#SIGNS was a boat sign-making workshop led by artist Louise Ashcroft and professional sign-writer Hannah Matthews of signwritingbyhannah.com. The workshop drew upon Louise’s residency research into the slogans featured on
mass market fashion garments in East London’s Westfield shopping mall which she compared to the names painted on narrow boats nearby in Hackney Wick. In this workshop participants painted fashion-inspired slogans onto boards using traditional enamel sign-painting techniques and special brushes. How do the desires and values of the boaters and shoppers differ, or are they more similar than they seem? 11am - 2.30pm Saturday 8th April 2017. Location: Arebyte, 49 White Post Lane, London E9 5EN.
mass market fashion garments in East London’s Westfield shopping mall which she compared to the names painted on narrow boats nearby in Hackney Wick. In this workshop participants painted fashion-inspired slogans onto boards using traditional enamel sign-painting techniques and special brushes. How do the desires and values of the boaters and shoppers differ, or are they more similar than they seem? 11am - 2.30pm Saturday 8th April 2017. Location: Arebyte, 49 White Post Lane, London E9 5EN.
