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The Jam Art 10th anniversary collection

This afternoon.

Jam Art Factory is having a birthday!

Mark at Jam Art Prints writes:

To celebrate our 10 year anniversary of Jam Art Factory, we’ve a new collection of limited edition A2 giclée prints by 8 of our Irish based artists all based around the theme of Nostalgia on JamArtPrints.com. The A2 prints are limited to only 10. The A3 and A4 are unlimited digital prints.

We’d like to give away one of these prints in A3 size to the person who tells us their favourite childhood Christmas memory. Best answer wins!

Lines must close on Sunday at Middday.

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The Jam Art print competitions runs here every Friday until Christmas.

Irish slang Christmas decorations by Snow at Jam Art Prints

Well, really.

If you’re going to be like that.

Mark at Jam Art Prints, writes:

Jam Art Factory has THREE (yes, three) small laser cut Irish slang word decoration by Snow to give away from our Christmas – Made in Dublin section on our site jamartprints.com. To enter, just let us know what you love/hate most about an Irish Christmas.

Lines Must close at 9pm.

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The Jam Art print competitions runs here every Friday until Christmas.

Irish Alphabet by Rene Mullins

The results are in.

Last week, with an A3 print by Rene Mullins of the Irish Alphabet As Gaeilge from Jam Art Prints on offer, we asked you to share a story from your school days you’ve never shared before.

Thank you for all your brilliant stories.

Mark at Jam Art eventually chose reader Paul‘s entry:

‘Our year heads, head boy/girl, prefects etc in our secondary school all had their own badges that would be handed back at the end of the year and given to the next set of students. These badges were fairly nice, good quality, ‘prefect’ cut out neatly, ‘head boy’ engraved, may have been made by a local metalworker in the town. They were a mark of responsibility as well as some of these badges were 10+ years old.

‘Some of them went missing. Missing from locker rooms, missing from on the backs of chairs, missing from bus rides. A quiet fuss was made about this, extra vigilance needed, lists of students who had badges made and referred to at meetings so any extra badges floating around could be rooted out and returned. Nothing came of it. I only heard about this second hand through a friend who was a prefect.

‘Never gave it a second thought until I was in collecting my Leaving Cert results a few years later, turned a corner in the school to open them in private and promptly tripped over a rug (one of these very long rugs, brown/black pattern on top, thick rubber water proof edges), pushing the edge of the rug under the raised edge of a row of lockers (uneven floor) and pushing the missing badges out from the other end of the lockers with a merry jingling as they rolled out. I froze, listened in case anyone else was nearby and then quickly kicked the badges back under the lockers. Two had rolled a bit further (a prefect badge and a year head badge) so I went for them but heard the staff room door opening around the corner. Lifted them from the ground, in the pocket and off I went.

‘Didn’t get great results but those two badges are in a box upstairs at home now. The school was refurbished the following year so they definitely found those badges.’

Congrats Paul and thanks all.

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Last week: Zed’s Dead Baby

Meanwhile….

Last Friday, with a GAA county colour friendly match box signed print by Larry Byrne from Jam Art to giveaway, we asked for your least favourite county and why.

Clampers Outside ‘shook’ the competition with this short but sparky entry:

‘Dublin. I’ve a love-hate relationship with Dublin. So much to love, and yet all my hate is channelled… Me bike! Me bikes! All those bleedin’ bikes was robbed on me! Bastids!’

Well done Clampers and thanks all.

Last week: Up For The Matches

 

‘Friendly Match’ prints by Larry Byrne

How will the championship ‘shake out’ next season?

While you wait for that….

Mark at Jam Art Prints writes:

We’ve these lovely new GAA county colour friendly match box signed prints by Larry Byrne just in – one for every county of Ireland. The first design of this comes from a traffic light box painted as part of the Dublin Canvas Project in Summer 2020.

We have one (yes, one!) print to giveaway. Just tell us a county you can’t stand and why. Best answer wins (you don’t all need to say Dublin).

Light Fight!

Lines must close at 9.45pm Saturday 3pm.

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In the run up to Christmas, we’ll be running a Jam Art Print competition here every Friday.

The 18-letter Irish Alphabet by Rene Mullins

Isn’t it time.

You learned YOUR alphabet?

Mark at Jam Art Prints, writes:

We’ve this lovely A3 print by Rene Mullins just back in stock of the Irish Alphabet As Gaeilge to giveaway.

For your chance to win, give us a story you’ve never told before from your school days…

Fess up!

Lines must close at 10.45pm.

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The Jam Art Prints competition runs here every second Thursday.

The results are in.

Last week, with two new beautifully screen printed Geebags by HomeBound (above) at Jam Art Prints on offer, we asked you to share interesting word origins.

It was an etymological spree worthy of a boozy soiree around Samuel Johnson’s gaff.

But alas, only one winner.

Rapscallion snatches gets the pair of Geebags with these intriguing word roots:

“Slogan comes from the Irish for war cry.

“Nazi isn’t short for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. It’s a pre-existing term for a country bumpkin that plays on the rural Catholic preponderance for Ignatius of Loyola. Anti Nazis just borrowed it.

“Tanks (land based Ironclads) are tanks thanks to Churchill (in part). The code name for the top secret development project was supposed to be Water Containers for Russia. Churchill said the military would shorten it to WCs for Russia and changed Container to tanks. The Russians changed sides and the military did indeed shorten it. To tanks.”

Tanks Thanks all

Last week: Totes Rude

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The Jam Art Prints competition runs here every second Thursday.

The Geebag by Homebound

SPLUTTER!

The secret place!

*thud*

Mark at Jam Art Prints, writes:

We’ve two new beautifully screen printed Geebags to win by HomeBound this week.

The word gee is thought to originate from Síle na Gig carvings on churches and cathedrals around Ireland. To enter this competition to win TWO bags, let us know of some interesting word origins that you know of…

Lines MUST close at 3.45pm EXTENDED until Midnight!

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The Jam Art Prints competition runs here every second Thursday.

The results are in.

Recently, with an A3 signed print by Wicklow artist, Maiden Moose from Jam Art Prints on offer, we asked for your favourite thing about Autumn, or the Fall (for American readers)

Your entries tumbled in, but sadly there could be only one winner.

Mark at Jam Art chose reader Millie‘s atmospheric and poetic offering:

‘My favourite thing is the leaves. Even now, you can see the leaves starting to lose their verdancy, curling a bit at the edges, turning shades of ochre and orange and red. It’s one final show before the long, dun-coloured months ahead.

I love when they start to fall in earnest.

There’s a street not too far from where I live, lined with loads of established native trees and the greatest abundance of leaves for stomping through. You can find conkers and helicopters underfoot, when scuffing your feet through the fallen leaves. My daughter collects them like treasure on her walk home from school.

We often go up there at this time of year to kick our way through the mountains of leaves, and there is something incredibly nostalgic and comforting and good about holding my daughter’s hand in mine and running at the biggest pile of leaves. This year my son is able to run about with us and he stumbles on wobbly feet through the leaves, often attempting to escape across the street.

And afterwards, we collect the leaves, bring them home and make autumn pictures, which are always inevitably ugly, but it’s not really about that anyway.’

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The Jam Art Prints competition runs here every second Thursday.

Bear hug by Jacob Stack

Need a hug?

Bring it in.

Mark at Jam Art Prints, writes:

To celebrate a fresh delivery of Donegal artist Jacob Stack‘s signed prints after a long wait due to all the Covid malarkey, we’ve a Bear Hug print to giveaway.

For your chance to win this A4 signed print, please share your memories of a favourite childhood teddy (and where is it now?).

Lines must close on Friday at 9am.

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The Jam Art Prints competition runs here every second Thursday

From top: ‘Star Gazing’; Lough Tay, county Wicklow; picnic with dog; ‘Homebound’, ‘goose’ and the Sugar Loaf, county Wicklow

‘sup?

There’s a goose-painting Moose loose about this hoose.

Mark, at Jam Art Prints, writes:

To celebrate the long Autumnal nights coming in, we’ve an A3 signed print by Wicklow artist, Maiden Moose to giveaway. Maiden Moose is inspired by the colours and moodiness of the Irish countryside, especially Wicklow, and her faithful dogs that always seem to make an appearance in her work.

For your chance to win an A3 signed print, just tell us your favourite thing about Autumn.

Lines MUST close at 10.45pm.

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The Jam Art Prints competition runs here every second Thursday. Latest winner here