Bold Groovy Lines The Derwent XL range comes in two types – XL Charcoal in rich natural color and XL Graphite in dense graphic tones of water-soluble color. Graphite and Charcoal are traditional drawing tools, but these big blocks of color are not stuck in the past. These chunky blocks measure 0.787″ x 0.787″ x 2.36″, so they are big and bold! Check out the work of Joseph Loughborough. His wonderful paintings in XL Charcoal blocks utilise the bold marks the blocks make and he’s had fun with the Groove Cube creating interest, layers and texture by overlapping the linear lines over one another. The Groove Cube (supplies are limited) works great with…
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Industry News
Gerard O’Mahony, Canson/Hamelin’s USA CEO will be leaving the company and returning to the UK for personal reasons. He has taken a similar position at a UK based greeting card company called Carte Blanche Greetings, LTD The structure of Canson North America will change a bit going forward. Sonja Stewart, the longtime controller has moved up to CEO and will be bringing on a Commercial Director whose responsibilities will include market and brand development, sales, as well as strategy development. In related news, effective Dec 31, 2015 Canson North America will no longer be distributing Royal Talens. Ronald Benning, the Holland based Royal Talens CEO will be responsible for creating a seamless path forward for this…
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Golden News June 2015
MacPherson’s Dealer Workshop A Great Success! Thank you to MacPherson’s personnel for hosting an incredible workshop! Your planning and preparation led to a very organized, valuable event. The hands-on demonstrations and round-robin presentations were interesting and informative for all. We were pleased to see so many retailers in attendance. Your continued support and enthusiasm for all GOLDEN products is appreciated tremendously! QoR® Hand-painted Color charts Shipping Now! All pre-existing QoR retailers will soon receive the new hand-painted colorchart. In the coming weeks, you will receive the piece either directly from GOLDEN or it will be hand-delivered by your GOLDEN Sales Representative. New Trial Color Sets from Williamsburg: Signature, Landscape,…
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Strathmore Art Submission Contest
Increase activity at your retail store by sharing social media content and information about the 2015 Strathmore® catalog cover art submission contest! Strathmore is calling all artists to submit their work, which will be featured on the cover of the 2016 Product Catalog cover. Artists who submit their work will have a chance to win cash and Strathmore products! Strathmore is asking artists to fill in the blank as it relates to the overall theme for the contest, starting with “Make something __________”. We love to celebrate artists who use real materials and real paper to make artwork. We want artists to make their artwork based on the theme…
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Copic Stock Levels Update
Dear Copic Retailer, I know that there is concern about the lack of Copic product coming from us right now. I wish to offer you an explanation and to do that I will do my best to try and clearly outline the situation at hand. The problem, albeit a good problem to have, is that the demand for Copic continues to grow at a rapid rate. Most of you are experiencing this on your own and reporting back to us growth rates well into the double digits. III has been growing steadily, however, over the past 6-8 months we have seen some dramatic increases in demand. I would like to…