de-junk closed for 2013 but thinking ahead for 2014

Last few hours

And now the end is near

Tomorrow de-junk ends for another year, so head to the gallery before 4pm to experience the  full show. 

VidA workshop from 2 til 4 pm and Summer Serenade concert from 2pm.

Any purchases can be collected after 4pm.

Janet Wilkinson's work in de-junk

Exhibition going well

Workshops within de-junk

World Environment Day with de-junk artists

To celebrate World Environment Day and the begining of our show, we are giving a tour of the exhibits with as many of the artists as possible at 10.30 am on Saturday the 8th of June within the exhibition at The Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead, very near Oxton on the corner of Balls Road and Slatey Road.

Plenty parking, fully accessible, cafe on bus route. Nearest Train station is Birkenhead Park or Conway Park (but to be honest not terribly close - my choice would be to come to Birkenhead Park station and walk through the beautiful Birkenhead Park towards the exit near University Academy, Cross Road and head up Slatey Road - but that will be a good 20 minutes walk).

A sneak peak of the set up on Tuesday...lots more to see now!

Susan Meyerhoff Sharples returns to de-junk

"I have been working on a few pieces this year - a christening gown created from a wedding gown, an old tradition almost lost."

Newcomer to de-junk, re-junk Gill Alleyne

From Gill Alleyne:-

" I'm expecting to be further inspired by the fab artists and makers who are entering work in de-junk, re-junk, as last year was just so amazing. I'm hoping to get more confidence in creating my own artwork. I became involved because I attended one of the de-junk workshops last year ran with a grant from the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority held in the Green Community Centre and Shop in Oxton. It introduced me to a whole new way of doing things that as a science teacher I had never considered. When I was at my lowest, the world of art and textiles gave me a huge lift! And now I am half way through a foundation diploma following a Sunday afternoon workshop with de-junk and now a contributing artist to this year's exhibition"

 

Line up for de-junk 2013

Drum roll, please...the 2013 exhibitors are:-

Margi Adams
Gill Alleyne
Helen Bennett
Susan Boardman
Susan Lee Brown
Mary Bryning
Theresia Cadwallader
Barry Canning-Eaton
Jacqui Chapman
Mike Cunningham
Julie Dodd
Linda Evans
Beverly Glover
Howard Glover
Anjo Hinchcliffe
Lorraine Hughes
Josie Jenkins
David Jones
Roy Lewis

Susan Meyerhoff Sharples
Mandy Oliphant
Judith Railton
Carole Ramsay
Damon Ravens-Turner
Brenda Sharp
Alison Bailey Smith
Helen Smith
Jo Smith
Pamela Sullivan
Istra Toner
Micheal Walker
Janet Wilkinson
Marie Louise Williams
Wendy Williams

"de-junk, re-junk! 2013"

We are moving to Gallery One in the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead for de-junk, re-junk! and the new works will be on display from the 8th of June until 7th of July with over 30 artists submitting works made from recycled paper, motorbike parts, paraquet floors, glass from broken bus shelters etc.

We are hoping to have an exciting programme of tours by the artists and as usual our creative table of junk for you to take some "rubbish" away with you to change and transform into your own de-junk creation.

In the exhibition, there will be large and small works, conceptual pieces and installations, craft work and paintings from the 35 artists. Many of the pieces will be for sale.

Additionally, The Williamson Art Gallery are hosting, Robyn Woolston,  winner of the 2012 Liverpool Art Prize and currently exhibiting in the Walker Art Gallery with her installation "Strangers In A Strange Land", for a week long residency in the gallery.

There are also 2 other exhibitions by local artists on at the same time at the Williamson namely -Matthew Thomas - photographer and Stephen Collett showing painted portraiture.

Roy Lewis: Latest commission

Roy Lewis was recently commissioned to create a Bull's head by a local restaurant in Heswall, Beef Grill and Bar. He created it from exhausts, re-enforcing bars, flat sheet of metal salvaged from a friend's old cooker, a suzuki bandit brake disc, a landrover con-rod big end, some subaru gears, Ford Thunderbird bumper bolts, Yamaha RD350Lc exhausts....and the parts list goes on...

Hoping we will get something along these lines for de-junk, re-junk 2013 in the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead

de-junk goes to the World Museum Liverpool

Alison Bailey Smith and Anjo Designs

Judith Railton's Tower & Jo Smith's lens hangings

 Marie Louise Williams

Jacqui Chapman, Jo Smith, Susan Brown, Roy Lewis 

Paris aged 6 - de-junks!

From Gill

"This is what Paris and I made this afternoon. I was using sewing machine and he wanted to make something. He went through bag of fabric samples and picked the ones he liked, he found the piece of elastic embroidery from Madeline and decided he wanted that on front, he wanted to try all the different stitches on sewing machine and had a go with posh scissors!!!

I love it, it's tatty, functional, beautiful and made by my boy, aged 6 xx"

Wonderful - keep making!

de-junk, re-junk 2012 closed

Unfortunately, the lovely article in Wirral News said we were ending on the 22nd of July but we actually closed on Friday at 4.30pm, so for all those who have shown up today, here is Margi Adam's piece made from cans.

LAST CHANCE

Dear Friends, colleagues and art lovers of Wirral
Last chance to view de-junk, re-junk exhibition in Birkenhead Park tomorrow (Friday) 9 til 4.30pm.

Many thanks to Wirral Council for their support and thanks to the Birkenhead Park Rangers and volunteers and our own volunteers and to you our audience who have boosted our view that this is a fabulous enterprise and worth building.






Alison

PS We are already planning "de-junk, re-junk 2013"

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Our junior de-junk creators

An offering from Alice (age 9) called 'life on stony ground' at de-junk re-junk in Birkenhead Park

This is Alice's offering (age 9). It's called restaurant!

Freddie aged 2 "Blue train"

Rose (age 7) produced 'red hot'

Lily (age 9) produced 'life is alien'

David Jones's is at home in the exhibition - one more week to go

David Jones has a background in science, technology and an un-fufilled interest in architecture. The construction of miniature buildings is one part of the artist's portfolio.

The main 'structural' material for David's buildings is cereal packaging which is laminated to form a material comparable to pulp-board. Much of the construction is in laminated layers to produce details such as doors and windows. These are also from recycled materials. The buildings are finished with brick papers, water-based paints and match sticks for some details.

Nice review from Nerve

Nerve Magazine's review

Cygnus by Lorraine Hughes

Our de-junk table

If you come to visit the exhibition, this table above which has all my tools of the trade for hanging the show has been transformed into a de-junk table for you to find junk to create your own re-junk creation. Please email us any photos of your art, craft or model to info@abscraft.com and we will post it here.