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Jenna Fansa

Putting Stokey’s creatives on the map - London Design Festival



Pick up a map and dust off your walking shoes – an international design festival is coming to Stoke Newington this September.

 

Among those exhibiting at the London Design Festival (September 14th-22nd) are glass blowers Molten 1090, vibrant landscape artist Nicholas Borden, ceramicist Brigit Connolly and multidisciplinary artist David Batchelor.

 

It’s the second year of the Dalston to Stokey Design District – last year the streets were buzzing with people.


Work by ceramicists from Sunny Side Rural Trust at Know & Love. Screen printing at The Chocolate Factory.

Among the Stoke Newington events are:


  • Rude and Everyday Sunshine is hosting local art by landscape painter Nicholas Borden.

  • Know & Love is hosting a ceramics exhibition by Sunnyside Rural Trust (in partnership with Henny Beaumont and Brigit Connolly.

  • Praxis N16 Studios is running the Protest by Design exhibition featuring workshops, street art talks and film screenings.

  • Wander is showcasing the work of London potters.

  • Wax Atelier has a series of installations exploring the potential of tree-derived materials.

  • The Chocolate Factory, N16 will have an open-studios on September 14th and 15th with drop-in workshops such as screen-printing with Helen Rawlinson and ceramics and drawing with Joely Clinkard and Elizabeth Jackson.

  • Flawk’s exhibition The Object Pantry showcases playful, refined home objects by emerging local makers. They’ll also be hosting a couple of supper clubs, including a reimagined Sunday Roast.

  • Objets Mito will feature an exhibition of sculptures by Abid Javed, including a handmade ceramic chair.


Heidi Early, Chair of Stoke Newington Business Association, said: “Abi Meats at Everyday Sunshine and Karen Sims at Know and Love have done a tremendous job of bringing this amazing event together.

 

“Stoke Newington has such a brilliant community of creatives and this event really helps secure our well-deserved place on the London art scene.”



You can pick up a map at Everyday Sunshine on Nevill Road or at Know and Love or Location Location on Stoke Newington Church St.




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