x COLLABORATIONS
BOOK CLUB: STEP BY STEP by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
Published by Bloodaxe, 1989 Over a six-year period in the mid-1980s, Konttinen photographed mother-daughter relationships in North Shields. Set against the backdrop of dance studios, home life, and unexpected performance venues, Konttinen captured the changing local landscape. The book showcases the dedication, determination, and pride of these families, who, despite adversity, remained committed to their small dance communities. Stephen Daldry later gave the book as a gift to the cast and crew of Billy Elliot (2000) to serve as a reference before filming. Many design choices and shots in the film can be seen as direct homages to the original...
x Dirt & Desire
x On View
'On View' is our latest window exhibition with works from Anna Freeman Bentley, Ryan Orme, Nicole Price, Luke Silva and Agnes Treherne. A common motif with a rich history across painting brings together the five works in this exhibition, the window. By looking inward, outward and through, these paintings explore the transitional space that the frame of a window can create. Whilst a window provides a view, either into or outside of a space, it is at the same time, a barrier - what one sees through a window can never truly be reached, it can only be seen from...
x PEEPERS
x The Charlotte Campbell Collection
The Charlotte Campbell Collection was founded in 2020 by Charlotte Campbell in North London. With over 10 years in the industry Charlotte has a background in Costume Making and working in Theatre, Film and TV. Charlotte has been making lampshades for 7 years, honing her craft, using all hand-sewn traditional lampshade making techniques. In March 2020 faced with a temporarily declining industry in Costume, like many in her industry, Charlotte decided to expand and start to sell her own lampshade designs. The Charlotte Campbell Collections lampshades are always thinking about play with light and shadows, utilising a collection of vintage and old new...