging from an 'off-cut tree' also made entirely from timber off-cuts and can be seen now in the front window of our C&B artshop, 420 Johnston St, Abbotsford, Melbourne. Looks great at night too.

Encaustic Paint Workshops this September

2011-07-26T18:54:00.000-07:00

Chapman & Bailey & R&F will be presenting Encaustic Paint Workshops this September.

R&F specialist Cari Hernandez (www.carihernandez.com) from the U.S. will be presenting the workshops.

Sydney
2 day workshop Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th September
@ Parkers

Melbourne
2 day workshop Saturday 22nd - Sunday 23rd September
@ Chapman & Bailey Artshop

Instore Demos - Times and dates to be advised.

Go to www.chapmanbailey.com.au for more info. and to book.

Hurry. Spaces filling up fast

Chapman & Bailey: Hayley Anne Brown - Winner of the 2011 Sow’s Ear C...

2011-07-26T18:31:00.000-07:00

Chapman & Bailey: Hayley Anne Brown - Winner of the 2011 Sow’s Ear C...: "Hayley Anne Brown’s Hooped Pendant is the winning design from the Sow’s Ear Challenge, a design competition presented by Chapman & Bai..."

Hayley Anne Brown - Winner of the 2011 Sow’s Ear Challenge talks about her design

2011-07-26T18:29:00.000-07:00

Hayley Anne Brown’s Hooped Pendant is the winning design from the Sow’s Ear Challenge, a design competition presented by Chapman & Bailey and (inside) magazine. Australian Design Review spoke to Hayley about the ideas behind her design and the process of making the finished piece.
The Hooped Light was on show at Design:Made:Trade, at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton (21-24 July 2011) as part of the State of Design Festival.
The Sow’s Ear Challenge asked designers to propose a solution to the everyday waste of timber offcuts produced in the Chapman & Bailey studio, by turning these offcuts into a beautiful furniture or lighting object.
Read more on the Australian Design Review site here.
Check out our latest Sow’s Ear Challenge updates, photos here.

Chapman & Bailey @ Hong Kong International Art Fair 2011

2011-07-18T20:38:00.000-07:00

Chapman & Bailey @ Hong Kong International Art Fair 2011

Pictured - Mark Chapman (CEO of Chapman & Bailey) installing for Tolarno Galleries in Hong Kong

Invitation to Sow's Ear Challenge @ State of Design Festival

2011-07-18T18:08:00.000-07:00

Invitation to Chapman & Bailey Sow's Ear Challenge @ State of Design
Chapman & Bailey will be exhibiting the Sow's Ear Challenge entrants and winner at this year's State of Design Festival at the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton.

Hope you can join us there.

Thurs. - Sun. 10 - 5, July 20 -21
State of Design Festival
Royal Exhibition Building
9 Nicholson St
Carlton, Victoria

High Definition: The State of Australian Painting in a Neo-Digital Age

2011-05-11T20:01:00.000-07:00

Happy sponsors are we at C&B!
Show runs til 4 June at Paradise Hills, 1-9 Doonside St, Richmond, Wed-Fri 3-7 pm and Sat 12-6.

The Moral Meaning of Wilderness in Brisbane

2011-05-11T19:10:00.000-07:00

Juan Davila opened his show of latest works at Griffith University Art Gallery in Brisbane. Titled "The Moral Meaning of Wilderness". As always with Juan, this is a body of work to be reckoned with, although in a very different way from his in-your-face controversial paintings of the '80's. Lots of lovely folks at the opening, and of course the ever gentlemanly Juan himself . Definitely worth a visit or two and on until 19 June. Go to kallirolfecontemporaryart.com for insights into Juans work.

Kalli Rolf, Dr.Paul Eliadis (collector and philanthropist) Mark Chapman and Daina Tender

Simon Wright (Director of Griffith Uni Gallery) addressing throng.

The Chapman and Bailey Sow’s Ear Challenge 2011

2011-05-04T21:56:00.000-07:00

The Chapman and Bailey Sow’s Ear Challenge 2011 is an opportunity for furniture designers to flex their creative muscle and test their innovative flair.
Use our waste ( namely a large volume of hoop pine stretcher off-cuts in random lengths and variable profiles, and Belgian linen scraps in various sizes) and create an innovative, beautiful, and functional item of furniture.
The winning entry will be made-up by Chapman & Bailey’s furniture craftsmen and will be displayed in conjunction with Inside Magazine at State of Design in Melbourne, late July 2011. All individuals and organisations are welcome to enter.
Get your entry forms in now. Design entries must be received by 5.00 p.m Friday 6 May 2011.

Victor Rubin - 'Epitome' - Paintings & Assemblage

2011-05-04T20:50:00.000-07:00

Epitome 2011 features paintings & assemblages by Victor Rubin.

Exhibition runs from 30th April to 21st May, 2011

Chapman & Bailey Gallery, 350 Johnston St, Abbotsford, Victoria.