A LITTLE HISTORY…It goes like this…I left school at 15 not particularly keen to go to college, i’d had enough of the institution thing to be honest…I was all creative, dyslexic and not too academic – all about the art class, technical drawing and creative writing. So i found myself at 21 working as an antique upholsterer which is a pretty cool job as jobs go and it satisfied a working-with-your-hands, craft kind of leaning, and gave me a little time in the workshop for a bit of wood carving too. I’d always loved drawing at home from small: cat footballers, musicians and graphic drawings that were purely line, shape and colour, so i decided to sign-up to a couple of part-time college classes (figure and portrait sculpture and general drawing and painting) to satisfy the creative side. I immediately loved the two days of art school but not so much the three days of upholstery. The only thing to do, enrole for a two year foundation course in art and design. I loved it to the fullest, with great projects and excellent tutors I was free to experiment with painting, photography, sculpture, 3D design, graphics and printing (etching, wood-block and my favourite, silk-screen) and the all important life drawing. Roll on a few years and I established Beatbug art and design in the summer of 2000 after graduating with a degree in fine art sculpture, a pool trophy and an ever-expanding record collection from djing. I had also returned to silk-screen printing, a medium that was one of my specialities on the two year foundation. My graphic approach to printing together with my drawing style led naturally to graphic design and illustration through a number of commissions, now regular parts of my business along side the screen prints.
SILK-SCREEN PRINTS…Size A and B prints are on mdf wood-board and size C and D prints are on canvas stretched over 12mm exhibition quality stretchers. Every piece is individually painted and silk-screen printed (hand pulled) by me in my South London studio. Each piece is signed, dated and ready to hang, no frames are needed. A high qaulity finish and customer satisfaction is always of big importance to me.
SHIPPING…I currently have a flat rate of £6 for size A, B and C prints whatever the destination. Please contact me for shipping cost of size D prints. All prints are protected with bubble wrap and packaged in cardboard. I send by recorded delivery for the UK and international signed for or courier for the rest of the world. All shipments have a tracking number so we can track its progress. I aim to ship size A and B prints within 2-3 days, size C and D prints within 2-3 weeks. If there’s any delay in shipping your order i’ll contact you to let you know.
HOW TO ORDER YOUR PRINT…When you’ve chosen a print and size you want to buy simply click ‘add to cart’ and you’ll be taken through to the paypal site where you can complete your transaction or click ‘continue shopping’ to return to julesmann.com. All online orders go through the paypal site which is secure, safe and free, you don’t even need a paypal account to use it. Once I receive your order i’ll be in touch to confirm receipt and let you know when I can ship.
OTHER PAYMENT METHOD…If you don’t want to pay online you can make a BACS payment directly into my bank account, i’ll then ship your order when the payment clears. A BACS payment normally takes three working days to clear by which time I should be ready to ship your order, depending on size of course.
DESIGN…Since the birth of beatbug, selling prints and creating graphic design and illustration I’ve been regularly commissioned for a variety of design projects involving many companies and individuals with a wide range of needs. Projects have included logo design, album and CD covers, record labels, book covers, book illustrations, flyers, posters and private commissions. Clients include the BBC (large print for ‘Criminal justice’), channel 4 (large print for ‘The IT Crowd’), Pearson publications (a series of book covers, illustrations and icons), Fat Freddy’s Drop (hand drawn graphics for debut album launch), Raw material (street posters, flyers, record labels, CD design, banners and brochure), Tribe Records (posters, flyers, banners, web graphics) and south london’s finest, Yaaba Funk (e.p. and CD design, logo design, posters, flyers and promo pack).
If you have a design commission in mind (of the type listed above or something totally different) then feel free to get in contact by phone or email, new projects and directions are always welcome, big or small, its all good. To view some of my past design commissions go to the gallery and check out the graphic design and illustration sections.
INFLUENCES from knee high to now…parsley the lion, mr benn, lego, japanese toys, the banana splits, the arabian nights, sesame street, sitting bull, skateboarding, bongos, the unexplained magazine, the muppett show, king sounds drum room, monkey, rodigan’s roots rockers, sumo on 4, shorinji, kahlil gibran, the funki dreds, matisse, picasso, native tongues, calder, kurosawa, peterson’s worldwide, straight no chaser, batucada, maracatu, snorkling, spiritual jazz, the east, west, north and south…
