Sadly, a mini Beast from the East swept in again at the weekend, with biting winds and snow flurries keeping footfall down at the Contemporary Textiles Fair at the Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington.
One very unfortunate casualty was the installation “Journey” by Ross Belton, half of the Modern Eccentrics duo. Ross had naturally dyed and rusted 120 metres of fabric made from recycled hotel sheets that meandered through the woodland outside the Landmark.
However, due to the Siberian blasts and heavy snow it had to be taken down on Saturday for health and safety reasons. 😦 Here’s one of Ross’s photos before this happened so you can see it in all its glory.
Luckily, the exhibition by featured artist Debbie Lyddon was well under wraps indoors – although, ironically, exposure to the elements often plays a part in the making of her work! In “Moments of Being”, seven Sluice Creek Cloths (named after a local tidal inlet) were pierced with holes, bound with iron wire and then placed in the sea to speed the change and degeneration of the cloth and rust the iron. They thus represent the movement and change of natural processes over time.
Debbie also creates structures covered in salt crystals – intriguingly beautiful and strange.
Despite the lower visitor numbers I made some good sales and some new friends – roll on next year!
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I confess, I was one of many who was deterred by the snow, I had planned to drive over last weekend but decided the 2 hour journey was just to risky in the ice and snow 😦 Really pleased to hear you still had a good weekend though.
To be honest Teri I can’t blame you. If I hadn’t been a stallholder I suspect I may have stayed in bed!
Too bad about the weather. Hopefully, it was worth your time and effort.
Thanks Ruth. It was definitely worth it, though I still feel pretty exhausted!