Leake Street, underneath Waterloo Station, was a place I had passed by many times until I heard about it through publicity for the Banksy exhibition there a couple of years ago. The tunnel is a free space for street artists to do their thing, free from legal constraints. I often nip through it when I'm in the area to look at the ever changing display and enjoy the mix of simple tags, more complicated murals (and the smell of spray paint).
Yesterday I Knit had organised a spot of "gritting" in the tunnel promising to be 'a fusion of can and craft' and despite the rain, I wasn't disappointed, there were mushrooms and snails springing up from the concrete, poms covering the fence and my particular favourites, a Banksy Style Rat and spray cans.
Then it was on to the Urban Village Fete in Bar Story under Peckham Rye station, to visit the lovely Loumms stall.
The Fete was small but perfectly formed, with interesting stalls, DJs and a laid back atmosphere.
I would definitely like to try the bar on a Saturday night or for a chilled out Sunday with knitting and the papers. I really liked the Bobbie and Lola stall which featured excellent notepads and cards made from recycled paper/cardboard - I bought several notecards and a notebook made from old cake mix packets. I am also now a proud owner of a 'Grow Your Own Soup kit' from Loumms and I'm really looking forward to getting my rocket, basil, spinach and watercress seeds on the go!
Cheers!
...it looks to have been a most beauteous event and I have myself lusted after the grow-your-own-soup kits (and concept) after first reading about it on the Interwebs!
Those knitted grafitti cans are ace.
I have done some googling and would like to point out how excellent Cans Festival is as a title for a Grafitti event!
I love the knitted interventions and am sorry that my dying kitchen of death prevented me from coming along to play myself, as it looks to have been brilliaant. x
Posted by: Felix | 08/02/2009 at 10:57 PM