Given an opportunity to be the latest artist on show at The Trampery on the Gantry, a creative workspace in London’s Olympic Park, I’ve had an exhibition to pull together from existing work for its Village Hall and shared studio.
I know the space well – I was one of its first desk members and I’m part of its extended family, visiting regularly to plan and record Studio Snack, a podcast with Gantry member Narcis Sauleda. So bringing my design head to my sketches and illustrations, my first concerns have been to pick work that sits well with its colour palette of yellow, black and natural ply, and that feels right in its social and working spaces.
But it’s also about the stories, for cohesion across 18 pieces of work originally shown in five exhibitions and relevance at a site run by a B Corp, in a creative neighbourhood that’s interested in the circular economy, in a built environment of constant change. So the captions tell of the reused and scrap cloth in the textile pieces; the carbon-neutral giclée printing from the garden sketches; the reused frames; and the industrial landscapes made from sketches drawn locally.
A big thank-you to Gantry house manager Monica Gomes for inviting me to show my work, and to Narcis Sauleda for helping with the installation.
The exhibition is open to Trampery on the Gantry members and guests, and by appointment.
