Wednesday 24 April 2013

Find out who Petra De Braal is at our next First Friday

Petra De Braal is coming to Marine Studios for a residency. Petra has been working with kasus.nu on projects which develop experimental models looking at community cohesion and regeneration.
Head down to Marine Studios for 6:30pm 3rd May and meet Petra and hear about some of her work in Zeeland.
“ We need new models and new ways of working together to solve very real social problems. I am very much looking forward to coming to Thanet."
Petra will be finding out about some of the amazing people and projects here in Margate and sharing her experience.
What are the similarities and the differences between Thanet and Zeeland? What can we learn from each other? 
This is an experiment - come along and be part of it.

Title has been announced for Adventures in Comics 4!

To coincide with AIC's appearance at Comica Comiket independent comics fair last Saturday, 20th April, we announced the title for next years 2-page comic Challenge. Which is
(Drum Roll………………..)
The Orb!
The Orb can be refered to such a diverse range that it will make next years comics even more interesting to see. Here's a couple suggestions from wikipedia:
  • Orb (astrology), the difference between the exactness of an astrological aspect
  • Orb (optics), an unexpected, often circular photographic artifact
  • Celestial orb, a central concept in ancient and early-modern astronomy
  • Globus cruciger, a hand-sized sphere over which the Christian cross is set
  • Sovereign's Orb, one of the best known Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
  • Orb web, a type of spider web
Good luck!


We welcome a new designer at HKD. Scarlett has come Full Circle

“It was one of the oddest surprises for me joining HKD in Margate. I have lived and worked most my life in London but am now back in the home town of my family.
My grandfather used to own sweet shops a stones throw away from Marine Studios.It is really odd to picture him making rock candy in the 1970’s . My mums stories of growing up in Margate include tales of dolphin aquariums near the Nayland Rock Hotel (can this be true?) and being the first child to live in Arlington house. My own childhood memories include avoiding the Scenic Railway I much preferred the tea cups!”
Scarlett is now based in Margate, she is busy designing space exhibits for Hong Kong. Strange how things work out!