Imagine Peace Papercutting Workshops with Poppy Chancellor, in partnership with the W-Project.
As part of Meltdown Festival’s Activism Weekend at the Southbank Centre, we collaborated with artist Poppy Chancellor, to run two paper cutting workshops over the weekend of 15th-16th June 2013.
We caught up with Poppy, who currently teaches at the Prince’s Drawing School, to learn more about her practice and find out how the Meltdown Festival workshops went:
What do you like most about working with paper? I like the idea of working with something that is already there, but that I’m taking away and removing from it. There’s a real emphasis on the craft itself when working with paper. Paper can be a very clean cut, simple yet intricate material to work with.
What inspires you? Looking back -lots of people are beginning to do contemporary paper work, but a lot of my inspiration comes from the past. Traditional Mexican paper cuts, as well as 15th Century Polish paper cuts, are great. Textiles and fabric also inspire me, as they often feature repetitive patterns which I like.
How do you see your practice further evolving? Working on a lager scale as well as with different materials, such as designing a metal gate for a welder. I see my work moving into more of a commercial domain.
What else do you have coming up/any future collaborations? I have a pen pal project coming up with another artist. It’s like a word association game, we plan to send each other paper cuts based on the last one the other sent us. I also want to get a group of paper artists together to hold an exhibition.
A powerful woman hero? Definitely my mum, along with my female peers -women who are committed, work hard and haven’t compromised their creativity.
How did the Imagine Peace papercutting workshop weekend go? Really well -there were a lot more people than expected as well as a large young crowd. Children are incredibly creative and its great to have had such a big space to work in.
Any highlights? I’ve never had men in my workshops, so this was a first! The younger audience was also great as I’ve never thought papercutting would appeal to a young audience.
For more information on Poppy and her practice, check out her website here.
Text by Rupinder
Workshop results. Looking good! #meltdownfest @poppyspapercuts
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In asking what responsibility we have in making the world a better place, this weekend, 15th -16th June 2013, Southbank Centre London, is set to host an Activism Weekend, as part of their annual Meltdown Festival. This year Meltdown Festival will be celebrating its 20th anniversary through a unique collaboration of events, curated by Yoko Ono.
A collective endeavour, Activism Weekend will see a host of both established and emerging artists and activists, joining forces to discuss caring, change and action in relation to activism through a series of workshops and performances.
More information and a full list of events are available here.
Text by Rupinder
These amazing scenes were created by talented photographer Catherine Losing, whose work you can see here. Great work Catherine, we look forward to seeing your future projects!
We just love the work of creative duo Isabel & Helen and their fabulous set design. This project was an interactive installation for the V&A, a playground celebrating the constructivist design movement. Check out their other projects here.
Turning garbage into gold… Janice Wu’s drawings give meaning to the rubbish found at the bottom of her handbag.
Look out for up and coming director Mahalia Belo’s work, she is currently developing two feature films with Film4. Her graduation short ‘Volume’ won the BIFA for Best Short Film and has screened at international festivals including Sundance, BFI London Film Festival.
Wonderfully vivid herbal masterpeices from Sister Arrow
Much of German artist Isabelle Wenzel’s work contains contortionist imagery to create bizarre and beautiful portraits. We love this particular series where she combines mundane office scenes with surrealist poses. See more of her work here.
After 2 years development, The Mobile Museum is almost ready.
Coming soon to housing estates in The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. An Arts Council England funded art project by Verity-Jane Keefe. Launching summer 2013.
A 2001 Ford Iveco Mobile Library is being converted into The Mobile Museum to tour The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
A route is being devised to cover 11 housing estates. A series of workshops and events will be hosted at the vehicle by Verity, along with invited makers and experts. The Museum will be filled with the results of these workshops along with found, deposited, mythologised and made objects and ephemera.
Contemporary cultural activity across the Borough will be documented, mapped and become part of the collection. From galleries and photography clubs, to reading groups,knitting circles and jigsaw makers. All will be classified creating a new cultural taxonomy and map of the area.
A new filmwork will be made that surveys the current housing stock of the borough as a backdrop to the narrative that will be developed along the way. An accompanying series of fanzines will be produced and distributed, one for each participating estate.
Details of The Mobile Museum’s route will be advertised on the Mobile Museum’s website, facebook page, and twitter.
Check out Hannah K. Lee’s illustrated zine inspired by brand mascots. See more of her work here.
Just been looking back over the late Corrine Day’s early portraits of Kate Moss, where she captures the innocence and youthful energy of babyfaced Moss with her natural, candid photographic style. Beautiful.
Launched in 2011 by Teo Connor and Loren Platt on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, the W Project celebrates women working across the creative industries through a lively mixture of events and activities. We aim to promote empowering role-models and help build a better creative community for the future.
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