Showing posts with label studio loo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label studio loo. Show all posts

Friday, 27 May 2016

what to see at brighton festival, fringe and artists' open houses | last weekend

Lets talk about how awesome Brighton is in May, you've got Artists' Open Houses, Brighton Festival AND Brighton Fringe. There's a lot going on and a lot of it is FREE!

We try to go to as much stuff as we can during May, some of it is hit, some of them - big misses!

Here's a little round up of what we have seen over the last week (well the one's I took photos of)

Dr Blighty |





You've got tonight and tomorrow night to get down to this! A ten minute projection showing you the history of the Pavilion, there's also lots of other parts of the exhibition in the gardens, from story telling sound trumpets and multi coloured lights in the lawn... it's the best thing we've seen as part of the Festival, definitely check it out if you can, it's FREE after all!


Studio Loo is our FAVOURITE open house, now I find open houses a little bit #awkward a lot of the time, some people make you feel like you're trespassing, others you don't know whether you're allowed to cut the cake yourself or if you have to be served, and some of them are just damn right boring and you can't wait to get the hell out of there.

Studio Loo however, none of that, Claire is almost always there, she's chatty, she'll tell you all about how they turned an old public loo into an awesome eco studio complete with salvaged parquet flooring (painstakingly laid by hand) and old-skool gymnastics horses.

All of this is alongside a whole heap of awesome designer makers, why would you not want to go?


new work by hello DODO






A lino printing steam roller! Now this isn't happening again as part of the Brighton Festival BUT if you missed it you can see it in Ditchling at their village fair (perfect time to check out Gary Stranger's Type Graffiti then too if you do go!)

It's noisy, colourful and therefore the most fun to watch! We spent a couple of hours watching lots of different lino prints being made, some small designs, a couple of massive ones by local artists and Prints which survive the pummelling of tons of steel on tarmac will form the Big Steam Print exhibition at Phoenix Gallery in Brighton: 6– 21 August.




Hope you have a super fun weekend, if you go to anything good, let us know!

ROAR!

Karli

Wednesday, 18 November 2015

studio loo | christmas artist's open house brighton and hove

We are very excited to be back at Studio Loo this winter for the Christmas Open Houses. We were part of the May Open House and it was so much fun, there was delicious homemade cake, tasty rhubarb drinks for none tea drinkers (me!) and a whole host of awesome work!

Just off the main road, and next to the school, you can't miss it! 

Tasty Rubarb drink I mentioned!

This time round you can find these awesome designer makers!

designosaur (obvs) | Claire Potter Design | Penelope Kenny | Kate Forrester | Claire Cameron-SmithThe Intrepid Camera Co |Vivienne Ridley | Chris Murphy | Hello DODO | Parkminster CandlesRarebit Design | Peter James-Field | Mark Reeve – Piano Planetarium

Our designosaur set up!

Planters by Chris Murphy

Beautiful jewellery by Vivienne Ridley

when you visit between 11am – 5pm on:

Sat 21st – Sun 22nd November
Sat 28th November
Sat 5th December
Sat 12th – Sun 13th December. 

We will be there this Saturday 21st between 11-2pm, so if you want to have a chat with Jacques and I, then come along then!

Claire Potters Edible City Guide, great for marking your foraging hot spots!

You know we love these dispensers, this one contains seedballs and is only 20p a go! How cool is that?

Obviously all the photos are from the summer open house, as the Christmas Open House hasn't started yet! But we can promise that it will be even better, as you have these designers featured and more!

The Studio will be stuffed full of fun gift ideas, and Claire has a fantastic eco design ethos which means that items are made from sustainable materials, or are organic, have been upcycled or designed with their life span carefully thought through!

A Minor Bird by Mark Reeves, made from old piano keys, there are Piaon People too!

Need directions? You can find us at Studio Loo, 201 Portland Road, Portslade, Hove BN3 5JA.

Make sure you chat to Claire herself, it's so fun hearing about where all the different parts of the Studio came from and her restoration story! This is a really quirky and awesome space filled with quirky and awesome products, I'm not sure what else you could want?

See you on Saturday,

ROAR!

Karli

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

studio loo.

This weekend the Artists Open Houses Festival begins!

We are exhibiting in Studio Loo alongside some AWESOME designer makers!

Our little Platypus will be there!

Why Studio Loo? 

Studio Loo is an old Victorian toilet that has been renovated by studio owner Claire Potter.

Who are the designers?


Sophie Shohani

Where is it?

Studio Loo
201 Portland Road
Portslade
Hove
BN3 5JA.

It's part of the West Hove Arts Trail and the Unofficial Etsy Trail too!

Intrepid Camera Company

When is it?

We will be open from 11am – 5pm every Saturday and Sunday during May.

Saturday 2nd – Sunday 3rd
Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th
Saturday 16th – Sunday17th
Saturday 23rd – Sunday 24th May

Vivienne Ridley

There will also be biscuits and cakes on sale too, from the fabulous, Brighton based Simple Pleasures Cupcakery. Who doesn't love cake?

We'll be there this Sunday afternoon and are looking forward to seeing you, make sure you say hello and if you go on a day we aren't there make sure you send us a photo on twitter, instagram or facebook to show us your favourite pieces!

Karli