GLAS Exhibition Profile
Saturday 4th September - Friday 17th September 2010
Artist: S & M
Opening Times: 10:00am - 4:00pm
As part of the Empty Shops Project www.newportcitycentre.co.uk/emptyshops) in Upper Dock Street, local vintage expert Sara Crerar teams up with artist Marion Webber to give accessories and furniture a new lease of life. Their pop-up shop is destined to ‘not be anything you would find in M&S.’
‘These days, many of us are addicted to fast, cheap, throwaway fashion and I’m not saying that we’re not partial to it – yet by restoring old leather accessories, furniture and textiles we can turn something ready for the tip into something useful whilst at the same time celebrating the unique.
Through this process maybe we can re-think the way we shop and consume the mass-produced.’
Marion Webber graduated from Central St.Martin’s and recently took part in the SuperDragons project. ‘Since leaving college in 1992, I’ve worked in the fashion industry for some well known high street retailers.I used to paint on leather accessories found in charity shops when I lived in a tiny flat.
I made a fledgling business out of it, selling in London and Brighton – then freelance design work took over. It was great to meet Sara unexpectedly again at this years’ Maindee festival, we just talked about creating something different out of vintage – The Empty Shops Project is going to be a great opportunity for us to show what we do.’
Sara, apart from her keen buying skills also employs her talent for felt and dress-making, to create her own clothing range using original vintage dress patterns, customising them to her own specifications into beautiful
woollen capes, lined with original 50s fabrics giving them an unusual and surprising twist.
Workshops in felt-making and painting will run alongside their pop-up shop, so come along and visit for more details. Opening hours are 10am-4pm, 7th-17th September.
www.mleilaniwebber@blogspot.com
Title: Re-invent Vintage
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