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Artist/Maker	Kai & Sunny (design studio)
Place of origin	England (made)

Kai & Sunny are artists, printmakers and graphic designers. The first box set in this series was released as part of their 'Flower Show' at Stolen Space Gallery in June 2011. It contains a single-sheet short story 'The Gardener' written for this show by David Mitchell of 'Cloud Atlas', as well as five letterpress prints. Following the success of this first set, the artist issued a second set with different flower images. Drawing on sources in graphic design, botanical illustration and printed books they make elegant and original prints.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	The Flower Show - Series 2 (series title)
Materials and techniques	Letterpressed print on Somerset Velvet 300 gsm Paper Printing Ink Letterpress Printing
Brief description	'The Flower Show - Series 2' by Kai & Sunny; print from a limited edition box set containing six letter-pressed prints and a short story (on one sheet) by David Mitchell; 2011; edition of 50
Physical description	Vertical lines running from top to bottom of image
Dimensions	Height: 41.9 Width: 29.7cm
Marks and inscriptions	A/P K+S (In pencil below the image on the left hand side) KAI & SUNNY (Embossed below the image on the right hand side)
Credit line	Given by Kai & Sunny
Summary	Kai & Sunny are artists, printmakers and graphic designers. The first box set in this series was released as part of their 'Flower Show' at Stolen Space Gallery in June 2011. It contains a single-sheet short story 'The Gardener' written for this show by David Mitchell of 'Cloud Atlas', as well as five letterpress prints. Following the success of this first set, the artist issued a second set with different flower images. Drawing on sources in graphic design, botanical illustration and printed books they make elegant and original prints.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1161:7-2012

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Record created	August 29, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1271226/the-flower-show---print-kai--sunny/

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