Today an impromptu visit from a group of school children, who after their drama class which took place on the lawn outside our work space, called in to see what we are doing. In the afternoon, Ivana came again to help (pictured). She told me that Leipzig’s lakes are filled in coal mines. This explains why there were so many cotton mills.
Later ‘square’ dancing by a local dance group who performed as part of the festival as a way of getting more people involved.
As a materials-led artist and maker working primarily with found materials, I forage, gather and reuse everything from cardboard to pallets and wooden fruit boxes. I am driven by a desire to celebrate the overlooked, for instance printing the utilitarian symbols I collect from packaging, onto the other materials on which they are commonly printed. My work combines elements of design, paper engineering, fine art and construction, and is made available through limited editions, as well as informal interventions in the urban environment. See : www.laralunabartley.com
