Mandela comic book artists

To celebrate the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela we are featuring the comic book artists working for the South African company Umlando Wezithombe who have been drawing the life of Nelson Mandela in comic book form.

We visited South Africa to film the artists drawing their national hero from child to president. There is also remarkable footage of the artists drawing Mandela in the lime quarry on Robben Island where he was a prisoner for 27 years. Unlike any comic book you have seen before these talented artists bring history to life.

To se the Umlando timelapse click here

ArtisanCam will be adding content through 2008 leading up to the great man's birthday on the 18th July

Design a poster for Kew, national competition

Take part in our fantastic new competition and you could see your work displayed at the world famous Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew in London..

In 1936 artist Edward Bawden designed a new poster to encourage people to visit Kew Gardens using London transport.
Now ArtisanCam wants you to investigate Bawden's brilliant use of linocut, before producing your own design for a new poster using the same lino printing processes that he used.

Learners can submit their designs simply by clicking
on the 'send to competition' button. The winner will
receive an iPod nano and the winning entry will be displayed at Kew Gardens and seen by hundreds of thousands of visitors.

The competition is open to everyone of school age across the UK and you can enter as many times as you like.
The competition closes on 18th July 2008, so get printing!

Explore lino printing click here