Last Posting Dates for Christmas

We have compiled a list of last posting dates for your Christmas orders. Please see the list below for our advised last orders. As ever, we would ask you to place your orders as soon as possible to ensure your parcel arrives in time (and that we don't sell out of anything!) and to advise you that these dates are just a guide. We cannot be held responsible for orders arriving late due to the postal service.

Please try to get your orders in by the following dates and times:

UK
Standard delivery - Thursday 19th December 4pm
Express delivery - Sunday 22nd 2pm

Western Europe (excluding France Greece & Poland)
Airmail (by Royal Mail) - Friday 13th December 4pm

USA
Airmail (by Royal Mail) - Thursday 12th December 4pm

Canada, France, Greece, Poland
Airmail (by Royal Mail) - Monday 9th December 4pm

Cyprus, Eastern Europe
Airmail (by Royal Mail) - Sunday 8th December 2pm

Africa, Caribbean, Central & South America, Middle East
Airmail (by Royal Mail) - Thursday 5th December 4pm

Australia

Airmail (by Royal Mail) - Wednesday 4th December 4pm

Asia, Far East (including Japan), New Zealand
Airmail (by Royal Mail) - Tuesday 3rd December 4pm

If you miss any of these dates...
If you are outside of the UK, we may be able to send your parcel by UPS. Please contact us for a quote as delivery speed and prices vary by country.

Please use these dates as a guide only and please feel free to contact us with any questions or queries about sending your orders. Please note that the time stated is UK time!

You can read Royal Mail recommended dates here. Don't forget we need time to process and pack your orders!

Image above is Christmas House card by Alice Pattullo and you can buy it on our website here.

New Artist: Alice Pattullo

Alice Pattullo is the newest addition to Soma. She is an illustrator and printmaker based in London. Alice graduated in 2010 with a First Class Honours in Illustration from Brighton University.

Alice works predominantly in screen print producing limited edition prints for sale in various outlets across the UK and online. Research is at the heart of her practice and her work is often inspired by British folk tradition and superstition, 1930s American musicals and celebrity culture to name a few! She is inspired by mid-century design and strives to create a nostalgic aesthetic in her own work through colour choices and composition.

You can view all work by Alice on our website here

New Screenprinted Signs from Andy Smith

We've got some great new screenprinted signs in at the moment by Andy Smith. 'Eat Your Greens' above and 'Spill the Beans' below. Plus more 'It's All Downhill from Here' arrows pictured at the bottom. All are £100 and available on our website or in the Bristol gallery.







View all pieces by Andy Smith on our website here

New Artist: Hazel Nicholls

Hazel Nicholls is one of our latest additions to the Soma artist lineup. She joined us at Pick Me Up where her screenprints proved very popular. The fluro pink Russian Doll print below was probably the most photographed piece on our stand!



Hazel Nicholls is 31 and lives in South East London. Thirteen years ago she moved from Northern Ireland to attend Camberwell College of Arts. She left Camberwell with a degree in Illustration. Hazel loves Real Ale, the seaside, ten pin bowling and of course a good pun. Her work is mostly influenced by a longstanding love of cross stitch and an interest in old phrases. Her designs have found themselves on limited edition prints, ceramics, textiles, packaging and more recently a giant fibre glass egg (as part of the Faberge Big Egg Hunt, 2012). She learnt how to screenprint four years ago and she hasn’t looked back since.



You can view all items by Hazel on our website here including silkscreen prints, tea towels and tape.

Changes to Opening Times and Online Delivery in April

While we are in London at Pick Me Up fair, opening times will be slightly different to usual and some online shop orders may be slower than usual during the set up and first few days of the fair (15th -.22nd April).

Soma will be closed Tuesday 16th April.

We will not be offering express delivery services until Wednesday 24th April.

If you are making a special journey or need a parcel by a specific date, please get in touch by phone or email.

Pick Me Up runs from 18th - 28th April 2013 at Somerset House, Embankment entrance, London and is open 10am - 6pm Tuesday - Friday, with late night opening on Thursdays 18th & 25th until 10pm.

Pick Me Up 2013

We are very pleased to announce that we will be returning to Pick Me Up graphic art fair at Somerset House later on this month.

This year we will be showing the work of regular exhibitors, Peskimo and Tom Frost alongside new to Soma artists, Hazel Nicholls, Nicholas John Frith and Telegramme.

The show runs from the 18th - 28th April at Somerset House, Embankment Galleries, London.

New Mugs and Tiles by Rob Ryan

We have some beautiful new mugs and tiles available in Soma from Rob Ryan, hand printed in his East London studio.

You can view the ceramics on our website here and see more images below.

Rob Ryan Valentines Print 2013

Rob Ryan has created a beautiful silkscreen print for Valentines, as he does every year. This years print titled 'There is Only Time' depicts a man and woman on a hill with a clock.

The text reads:

"There is no such thing as free time.
There is no such thing as work time.
There is no such thing as play time.
There is no such thing as spare time.
There is no such thing as the right time.
There is no such thing as down time.
There is no such thing as quality time.
There is no such thing as the wrong time.

"There is only time.

"The rarest and most precious gift I can give you seems to be the one thing I never have enough of to spare, but I promise to give you as much as I have and will make even more + more to give you. Can these seconds and minutes slowly grow into hours and days and perhaps weeks, months and years?In the name of St. Valentine can you be mine? 14th February 2013."



This beautiful print is signed and numbered in an edition of 100, paper size 68.5cm high x 51cm wide with print size 47cm high x 33.5 cm wide and priced at £150 unframed.

We are able to frame this print for customers coming into our gallery. Unfortunately we are unable to post this print framed as it is too large.

View the Valentines 2013 print by Rob Ryan on our site here

View all work by Rob Ryan here