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The Artist Surfaces Company make high quality, stretcher bars and canvases and hand-made artist surfaces and products for artists, galleries and museums in the UK and offer 10% student discount. Their expert team is made up of staff who have had over 20 years experience in the art industry, making and selling museum quality artist surfaces products for one of London’s previous, most prestigious framers, John Jones. www.theartistsurfacescompany.co.uk 020 3488 3462 sales@theartistsurfacescompany.co.uk The workshop address; The Sawmill, 27 Ayot Green Welwyn, Herts AL6 9BA

Culturegrid is a huge index of cultural assets in the UK (books, photographs, videos, locations…), and has a search API. At the moment it doesn’t return the large images for the URLs it indexes. This adds that feature. Website: http://culturescraper.heroku.com/

Jack Carvosso Studio Unit 27 Penarth Centre, Penarth Street, London, SE15 1TR studio@jackcarvosso.com 07540101145 Peter Watkins Framing http://www.peterwatkinsframing.com/ info@peterwatkinsframing.com Studio 1.08, Limehouse Arts Foundation Towcester Road E3 3ND Metro Imaging (Framing)Metro Imaging 32 Great Sutton Street London, EC1V ONB 020 7865 0000 Canonbury Arts: 65 Halliford Street Islington London N1 3HF tel. 020 7226 4652 emailsc@canonburyarts.co.uk Google Maps:http://g.co/maps/uvsau Lock & Davies 89 Goldsmiths Row London E2 8QR Speak to Martin (at Lock & Davis). This place is good for smaller work. Good prices 020 7684 7390 info@lockanddavies.co.uk Simon Beaugié Picture Framers ltd Manor Farm Workshops, Hamstreet Read more

In the event that you borrow Slade School media equipment during out of term time, are travelling abroad with equipment or want to insure your own items for location work, one company we can recommend is Performance, film and media. https://www.larkinsurance.co.uk/performance-film-media-insurance TEL 020 8256 4932 Please make sure you describe Slade items as ‘hired inequipment’ and give the total replacement value which will be the insured amount. In cases where the replacement value of items is difficult to find ask the media store staff for advice. A copy of the insurance cover should be sent or given to the Read more

Notes on how to use the Kinect motion sensor in combination with Skanect software to make quick 3D scans of real world objects. Kinect + Skanect (pdf)

An introduction to using photogrammetry for creating models of real world objects, with practical tips for taking photos and links to a walkthrough of Photoscan photogrammetry software. Photogrammetry and Photoscan (pdf)

A guide to how sound works with an emphasis on its basic physics. Audio Fundamentals (53MB) The information presented here is about how sound works in an audio recording context. In part it’s about technologies – and contains some useful techniques – but in the main it is about the practical application of the physics of sound. You will not find much information on which buttons to push on a particular device or program, or what to plug in where. Instead, it attempts to sketch a conceptual foundation to making recordings with a bit more understanding about what is really Read more

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Need access to a print studio out of term? Many of the studios also offer studio space as well as membership. London Thames Side Print Studio Worton Hall Studios East London Printmakers South East Print Studio Sonsoles Print Studio Print Club London South East Hello Print Studio USA Robert Blackburn Print Workshop Renaissance Press Lower East Side Print Shop Scotland Glasgow Print Studio Edinburgh Print Studio Germany Druckwerkstatt

Obtaining good quality film positives for photo mechanical processes can be difficult. Below are a list of recommended repro houses based in and out of London who have been making positives for years. Be sure to know what line screen you want before you contact them. If in doubt, ask in the print workshop. Hexio are a specialist repro house based off the Old Kent Road and will produce the best quality imageset film for screen printing, photo lithography, photo etching, polymer and gravure. A Bigger Splash

Funding opportunities Public funding Public funding usually takes the form of grants that you don’t have to pay back. It comes from the government and other public organisations. Arts Council England National Lottery Fund Local authorities, councils NESTA, etc EU/EC funding Start-Up loans Private funding Private funding covers areas like corporate social responsibility, marketing and PR, and private equity (shareholding). It’s possible that some funders may take a share in your business. Corporate sponsorship and awards Venture Capitalists and Angel investors Funding from individuals or trusts There are sources of funding available from individuals or charitable organisations. There is usually Read more

KS Objectiv are a group of technical specialists based in London who provide solutions for artists, galleries, museums and independent curators displaying audiovisual artworks. They install film and digital media artworks for many renowned artists across the UK and worldwide and have a wealth of expertise in delivering cutting-edge film, video and sound installation art. Theiraim is always to achieve the best possible presentation of an artist’s vision, whilst offering the best possible value. What they do offer a range of services to suit different requirements, from small installations through to providing a comprehensive project management package of exhibition design, Read more

Temporary Services + Half Letter Press– an imprint and online publishing venture initiated by Marc Fischer and Brett Bloom. Three Letter Words– a not for profit organisation dedicated to art publishing. Bookworks– a commissioning organisation specialising in artists’ books, spoken word and printed matter. Occasional Papers– The Everyday Press– initiated by London based artist Arnaud Desjardin, the Everyday Press publishes art and artists’ books.

There are now two new utility printers in the Slade building, accessed viathe print@UCL network. One is on the ground floor by Studio 6 (to the left of the main staircase), the otheron the 2nd floor by the lift. Print in B&W and colour, A4 and A3. Send documentsto the print@UCL print queue with your username and ID, retrieve prints from any printer with your UCL ID card. All UCL cluster PCs have the print@UCL queue available, as do all stations in the Slade EMS. You can also add print@UCLto your own computer by following the instructions here.

International Artist Residency Programmes The websites listed below lead to hundreds of international residency programmes. The list of individual residencies in various countries is based on suggestions from Slade staff and students. The document is intended as a general information resource: The Slade does not endorse any particular residency programme. ______________________________________________ Websites for general residency listings: http://www.artquest.org.uk/articles/view/uk-residencies http://www.resartis.org/en/ www.transartists.org/ http://royaldrawingschool.org/residencies/ culture360.asef.org/category/opportunities/residencies-opportunities/ www.artistcommunities.org/residencies www.goethe.de/ges/prj/res/rpr/enindex.htm residencyunlimited.org/opportunities/ www.artquest.org.uk › Art Directory › Artist Residencies www.trianglenetwork.org/about http://fineart.about.com/od/Artists-Residencies/tp/a-listing-of-Asian-artists-residencies.htm _____________________________________________________ Dominican Republic Davidoff ArtInitiative www.davidoffartinitiative.com/residency China Organhaus Art Read more

Fornormal printingin A4/A3, black/white and colour, UCL haveCluster Rooms in many locations. Students are allocated a“free” printing quota each term. The cluster room in the basem*nt of the Cruciform (opposite the main UCL entrance) is quite convenient to access from the Slade and has all printing options.

London based Film Photography, Traditional and Alternative Photography Specialists. Theysell Film, Paper, Chemistry, Darkroom, Portfolios, Inkjet supplies. Silverprint 120 London Rd, London SE1 6LF020 7620 0169

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Discussion of the variables to consider when making vocal recordings, focussing onmicrophone selection and placement, with a summary guide. Vocals

Description of good practice for audio tracking,with practical stepped summary. Diagram of the hardware configuration in the large sound studio. Notes onanalogue and digital gain structure and their relationship. Tracking

Notes on microphone types and their application and a description of what’savailable at the Slade. Microphones

A website generated by Graduate Paintingentitled “The Methods Room”, presents our two research projects:the Material Research Project and the Discourse Project. Website:blogs.ucl.ac.uk/methods-room/​ It’s a virtual mirror of the actual Methods Room in Studio 2 – please also check thatout! It can also be accessed through the main Slade website under “Research – Material Research Project”.

We are delighted to announce that over 100,000 high resolutionimages including manuscripts, paintings, etchings, early photography and advertisem*nts are now freely available throughWellcome Images. Drawn from our vast historical holdings, the images are being released under theCreative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. This means that they can be used for commercial or personal purposes, with an acknowledgement of the original source (Wellcome Library, London). All of the images from our historical collections can be used free of charge. The images can be downloaded in high-resolution directly from theWellcome Imageswebsite for users to freely copy, distribute, edit, manipulate, and build upon asyou Read more

Frames and Mounts Metro Imaging have some useful photographs of different framing and mounting techniques including: Light Boxes Mounting to almuinium with split batons Face mounting to perpsex / plexi (Diasec mounting) Box Frame Floating Box Frame Classic Photo Frame Keyline Photo Frame Tray Photo Frame https://metroimaging.co.uk/photo-mounting/ See our list of suppliers for other framers who can also offer most of these services http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/know/148 Here’s a picture of a float mounted print. The print is attached with archival tape to a mount board so the print is not flattened but sits on top of the board. Float mounted prints are Read more

Guide to Projectors for Interactive Installations http://www.creativeapplications.net/tutorials/guide-to-projectors-for-interactive-installations/ Video projectors are one of the most important tools for creators of interactive installations. The information for projectors is available on various websites, but this 2 part guide will focus on their use in production and interactive environments. Part 1 will focus on the projector as hardware(lenses, lumens, surfaces etc), and part 2 will go into more details on the software and calibration considerations. This will gather some of that disparate knowledge into the important bits you need to make informed decisions about creating a high quality experience. They vary in scale Read more

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched its latest copyright notice which helps explain specific areas of copyright inthe UK. The notice is aimed at small businesses and individuals who use digital or photographicimages on the web. It also provides advice for people who may find their own images being used online and includes many of the recent changes to the law. The Copyright Notice can be downloaded byhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/copyright-notice-digital-images-photographs-and-the-internet

The Open Font Library promotes your freedoms as it relates to the use of type. All the fonts that appear on this site come with the freedom to use, study, share and remix them. Browse our catalogue and see what’s new.http://openfontlibrary.org/ 205http://www.bureau205.fr A2 Typehttp://www.a2-type.co.uk ainsifonthttp://www.ainsifont.com ARS Typehttp://arstype.nl BetaTypehttp://betatype.com Binnenlandhttp://www.binnenland.ch Colophonhttp://www.colophon-foundry.org Commercial Typehttp://commercialtype.com Dalton Maaghttp://www.daltonmaag.com Darden Studiohttp://www.dardenstudio.com Dutch Type Libraryhttp://www.dutchtypelibrary.nl Exljbrishttp://www.exljbris.com Fatypehttp://www.fatype.com Feliciano Type Foundryhttp://www.felicianotypefoundry.com Font Bureauhttp://www.fontbureau.com FontFonthttp://www.fontfont.com/shop Fontsmithhttp://www.fontsmith.com Foundryhttp://www.foundrytypes.co.uk Grilli Typehttp://www.grillitype.com Hoefler & Frere-Joneshttp://www.typography.com House Industrieshouseindustries.com HypeForTypehttp://www.hypefortype.com Identikal:http://www.identikal.com Jeremy Tankard Typographyhttp://typography.net Karsten Luecke Type Foundryhttp://www.kltf.de Kontourhttp://www.kontour.com Klim Type Foundryhttp://klim.co.nz Letters From Swedenhttp://lettersfromsweden.se Linetohttp://lineto.com Lux Typohttp://www.luxtypo.com Millieu Groteskhttp://www.milieugrotesque.com Monokromhttps://monokrom.no/ MVB Read more

A very detailed article whose aim is to compare medium and large format film with digital 35mm & digital medium format backs. Very thorough and interesting despite the fact that digital technology has moved on since 2011 when the testing was done. Much of what is written is very relevant in principle. http://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2011/12/big-camera-comparison/ Some conclusions from the author at the following link – particularly interesting description of the way digital represents detail vs film, especially at the limits of their respective resolution: https://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2011/12/camera-test-editors-commentary/

THE 50 STATES PROJECT 50 photographers from across the USA. Each photographer lives in one of the 50 States and represents the State where they currently live. Every two months each photographer will be sent an assignment by e-mail, they then have two months to produce one image in response. http://www.50statesproject.net/ AFTERIMAGE GALLERY http://www.afterimagegallery.com/ A GALLERY FOR FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY New Orleans, LA, gallery of photographs http://www.agallery.com/Pages/departments/photographers.html THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY Online museum of photography specializing in online exhibitions of daguerreotypes and early photographic works. http://www.photographymuseum.com/ AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY: A CENTURY OF IMAGES Companion site to the PBS video series. Read more

Valuing and evaluating academic digital humanities practice are topics of discussion at many colleges and universities, including UNC. Here are some contributions to this ongoing and rapidly expanding discussion: promotion and tenure guidelines from professional organizations and other universities, essays, blog posts, and podcasts. http://digitalhumanities.unc.edu/resources/valuing-evaluating-dh-practice Art History and its Publications in the Electronic Age A report by Hilary Ballon and Mariët Westermann. Beyond Productivity: Information, Technology, Innovation, and Creativity A report from the National Research Council (2003) on intersection of information technology, art, and design. Ths sixth section, “Schools, College, and Universities” includes a discussion of particular interest Read more

Slade Knowledge Base contains useful information for all kinds of studio work from all studio areas at the Slade School of Fine Art. The idea is that any information useful to students and staff while working in the studios can be shared via a central online database. This makes the information easy and quick to find from anywhere at anytime. All Slade staff can add information and articles which will be available to anyone at UCL to access. If you are looking for a topic that isn’t covered on here – please suggest to a suitable staff member Read more

MacSmith 489 Hackney Road, London E2 9ED www.macsmith.co Article about MacSmith in Wired

http://nimk.nl/eng/syncstarter Introduction In the video art field there are many artworks requiring the real-time synced playback of audio/video. We developfree and open sourcedigital video syncstarter software to distribute and exhibit multi-channel video artworks requiring synced playback of multiple videos on multiple screens. The tradition of syncstarter development was initiated by René Coelho in Amsterdam (Montevideo, 1980); Since 2005 digital syncstarter solutions are developed in the Artlab to continue theartisanal tradition of syncing videos using computers. We emphasize the freedom to share and re-use the digital code we produce: all our software is licensed as free and open source (GNU General Read more

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Open source applications make it easy to create, listen to and view digital audio and video content. Animation 1.Blender Replaces:AutoDesk Maya Suitable for professional use, Blender is a 3D animation suite that offers modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and game creation capabilities. It also features a customizable interface, and it can import and export from a wide variety of file formats. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X. 2.Art of Illusion Replaces:AutoDesk Maya Art of Illusion isn’t quite as polished as Blender, but its developers claim the latest version (released September 2013) “is both stable Read more

dye sublimation textile / fabric printing, even carpet printing, a few suppliers, see MJC for samples and cost examples. http://www.macroart.co.uk/ http://www.ruttersuk.com/

Envelopes – supplier for any size, colour, type you can imagine http://www.pitshanger-ltd.co.uk/

Good company for making finished plinth lids etc http://edplastics.co.uk/

Make sure your speaker/amp combo won’t blow up. Also check different setups. Speakerimpedancecalculator

Cheap places to get zines printed: Hato Press Ditto Press CLP Footprinters

Ektachrome 100D Film Process & Telecine Paid An all-in-one package: We send you the Ektachrome 100D Super 8 film, and a Film-Processing & Telecine Voucher. Once you have shot your film you return it & the voucher to us. We process the film, and then telecine it either to MiniDV, DVD Video or DVD Data formats. All formats are Standard Definition. http://www.bluecinetech.co.uk/products.php?cat=87

The Media Store now has this Wireless PA System. QTX Sound QR12PA / QR15PA QTX Sound User Manual 178.843 / 178.846 Features:  Mains, external or internal D.C. power supply  Internal 12V rechargeable battery  2 x VHF handheld wireless microphones included  2 x microphone inputs (6.3mm jack)  Master 2 band EQ and Echo effect for microphones  Internal USB/SD digital audio media player  Wireless remote control for media player  Integral trolley with telescopic handle  Integral 35mm pole mount  AUX line input

I use interparcel.com for most shipments I send. They are a broker for all the major couriers. They are much more reliable andhelpfulthan other brokers. This means they offer low costs of major account holders. I find the “Interparcel Standard” service the best. This is UPS in disguise. Same day pickup with next day delivery. You only have to print one A5 label an attach to the parcel, no extra paperwork like TNT or Fedex. Interparcel have major accounts with the world’s largest and most trusted courier companies. Thanks to our massive buying power we have secured huge discounts off Read more

When shipping artwork around it is ideal to have custom wooden crates made to the right size. It protects the artwork and makes shipping and handling easier and safer. It is often cheaper buying ready made plastic. Recommended companies: Packable, wood approved for international shipment, fast turnaround, many options.

Library and book storage and preservation suppliers Gresswell

K2 Screen – high end screen printing for artists, Central London