Make Do and Mend
13 June - 8 November 2009
'Pink Victorian Plate with Flamingos' © Lou Rota (click image for larger version)
FREE, Front Room Gallery
How can a broken shopping trolley be transformed into a stylish piece of furniture? Anti-waste wartime tips on cutting excessive consumption have an obvious resonance in today's economic climate and the campaign to salvage, recycle, and reduce your carbon footprint is also impacting on design.
Make Do and Mend combines the work of contemporary designers and local schoolchildren. Jon Male, Lou Rota and Max McMurdo rework salvaged domestic and industrial waste to create stylish, quirky new products.
Local schoolchildren working with artists have also produced their own whimsical versions of re-created domestic objects.
www.reestore.com
To find out more about Max McMurdo and Reestore, visit the website...
www.studiojonmale.com
If you'd like to find out more about Jon Male, visit his website...
