If I see another pancake…I’ll probably eat it.
March 9th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Pancake day has (in my circle of friends at least) been labeled ‘a better celebration than christmas.’ And rightly so. Similarly to Christ’s birthday, I spent yesterday talking to people I didn’t know and stuffing myself silly, without having to endure the consumerist chaos or family disagreements. Perfect!
My day was mainly spent in The Shed of a new organisation called Out of the Ordinary of which I am currently producing the ‘brand’ graphics for. I got involved through Sophie Howarth – she of The School of Life fame – and plan to spend at least one day a week in their Whitechapel Shed for the foreseeable future.
OOTO takes inspiration from the up-cycling movement that has become so trendy of late, and makes it accessible to everyone. So people can donate unwanted materials or source stuff from the street and give it a new lease of life, like this:
The main space is a public shed in Whitechapel, which is currently being used as a test space before finding a permanent home. The community have already started filling it with wonderful stuff, which will only grow and grow as more people get involved. The idea is to have tools and space and creative ideas available to people who don’t want to fill their lives with machine made copies but own things that are original and well loved because they were crafted by the owner.
(Will and Hannah potting purple cabbage)
