They're back!

In the Summer of 2008 I started drawing some of my favourite things- namely a 1960's typewriter and an 1980's SLR camera. The Writer and The Photographer became the designs used for the first prints in the homemade print studio in my parents' garage. Now in the GET A GRIP studio full time, it felt like a nice time to bring the designs back. Exposing screens that weren't made using bits of wood and a staple gun- but using the original acetates I had photocopied in the local post office. Available in the shop for just £6. Cut-Out is back and with a handful of amazing designs in the pipeline for Summer, it's all very exciting.

Plans and puppeteers

I feel like I should apologise again for the lack of posts recently. Running GET A GRIP has turned into a full time job and to be honest, I've enjoyed having a break from trying to run my own clothing label. But 2010 is not going to see the demise of Cut-Out, and I have started the year printing some lovely T-shirts and vests by the very talented Camelia Dobrin. Puppeteer can be brought from our SHOP and is just £20 including free postage and packaging within the UK. So I may not always be on twitter, and blog posts and website updates few and far between, but I promise Cut-Out will still be here trying to make nice things you'll like and wear.

Christmas cheer for just one pound

For the run up to Christmas, Cut-Out has a special little plate in our Custard Factory shop full of items that have been reduced to just one pound each! Grab yourself a handknitted mini stocking, heart shaped tree decoration, the last knitted doughnut or a badge set while stocks last!

Many of you know the shop isn't going to be open after Christmas, so we all hope you come and say bye, and pick up a few things, Mouldy Loaf is having a HUGE sale, with all T-shirts reduced, and a bargain to be found.

Clothes Show Live with Tatty Devine!

This week I was asked to help the glorious Tatty Devine out at their stand at Birmingham Clothes Show Live. The stand looked amazing and we were very proud to be on one of the brightest and busiest stands around. It was a LOT of fun meeting everyone who came along and bought stuff, and although my feet ache from three days of standing up, I can't wait to go along next year!

Flair '09

Thank you to everyone who came to the Light House on Saturday, we had such a lovely day. I'm already looking forward to next year!

big changes ahoy!

Well, we have been busy these last few months so there's alot to catch up on, and there's going to be quite a few big changes happening over the next few weeks and months...

Firstly we are sad to say we will be closing the shop just after Christmas. I have absolutely loved running the shop, but most of you know I also love screen printing, and those who have been in the shop know that I cannot do them both at the same time, and keeping the shop open meant sacrificing print jobs I wanted to do, or meant I was working constantly to keep everything going. Cut-Out is not going anywhere however, I plan on releasing lots of new designs in the new year by our favourite illustrators, the website will still keep going and I will be representing a mini version of the shop in the form of a stall at the Saturday Flea Market at the Custard Factory, and I might show up in a few different shops around here thanks to some of the lovely shopkeepers who have offered me some retail space to help me out. I will still also be sending my lovely stockists in Falmouth and Bristol Cut-Out products too. The Birmingham Bead Shop will be moving to the space in the new year though which is lovely news! So make sure you still come down to stop by and say hello to Kate.

In the meantime I will be focussing on my new business venture GET A GRIP, a waterbased screen printing company which is based behind VAAD gallery in the Custard Factory, printing on commission for bands, artists, promotors, companies and designers. This is something I am really excited about, I will still be keeping the same DIY ethics that Cut-Out stuck by, but I will be able to take on way more orders and use much better equipment. We are offering such good value prices it's unreal, you can check out more about this new project here: www.getagripstudio.com


We hope that the new year will open up lots of new opportunities for GET A GRIP, and Cut-Out and Mouldy Loaf to collaborate once more in a larger retail premises we hope to combine with an open print studio... but we're just waiting for the right space to open up so it might take some time. We're not giving in yet.


In other news I will be selling Cut-Out things at the Lighthouse in Wolverhampton's Festive Flair fayre on 5th December, this was the first fayre I did last year when I 1st stared Cut-Out and it was so much fun I can't wait to go back for mince pies, mulled wine and lots of lovely stalls selling handmad gifts. Following that I will be helping my lovely friends out at Tatty Devine on their stall at Clothes Show Live on the 6th, 7th and 8th December at Birmingham NEC- so if you happen to be going along on one of those days please pop bye and say hi and look at their lovely jewellery!


Well, I think that's you guys up to date! I hope you are all looking forward to a season full of presents, food and joy!

Best wishes

Kay x

Screen printers sharing

So I finally put my first zine together, you can buy it here

I am planning to do more, decide on a proper title, get some proper content etc etc. I'm sure it'll mostly revolve about screen printing and stuff, but we'll see. This was pretty much just a tester, but at £3 who's complaining? I've sold quite a few, and only 50 were made, so get 'em while they're hot I guess.

It basically shows how to screen print at home for as cheap as possible, and the 2nd half is interviews with lots of different screen printers, people like Dan Mumford, Print Liberation, John Isaacson... Oh, and you get a squeegee button badge too!