Late in the proceedings of the Rotherham show setup, the Stars in Stripes flew with the idea that we could do more than just paint and draw on the windows / have a central wall built through the space to hang recent and brand new works, but that we could also paint / build things on the floor & walls. The epic floor size warranted as much intervention as possible.
So I started constructing bird houses for the exhibition space columns out of [tesco neopolitan icecream and frozen berries] cardboard boxes. It was a suprisingly rapid process - I knocked-up five in total onto which I selectively painted and illustrated. Menageries of birds inside the boxes were a dexterous addition at the last minute by Nick Deakin , for peering through I placed a little light inside each box.
I'll make some of these again sometime it was great fun...amazing what you can do with a cardboard box.
The show in Rotherham has drawn a broad audience, do make sure you catch it before the show ends, it's extended until Friday 18 February.See the Stars in Stripes website.
The show in Rotherham has drawn a broad audience, do make sure you catch it before the show ends, it's extended until Friday 18 February.See the Stars in Stripes website.
All pictures are courtesy of the witty top fashion blogger, Style Factory, who gave the show a cracking write-up - an interesting and flattering spin on the exhibition!
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