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24 Oct

Brief Encounters: An Interview with Daniel Astbury

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Blackpool, collab, Collaboration, community, coronavirus, Covid-19, design, graphic design, poster

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] After moving back from Myanmar at the start of the COVID crisis, Daniel Astbury found life in the UK strange. D: I came home, and this project came out of arriving back. I have a good friend of mine, Buzz Bury, and it’s very rare that we are in Blackpool at the same time. He told me that Left Coast have a project. I’d only been back a week or two, and it was already strange, as the UK was only just going into lockdown. I remember going through London and being at Euston station, and there being 7…

Crafty Cloth: One of a kind fashion on the Fylde Coast

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Blackpool, clothing, design, fabric, fashion, textiles

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As the weather gets chillier, we're thinking about layering up. Who better to chat fashion with than independent designer Monica of Crafty Cloth, who designs and makes beautiful clothes and accessories using fabrics from around the world, fused with original inspired concepts and silhouettes. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="30154" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_single_image image="30184" img_size="large" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]What drew you to fashion and textiles? My love for fashion and textiles have been with me since childhood, when living with my inspirational grandmother, Lilia a high-end seamstress and textiles artist. I moved to London, which as you know is a very cosmopolitan city, it was…

New Show at Blott Studios with a Gal called Grumpy.

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, Blott Studio Gallery, design, Exhibition

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I caught up with Becky Davies the girl behind Grumpy Girl Graphics to talk words, Blackpool as a creative space, being a woman and her forthcoming exhibition at Blott Studios. Q. Tell us a bit about you. A. Hi, my name is Becky Davies also known as a grumpy girl (graphics). I'm an interior design graduate working as a freelance designer/ artist. The majority of my works are very graphic and or spatial orientated and reflect my life experiences so far. Q. What or who inspires you? A. Being from Blackpool inspires me, being a woman inspires me, having had…