Based on the mosaic tiled floors inside the Manchester Town Hall, this mixed media Manchester Bee collage was created over an 18-month period using recycled newspaper cuttings, hand marbled papers and foam printed impressions to create the cracks and gaps between the mosaic pieces. The bee has been the symbol of Manchester since 1847, during the Industrial Revolution and in which the city played a leading part and was a hive of activity. The bee represents the hard-working industrious nature of the city and its people; you might have heard someone being industrious and hardworking called a ‘busy bee’. In the background I’ve collaged as many newspaper cuttings featuring people, places and phrases heard in and/or associated with Manchester, as I could find. From football clubs to suburbia, whether you’re a red or a blue, the people of Manchester stand together, a city united and, of course, always ready to make a brew.
Manchester Bee Places Magnet
Product Code: 4059-A7MG
Artify your fridge, metal filing cabinets or magnetic notice boards with this slimline, flexible art magnet, reproduced from a miniaturisation of one of my mixed media collage pieces featuring the Manchester Bee and based on the worker bee mosaic on the floors of the Manchester town hall. These magnets are super slim and very lightweight so whilst they won’t hold up tatty shopping lists and take away menus, they do make great miniature pieces of artwork for your fridge and, since they have an extremely low profile, they're not easily knocked off if someone brushes past the fridge/filing cabinet. Inspired from what I see in my garden, on my field work, travels and from life experiences, I work only from photographs that I have taken or sketches that I have made in the field.
Ideal for: Anyone who loves British icons, design icons, Manchester, the Manchester Bee, bees, travel, history, all things British, UK, collects fridge magnets, art.
Each flexible art magnet is printed in the UK by an FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified printing company on board with a rubber-free magnetic MagneCote coating, which is biodegradable. Each magnet is directly digitally printed, thereby avoiding the more traditional use of printing plates or photo chemicals. Flexible magnets ordered on this website will be supplied ‘naked’ without each magnet being enclosed in an individual protective sleeve, but any magnets in an order will be packed in a recyclable (PP5) polypropylene protective outer as a ‘pack’ to avoid them getting marked or wet in transit in the typical British weather that we enjoy or marking any other products in your order. This packaging will be kept to a minimum. Flexible magnets are shipped in a board backed envelope or postal box as appropriate and are not gift packaged.
A7: 74x105mm (approximately 2.91x4.13”) & about 1mm (0.04”) thick
Buy 3 Slimline Art Magnets for £5
For every 3 Slimline Art Magnets you purchase, you receive a £1 discount. You can mix and match as many different magnets and styles as you like. Your discount will be applied on the Checkout page.