The Corner Shop - 4,000 Handmade Felt Products

Over the course of 7 months, British artist Lucy Sparrow has created The Corner Shop, a temporary exhibition in east London based out of an abandoned corner shop. The exhibition features over 4,000 hand-sewn felt products, based on their famous counterparts' packaging.

"An art show truly worth making a fuzz about, Lucy Sparrow’s Cornershop is the fluffiest, furriest shopping experience imaginable. She’s filled a former derelict store in Bethnal Green with over 4,000 handmade felt versions of familiar grocery items - from fish fingers and cans of SPAM to sanitary towels and newspapers, rocket ice lollies and oven chips to ciggies, veggies, and what is most certainly the softest loo roll ever manufactured.

Every single thing inside the Cornershop – the till, the functioning pricing gun, the contents of freezers, the pick ‘n’ mix stand – is fashioned from fabric, and the whole lot took Lucy seven months to complete."

The exhibition runs until August 31st, but if you are not in London, most of the felt packages are available for purchase online. 

"All her highly huggable versions of everyday essentials are for sale, but will stay in the store for a month, during which time a variety of sewing workshops will take place, designed to engage the local community (particularly individuals with autism and sectors often socially excluded) in relatable, accessible art that’s relevant to them and their neighbourhood and has been brought right to their doorstep. People can sign up to these workshops in the shop and group workshops for charities can be arranged through Lucy."

Designed by: Lucy Sparrow

Via: Colossal