Creekery at RSVPLondon

On Friday 17th June, Studio Raw took over a ground floor unit at Faircharm to stage RSVPLondon. One of the main exhibitors were Karakusevic Carson Architects who have been commissioned by Work Space to completely redesign the Faircharm Trading Estate, or as the blurb said, "to create new purpose built studios, gallery spaces, workshops, and a new residential, live-work space". Quite controversial for all the businesses and studios presentedly housed in Faircharm, and also for Crossfields Estate residents opposite (of which I am one).

I hung two photos by Charles Shearer of last year's Creekery at Deptford X 2010 and a spanking new print of Creekery #2, also taken by Charles. I also showed my little movie looped on my laptop. I was very proud to share a space with Boro, who up-cycle furniture and fashion items (gorgeous chairs here), and the rather famous Charming Baker, aka Alan, a painter and illustrator who has achieved dizzying heights of success over the past year. Other exhibitors included Hive, Union Cycle Works, JAILmake and Based Upon.

The exhibition continued on Saturday. Meanwhile, there was lots going on in Faircharm that weekend – Core Gallery, open studios at Creekside Artists and Cor Blimey Arts, and the Faircharm Fair. Also in Creekside, Cockpit Arts were open, plus ArtHub open studios and Creekside Open Part Two at APT.

At the Faircharm Fair, artists from Creekside Artists were showing among the craft artists, and I liked Paul Coombs' work in particular. It reminded me of Yee Sookyung's broken pots stuck back together again, only these little pieces refer to the human form, being broken statuettes or nick nacks.

 Emathion Paul Coombs, 2010 Broken ceramic