Merry Christmas!

...well we're almost there! Here is a quick update on the last few months. The Art Collective had planned to hold another pop-up shop in Shepherd's Bush this month but unfortunately things fell through at the last minute due to reasons that were out of our control. We have made the most of the time and continued to work on some long running projects...

Our spooky medieval village started as a Halloween project last year but because of a demand for signs we had to put it on hold. The artists have kept adding to the buildings and they are at various stages of completion - in the picture is a windmill (with working sails!) by Vince, a food stand and station house by Liam, a riverside cottage by Ujala and a church and various houses that Matt worked on with Michael's assistance.

 Keith continues to create designs for animal centre signs. Here is one of his Hornbills - he has created a series of 4 paintings of these birds which will be used in the final sign.

 Gemma has been painting pictures of fish which will be used in a collage of an underwater scene (we now have lots of them!).

 John continues to work on the latest mosaic. It can be very slow and time consuming work but he is getting very experienced at cutting tiles to make them fit the image.

Some of the artists! 

Hopefully 2015 will be as productive as 2014. There are local government cuts to grants for charities and council-run services coming over the next few months and tough times ahead, but as we are self-sustaining and have a clear benefit for both the council and attendees we should be able to weather the storm. Our priority for next year is to spread the word, get more commissions and more artists involved in the BLP Art Collective!