In light of the developing Coronavirus situation, we will not be fulfilling any orders until further notice.
We will be in touch with customers with outstanding orders to discuss the status of their orders.
The reasons for this are several –
Several of our key suppliers are not supplying any blank printing materials or clothing until further notice
Likewise, it seems the right thing to do by not posting orders which removes the potential of us inadvertently infecting others
A member of our family has a prescribed underlying condition where 3 months of self isolation is being recommended
We are obviously disappointed, but remain realistic in an evolving situation, the like of which has not been seen in many generations.
We can still take orders, but they will remain pending until such time as our suppliers restart supplying blanks. Please bear this in mind if you place any orders.
We were extremely excited by our new range of designs, which we were looking forward to releasing at upcoming events.
Keeping things in perspective, there are more pressing matters of concern to everyone at the moment.
We will, therefore, announce the new designs online over the next few days and weeks.
In the meantime, we will endeavour to find snippets of relevant topics to keep you entertained on here as blog posts and on our social media channels.
Our very best wishes to our loyal customers, friends, societies and organisations. Heres hoping this thing settles down over the summer and we can get back to normal!
Stay safe everyone and see you again once this all blows over!!
All the best
Gary, Dawn & Kay
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Hi everyone, heres the GDMK Images end of Summer 2019 Update. Who can believe the summer is almost over?
Summer 2019 has flown by and we had the pleasure of being at some great shows including –
Daks Over Duxford
Crewe Open Day
Cosford Airshow
Flying Legends
DRS Carlisle Open Day
East Kirkby Airshow
Biggin Hill Airshow
Military Odyssey
Upcoming Autumn Events
Although the summer was a brilliant adventure, we still have some great shows to look forward to including –
Over the summer, we road tested a couple of new bags. Firstly we updated our Messenger Bags to a much more classier product. These new messenger bags are made from a canvas material and are more rugged and stylish. The bags have zipped internal and external pockets and have received great feedback from customers. Both printed and embroidered designs are available.
Canvas Rucksacks
We have been repeatedly asked for rucksacks and have finally sourced a quality rucksack. The rucksacks are similar to the new messenger bags in that they are canvas and have a metal clasp. Again they are available with printed and embroidered designs. Currently the rucksacks are only available from the stall but will be added to the online shop over the coming weeks.
The Stuart Black collaboration goes from strength to strength with many new loco types and liveries added to the collection. We now have virtually every loco type and livery available for you to personalise on any of our products. Many people have chosen to make use of the optional text boxes and record life events or family best wishes, whereas others have left them blank and just chosen the loco of their choice.
They are your personalised gifts so you have total freedom on the design!
Loco Data Panel Signs
The classic loco class data panel designs have been going a storm over the summer. We now have almost every class online ready to be configured in the railway colour scheme of your choice. All that is left to add to the online store are the early electrics which will be going online very shortly
We have now added the loco class data panel metal signs, coasters, mugs,phone cases and mouse mats online with wallets being added shortly.
The flame cut and weathered versions have been really popular.
This brings you pretty much up to date on where we are at the moment. A huge thanks to you all for your support and encouragement over the summer, its very much appreciated!
Hopefully we will see some of you at the Victory Show. If we dont see you there, hopefully we will see you at another event before Christmas!
Thanks for reading and all the best
Gary, Dawn & Kay
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We have had a great spring show season, having the pleasure of visiting some fantastic railway and aviation events including –
Swanage Spring Diesel Gala
Epping and Ongar Diesel Gala
KWVR Diesel Gala
Severn Valley Railway Spring Diesel Gala
East Kirkby Lancs n Tanks
Daks Over Duxford
Crewe Open Day
Cosford Airshow
New Products
Our new personalised railway gifts, especially the replica loco panels, have gone down an absolute storm as have our D-Day 75 Commemorative gifts. Thanks for the great feedback on these products!
Bumps in the Road
We have been quiet recently following a health scare for our embroidery partner. All is well now, but it had a knock on effect to orders, so apologies if any of you have been affected. As a result we have decided to invest in a second embroidery machine which will allow us to increase our capacity whilst our partner can take it a bit easier. Our new embroidered railway and aviation designs were well recieved at recent shows but we havent been able to get them online. I am intending to add them this week!
We have had a couple of weeks off the show circuit whilst we get on top of everything, especially getting to grips with the new embroidery software.
Upcoming Shows
We will be out again for the Armed Forces Day in Mansfield on 30th June so if you are in the area drop by and say hi!
The following weeks looks like this
Flying Legends
DRS Carlisle Open Day
Marham Families Day
East Kirkby Airshow
Military Odyssey
If you are planning to visit any of these shows come and say hello!
Society and Fund Raising
We have been busy with supplying various Societies with merchandise for their fund raising stalls and are delighted to have added several new societies.
We are extremely pleased to have been asked to supply the BBMF, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, with printed and embroidered merchandise. The Western Loco Association, Woodhead Railway Group and 466th Bomb Group at Attlebridge have also kindly ordered various fund raising items. There is also an interesting job involving 50008 in development!
Our regulars including the Network Southeast Society, Southern Electric Group, Class 37 Loco Group, Lincolnshire Lancaster Association, The Spitfire Society and the Class 45/1 Society have been busy filling their stalls with our products so if you see these groups out and about, make sure you drop by and buy something to help them raise much needed funds!
Alamy Editorial Portfolio
Time has been precious this last few months and unfortunately I havent added any new editorial images to my Alamy Portfolio, but nevertheless licences have been good.
If you need editorial pictures for your publication then check out my Alamy portfolio – there is a wide range of image subject matter and styles as can be seen below. These images have recently been generating enquiries and licences.
This brings you pretty much up to date on where we are at the moment. We would like to thank you all very much for your support over the last few months. We are very much looking forward to getting back on the road again, starting with a home town event in the shape of Mansfields Armed Forces Day on 30th June.
If we dont see you there, hopefully we will see you at another event this summer!
Thanks for reading and all the best
Gary, Dawn & Kay
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We have been extremely fortunate to partner up with an exceptionally talented digitising and embroidery team. The detail of the digitisation and embroidery work is truly exceptional and allows us to be confident in launching a full range of high quality products.
Today we launch a full range of embroidered clothing and accessories starting with –
All of these clothes have been hand picked not only to be modern, stylish and contemporary, but have been tested extensively to ensure they provide appropriate quality and longevity to match the quality of the designs. We dont see the point of making stunning designs available on cheap nasty clothes that wont last!
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GDMK Images is now supporting the restoration of English Electric Class 50 50021. You will find exclusive gifts featuring both Class 50s 50021 and 50026 on our stall at railway events around the country starting with the epic looking Dawn of the Diesels gala at the Swanage Railway.
Money raised from the sale of these 50021 and 50026 gifts will go towards the restoration of 50021 and the upkeep of 50026.
Exclusive Class 50 Gifts
Our stall will start featuring exclusive gifts of both Class 50 locos such as mugs, phone cases, magnets and key rings at the Dawn of the Diesels event. Over the year this will expand to include the full range of new GDMK Images gift products including exclusive wall art, pictures and t-shirts.
As the year progresses you will be able to buy an exclusive range of 50021 and 50026 gifts online.
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Auctions
Make sure you drop by the stall and check out the 50021 and 50026 gifts because there you will find out about the exciting range of auctions. These auctions will allow you to bid on exclusive prizes such as Class 50 cab rides and driver experience days!
Many thanks to Paul Spracklen and the fantastic support team working on 50021 and 50026 for the opportunity to be involved!
Cheers for now and see you at Swanage!
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GDMK Images New Production Facilities Means More Gifts For You
We have been extremely busy behind the scenes working on improving our supply chain and production facilities. We are delighted to announce the first stage in our plan is ready to go live.
Stage 1 will see industry standard printing facilities come online in temporary new production facilities.
Stage 2 will see our new dedicated production facility come onstream that will include the new printing equipment, a studio and workshop facility.
Stage 2 is anticipated to go live at the end of May.
Why Change?
The reasons for GDMK Images investing in these new production facilities are many fold but can be summed up as follows
we have been let down by suppliers with delivery and quality issues
suppliers going out of business
lack of control over product availability
short notice changes to product styles
What Will Change?
our range of gifts will be increased
an increase to the online gift range
big increase in the variety of gifts available via our art stall at events
direct use and control of industry standard printing equipment
a new dedicated production facility
ability to print on pretty much any product type
What Will Not Change?
premium wall art range will not be affected
quality of our products
our dedication in finding the best quality gift products for our unique artwork at a pocket freindly price
This investment will help us maintain our unique position of supplying artwork and pictures on products that are not available anywhere else!
Win A Gift
Send in your suggestions for a type of gift product you would like GDMK Images to supply pictures on and win a random gift!
There are so many gift types we can now print pictures on we thought we would start a competition to find out what type of products you would most like to see.
Products that can be printed on include –
t-shirts
hoodies
drinks bottles
baby clothes
money boxes
wallets and purses
tea towels
bags
clocks
mouse mats
…… the list is almost endless !!
How to Enter
All you have to do is let us know what product type you would most like to see.
You can enter by –
leaving your suggestion as a comment below
via twitter – tag @gdmkimages and use #gdmkimagesnewgifts with your suggestion in the tweet
via instagram using #gdmkimagesnewgifts with a picture
Every person submitting a product suggestion will have their name entered into a random draw.
The closing date will be midnight on Friday 26th May 2017. A random name will be drawn from all the suggestions received and the winner will win a £20 gift voucher to use on the GDMK Images web site.
No cash alternatives are available.
So what are you waiting for – get your suggestions in now!
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I have a new dedicated military art gallery page to bring all my military pictures and digital art portfolio together. In response to your interest and enthusiasm towards my military art at our shows, I have worked on increasing my military art work collection. I have now created a military art gallery to bring all military themed artwork together in one single gallery.
Art work is still visible in their respective categories such as aircraft, vehicles or digital art. This new gallery simply brings everything with a military theme into an additional picture gallery. Its just another way to help you quickly get to a relevant type of picture.
Please let me know your thoughts on this new military gallery.
Wow, what a year 2016 was! Personally and professionally, 2016 was a year to remember.
Personally, several ‘bucket list’ items were ticked off as we traveled across the US and The Caribbean during the spring.
Professionally we made great strides in solidifying the GDMK Images brand as a quality source of creative and unique artwork and photography. 2016 was our first full year taking our art stall around the country and was a great success. Its really satisfying so many people show their appreciation for our work.
It’s easy to bulk buy mass produced products at a low price point and resell them. We are not about selling for the sake of selling. We are about creating something different – something a little special that can’t be bought elsewhere.
I am passionate about the subjects in my work and I hope that comes through in my unique art style.
We made some great friends and met some really cool people along the way. Its not all about selling you know!
Below is a quick video summary of GDMK Images in 2016. The first video shows a taster of what you will see in our #tedontourusa trip blog posts. Part 1 of the Ted on Tour USA blog series is already available.
The second video is the soundtrack of our summer events, a soundtrack dominated by English Electric, Merlins, Napier, a bit of sizzling steam and a few other oddities thrown in![/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
We are proud of our achievements of 2016 and are really looking forward to 2017. Our event list is being finalised and will be posted shortly. You will be able to come and say hi at many railway, aviation, classic vehicle and military shows in 2017. Remember to subscribe to the GDMK Images newsletter to keep up with our latest news and events or alternatively keep an eye on the Where to Find GDMK Images Page
What Can You Expect From GDMK Images in 2017?
We have lots planned for 2017 including –
blog posts about our 2016 Tedontourusa trip including travel and photography tips
a new railway digital art series called ‘End of the Line’
a new range of gifts available exclusively from our art stall
new military digital art starting with ‘The Home Guard’ and ‘An Officer and a Lady’
digital art featuring RAF Lancasters ‘Over Enemy Country’ and Dakotas ‘One Day in June’
Thanks for your support over the last 12 months, heres looking forward to 2017!
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I have just updated the shop and added phone cases for the latest smartphones. Pouches for 36 new smartphones and just over 20 new hard cases are now available.
Pouches and Hard Cases available for these new Smartphones
A few of the new smartphones we have covers and pouches for –
Samsung S7
Samsung S7 Edge
Samsung J5
Sony Xperia XA
Sony Xperia X
Sony Xperia X Performance
Huawei P9
iPhone SE
Smartphone Pouches and Flip Cases are priced at £24.95 with Hard Cases priced at £19.95.
Remember, any picture for sale in the galleries can be put on a phone case.
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We have a wide selection of pouches, hardcases and flip cases for all the popular phones available from our art stall. If you buy or order a phone case directly from the stall you will get FREE P&P saving you £4!!
We are attending many of the big aviation and railway shows over the summer so drop by, say hi and get a cool cover for your phone. Any picture you see on this website could be adorning your phone within a couple of days of ordering. Sure beats going to to your nearest high street phone shop and paying £20+ for a plain phone cover!
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Thanks for reading, all the best for now
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Just before we dash off for the NYMRs 70s diesel Gala and Cosford airshows this weekend, I wanted to give a quick update on whats happening in the GDMK Images world. Firstly you can find out about the wall art, digital painting and gifts updates or jump to the editorial pictures update
I think the cover picture sums up June so far in the UK!![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Wall Art Pictures and Digital Paintings
I have released several new pictures and digital paintings over the last couple of weeks. I have been working through the thousands of pictures taken on our tedontourusa trip. These are being added slowly to my Alamy Editorial collection with a smaller amount added to the wall art galleries.
Gift Products
I have been trying out different suppliers for my gift products. I am really happy with my chosen suppliers, new and old. These suppliers are, as you would expect, providing top quality products. You might find things slightly cheaper elsewhere, but I am confident you wont find this quality, of both pictures and products, at our prices.[/vc_column_text][ess_grid alias=”GDMK-Images-2016-Picture-and-Gift-Update”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”june-2016-editorial-upicture-update”][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Editorial Pictures
Pictures from the recent America trip are being added to my Alamy collection. The collection is broken down into lightboxes based on subject matter i.e. aircraft, railways, urban, people etc.
Currently I have been adding scenes from New York and a visit to Fort Lauderdale airport.
We have lots of shows coming up after this weekends NYMR 70s Diesel Gala and Cosford Airshow (which are perfect opportunities to get some awesome last minute Fathers Day presents!!).
We will be at the Lincolnshire County Show, Nene Valley Railway Mail Event, Derby Night Market, Flywheel Festival and Flying Legends in the coming weeks so there is plenty of chances to come and say hi – even if its only to see Ted!
Anyway, times ticking and we need to be on the road towards beautiful Yorkshire. If you are going to be at the North Yorks Moors Railway on Friday or Saturday or Cosford airshow on Sunday come and say hi – we love to meet our subscribers!
Thanks for reading and all the best
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