Last Summer I was kindly invited by Jim Mitchell, the director of the 'Out of the Ordinary' festival to become part of their core crew in helping to organise this wonderful event for 2011.
My role at this point was undecided, but after many meetings, coffees and too many glasses of red wine, we established that I would be ideal for the role of Installation Manager.
However, I was also keen to bring to the festival an element of modern craft - upcycling, affordable gifts, unique must-haves and handmade crafts from local artists who would not normally be able to afford the price of a full pitch.
My vision was to create a space within the festival for local artists, crafters and designers to showcase their work, for festival goers to be able to purchase unique handmade art at affordable prices, and a space where people could come and take part in free arts and crafts workshops.
So along and taking on the role of Installations manager, I also decided to make my arts and crafts area a reality at the festival.
.....Yikes!
So after lots of hard work I was extremely pleased to bring to the festival a wonderful assortment of fresh, modern and distinctive artists, crafters and designers from the South Coast.
We had 'live' art murals of sacred animals painted my the amazing local artist Sara Abbott...
Amazing live spray paint workshops from Zee Zee Twenty Two...
Brilliant installation pieces from the amazing Taz Lovejoy...
Fabulous mural painted on site by Local artist Micheal Carlton...
Wonderful installation pieces made from recycled metal thanks to Circus Kinetica...
Along with inspiring arts and crafts stalls including Sibel Largerdahl of Leftover who makes gorgeous pieces from recycled and unwanted waste...
Handmade creams and beauty products from Marion Mackonochie of Field Remedies...
Beautiful feather hair fascinators from Jordana Wakelin of Fancier Feather...
And delightful handmade jewellery from Jennifer of Midnight Deer.
plus many many more exiting and inspiring crafters, designers and artists - far to many to mention!
We also had a full schedule of workshops including hair fascinator making, handmade beauty cream workshops, build your own carnival mask, home made paint making, badge making and balloon decorating to name just a few.
One of the most successful workshops was screen printing which was brought to us by Hannah Edy of Big Love...
So not wanting to lessen my own work load I also brought to the festival a number of my own art installations and workshops - but Ill bring them to you on another blog!
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