8th April: Free Illamasqua Make Overs

One of the many amazing things you an do while visiting The Paper Eaters Office in Selfridges is have a free and funky make over by London based make up brand Illamasqua. Come and visit us between 3-4pm everyday for your free make over in a rocking 1980s style.

We spoke to Adam Medusa Sidwell from the brand who works as a freelance make up artist. Labeling himself a piece of living art, Adam wears wacky and unique make up every day stating ‘without make up there is no point to a live a house’. Considering himself a superstar, it only takes one meeting with Adam to realise he is, having trained through out Europe he has collaborated with the Pussy Cat Dolls and Courtney Love as well as The Girls. Couting Cruella de Ville, Medusa and Grace Jones as his fashion and style icons, its easy to see that the boy is fierce. Influenced by all things ‘negative’, alter ego movements and cemeteries he explains “I love all sounds and animal noises, church sounds. I also like thunder and electric music” when asked about his musical tastes. Adam is inspired by hookers, goths, champagne, mocohrome, texture and massages and counts himself as not just a professional make up artist but also a professional socialite. 


Robyn Lynch reporting from The Paper Eaters - Long Live the photo story! Head Quarters x

Illamasqua: http://www.illamasqua.com/

Adam Medusa Sidwell: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=561641128

7th April: 125 Magazine Feature

Another bit of press coverage! This time 125 Magazine has featured us on their website with full details of the exhibition and magazine making festivities you can expect to experience. Read more here: http://www.125magazine.com/?p_id=300&pg=411


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6th April: Photo story with Amica Lane

Today Amica Lane, Art Director of Amelia's Magazine, came and visited us at The Paper Eaters - Long Live The photo-story! Head Quarters to take part in a photo story for the second issue of the magazine. You can see her in the image above with the cute pink head band on and playing with the Ouija board I helped to make in another of the images. Amica was super sweet and made sure The Girls got all the images they needed for their shoot, she also has some rad tattoo's, love that!
Here is the Ouija board from the shoot and Andrea from The Girls, cutting and sticking the photo-story earlier today!

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5th April: Cut & Stick

Being a production assistant at The Paper Eaters Head Quarters means taking on a variety of jobs. Today saw me and two other girls sticking a photo story for the second issue of the magazine on coloured card and cutting our speech bubbles ready for the girls to scan in and add the text of the story. A long and monotonous process that requires love and devotion to the cut and stick aesthetic of old. Hand crafting the magazine goes a long way to help make the finished process look as pretty and bright as possible!
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4th April: Urban Junkies Review

The super cool people over at Urban Junkies were kind enough to feature The Paper Eaters in their 'What's On' section before we even opened to the public! To gain a proper insight into our world, read their full review here: http://www.urbanjunkies.com/lon/10/0330.html


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4th April: Issue 1 Has Landed

Issue 1 of The Paper Eaters - Long Live The photo-story! has landed! Filled with fun photo stories and super articles to read, head on down to the Ultralounge at Selfridges or The Photographers Gallery to pick up your copy now. 

(Andrea of The Girls admiring her handy work)

(The lovely Kristy Noble, one of the many production assistants at Paper Eaters HQ, hand numbering the first issue.)

There will be 1000 of each three issues of The Paper Eaters - Long Live the photo-story! available to buy from Selfridges and The Photographers Gallery for £2.80 each.

As well as the magazine these funky badges are available to buy at a bargainous 75p each, and a limited run of 500 special edition collectors box to keep your copies of The Paper Eaters - Long Live the Photo-story! in, which cost £6 each.

(Image Credits: 1: Unknown, 2: Unknown 3:Robyn Lynch, 4: Robyn Lynch, 5: Robyn Lynch, 6: Robyn Lynch, 7: Anthony Hopwood, 8: Robyn Lynch)
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3rd April: Paper Cranes & Paper Dresses

At The Paper Eaters - Long Live the photo-story! creative den at The Ultralounge in Selfridges we have a fair few crafty creations from our team of interns and production assistants. One of them is a sea of origami paper cranes created by the lovely Justine McKee as a project for her University course.

Another is some fashion fun in the form of an interactive cut out wardrobe made by Jess Jarvis. Featuring 2D life size cut out pieces by Jess, the cardboard wardrobe is hung on a rail next to a photo-shoot background ready for you to come along and flaunt your fashion flare by trying on the fabulous pieces Jess has made.

So there you have it, two more excellent reasons to come visit us at Selfridges! Come and view the awesome flock of origami paper cranes and try on the life size paper wardrobe and see if you can make it onto the wall of fame like these fab fashion cats!


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2nd April: A look around The Paper Eaters - Long Live the photo-story! den...

Here at The Paper Eaters - Long Live the photo-story! Head Quarters we are really proud of the space we have made to create and photograph our magazine in. A lot of hard graft and dedication went into turning the Ultralounge space into our new crafty and kitsch home. Here are a few sneaky snaps of the construction of our den at the Ultralounge, Selfridges...

(Image credits: 1: Kristy Noble, 2: Kristy Noble, 3: Kristy Noble, 4: Anthony Hopwood, 5: Jenny Forsyth 6: Kristy Noble 7: Kristy Noble)

Robyn Lynch reporting from The Paper Eaters - Long Live the photo story! Head Quarters x

1st April: Selfridges Fun Times

The Girls Andrea and Zoe find some spare time between shooting photo stories and creating the magazine to gallivant around Selfridges and explore their new home. 

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1st April - Introduction to The Paper Eaters: Long Live the photo-story!

Once upon a time there were two artists: Andrea Blood and Zoe Sinclair, also known as The Girls, who were dazzling fine art photographers and performance artists influenced by eras gone by.

With an all consuming love for the photo story and the cut and stick aesthetics of yesterday, The Girls have taken up residence at the Ultralounge space in London’s most wondrous department store, Selfridges, to take a defiant stand against the doom of the digital age. Reviving this old yet ever so adored art form with a month’s residency, they will adventure in and around Selfridges to hand craft a series of three magazines with loving care and devotion.

A fabulous photo filled print publication, The Paper Eaters: Long Live the photo-story! will pour out of the Ultralounge, the home and an inspiration ground for the magazine.  Editors-in-Chief Andrea and Zoe will conduct their team of professional contributors and production assistants to sculpt their much loved photo story magazine and occasionally include a few members of the public in their quirky and kitsch creations.

The Girls residency at the Ultralounge will last throughout April with photo shoots, free 1980s style make overs, a cut out wardrobe to try on, paper shrine to give too, and drive through cinema to experience.

While I will be updatng this blog and documenting the day to day goings on of The Girls, be sure to come down to Selfridges for a visit and celebrate the beauty of paper in all its forms. 

Robyn Lynch reporting from The Paper Eaters - Long Live the photo story! Head Quarters x