Make Do and Mend
13 June - 8 November 2009
'Pink Victorian Plate with Flamingos' © Lou Rota (click image for larger version)
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.
Wondertots: We Can Fix It
Fridays 6, 13, 20, 27 November and 4 December, 13.00-14.30
FAMILY WORKSHOPS FOR UNDER 5s
We Can Fix It, inspired by Make Do and Mend and led by the team from Artburst, looks at how to fix and remake old toys...
Community Project, Make Do and Mend
As part of the museum's exhibition Make Do and Mend, pupils from Redlands, Arnhem Wharf and St John's primary schools produced whimsical reworked domestic objects inspired by the sustainable designers' works on display, including chair cushions, lampshades and 'Creature Cushions'. The ‘Old Enough To Know Better’ Hackney Elders Group also darned, patched and embroidered to give a new lease of life to some tired woolly jumpers.
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...
