Friday 1 October 2010

Faizel, his imaginative chairs and collaboration with kids

Faizel talks about creating new structures to reuse ancient deck chairs. 3 methods are in the show, an articulating structure using laundry pegs, which is beautiful and comfortable: The most comfortable piece made from recycled bags, and the witty use of balls in the third deckchair.
These pieces were also part of a self initiated project to engage the interests of, input and skills of youngsters in a school with no DT dept. The kids are really exited to have work that they have collaborated with in a London gallery. Sadly the complexities of bureaucracy has meant they could not visit themselves, but we hope they will enjoy this video clip. .

1 comment:

  1. I want some peg and tennis ball deck chairs! Fun pieces of work with a charming background story. I hope the kids get to see their work exhibited somewhere soon.

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