I stumbled across the
Urban Art Fair a couple of years ago, completely by accident, when I was gobsmacked to discover a quality art fair on a quiet residential street just around the corner from my house! So of course I took the baby and made my way back there this year. It's a little late, but these were my highlights ...
Lucy Storrs - As someone who dabbles in feltmaking, I could spend multiple blog entries displaying the beauty of this work. I have NEVER seen felt used in such a fine, delicate, painterly manor. I've been inspired by feltmaking many a time, and I'm not even sure that this is the approach I would take, but I could spend all day looking at this work, how each fibre seems to have been laid individually, to complete the perfect painting ...
Harriet Riddell - Appealed enormously to my participative, community art mind, though she was 'doing' the art herself. She sat in a tent and drew portraits of the punters on her sewing machine. I think it resonated too thanks to the 'single line' nature of the drawing. I shall have to improve my machine embroidery skills!
Staffan Gnosspelius - Is a fantastic, inspiring, mesmerising illustrator, who took part in our residency project
I Digress a few years ago. I'm just appealed by the quality and beauty of his work. Though this observation reminds me of my entry on
beautiful books for children ...
Julia McKenzie - Beautiful work drawing in all my favourite themes - maps, nature, papercuts, birds...
Tessa Horrocks - I remembered these prints from my previous visit, so something about them must have stuck in my mind across the months. I love their elegance, simplicity, and the bridging of the gap between abstract and figurative, as always ...