I have been contacted by Manifesta who were a part of Ladyfest Leeds to see if I would like to do a workshop for an upcoming event at the Commonplace. This event on Tuesday 26th June is set to be full of fun activities and musical delights. It will feature the fantastic Kimya [...]
Archive for May, 2007
New workshops
Posted in WORKSHOPS on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Plush toy exhibition
Posted in EXHIBITION, Hand made, Leeds, art market, toys on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
All the completed plush toys made at the workshops during Situation Leeds are in an exhibition in the Merrion Market. Here they are….
‘Maisy’ by Sophie Strong
‘Dave the rave tape mouse’ by Gemma Fozzard
‘Marky Marky’ by Mark Pembrey
‘Carl’ by Gemma Fozzard
‘Handy’ by Alicia
‘Love Slugrat’ by Alicia
‘King’ by Hamish Lloyd-Platt
‘Octopus’ by Michael Dixon
‘Fly’ by Jo [...]
Tuesday’s plush workshop
Posted in Found materials, Hand made, Leeds, Reuse, WORKSHOPS, art workshops, participation, recycling, scrap projects on May 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Tuesday was the busiest workshop we’ve ever had. Lots of friendly visitors had a play and made some unique plush creations. This is going to be a bit of a long post since I have many photos of the activity and creations to show.
Here’s the demo plush neck fox that Nicolar made as [...]
Nicolar’s marvellous fox templates
Posted in Hand made, Leeds, WORKSHOPS, toys on May 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nicolar made some templates and step-by-step instruction sheets for the workshop on Tuesday to help people make a plush fox nexk jewellery piece. Here are her posters:
Saturday’s plush workshop
Posted in Hand made, Leeds, Reuse, WORKSHOPS, art market, art workshops, participation, recycling on May 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The workshop on Saturday was held in the ‘Corner of the market I’ unit in the Merrion Market, a large red unit just a tiny walk from theartmarket.
At the workshop we had lots of fabric for people to use, a sewing machine and other tools. The fabric I have been collecting over several months [...]
Setting up for Situation Leeds
Posted in EXHIBITION, Leeds, art market on May 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have curated an exhibition of the creations from the last workshop in theartmarket. If anyone reading this made work in the last workshop for Ladyfest, please come down and see your work being exhibited. I am also providing information for the workshops that are coming up. Here is a small [...]
Re-Toyed Trash workshops for Situation Leeds
Posted in Hand made, Leeds, WORKSHOPS, art market, art workshops, participation, scrap projects, student artists on May 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We have confirmed the following dates for workshops to be held at theartmarket as part of ‘a corner in the market’ for Situation Leeds 2007….
1st Workshop: Saturday 19th May 1-5pm
2nd Workshop: Tuesday 22nd May 1-5pm
with visiting artist Nicolar Bell
Plushies! These new workshops shall be focusing on using fabrics to make plush [...]
