Village Raw - ISSUE 6
Village Raw is a magazine that explores cultural stories from Crouch End, East Finchley, Highgate, Muswell Hill and the surrounding areas. The magazine is created by the community, for the community. If you like this issue you can support the project through a subscription or donation. See the links below. The sixth issue of Village Raw magazine includes: ARTISTS OPEN UP - The Crouch End and East Finchley open studios. FUZZY AND LOUD / LO-FI AND MOODY - Musician Michael Jablonka discusses his music. ON THE TRAIL OF PINK - A project to celebrate Highgate’s historical women. LIGHTING IT UP - The Bounds Green Window Show lighting up the neighbourhood. WARM HUGS AND SWEET MEMORIES - In celebration of Crouch End institution Edith’s House. THE STATE OF OUR HIGH STREETS - Keeping our high streets alive and healthy. DINNER WITH A DIFFERENCE - Exploring the local supper club scene. THINKING LOCAL TO ACT GLOBAL - Making our relationship with the environment more reciprocal. SHAPING THE WORLD AROUND US - The importance of our biodiversity. FLOWERS FROM SEED - Growing seasonal local flowers for sustainable bouquets. FUELLING MIND AND BODY - A sanctuary to escape the pressures of modern life. AND MORE… Village Raw is created by the community, for the community. If you like this issue you can support the project through a subscription or donation. See the links below.
Village Raw is a magazine that explores cultural stories from Crouch End, East Finchley, Highgate, Muswell Hill and the surrounding areas. The magazine is created by the community, for the community. If you like this issue you can support the project through a subscription or donation. See the links below. The sixth issue of Village Raw magazine includes:
ARTISTS OPEN UP - The Crouch End and East Finchley open studios.
FUZZY AND LOUD / LO-FI AND MOODY - Musician Michael Jablonka discusses his music.
ON THE TRAIL OF PINK - A project to celebrate Highgate’s historical women.
LIGHTING IT UP - The Bounds Green Window Show lighting up the neighbourhood.
WARM HUGS AND SWEET MEMORIES - In celebration of Crouch End institution Edith’s House.
THE STATE OF OUR HIGH STREETS - Keeping our high streets alive and healthy.
DINNER WITH A DIFFERENCE - Exploring the local supper club scene.
THINKING LOCAL TO ACT GLOBAL - Making our relationship with the environment more reciprocal.
SHAPING THE WORLD AROUND US - The importance of our biodiversity.
FLOWERS FROM SEED - Growing seasonal local flowers for sustainable bouquets.
FUELLING MIND AND BODY - A sanctuary to escape the pressures of modern life.
AND MORE…
Village Raw is created by the community, for the community. If you like this issue you can support the project through a subscription or donation. See the links below.
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VILLAGE RAW<br />
“We need a rethink. Are we getting this thing right or not? No we<br />
are not. That’s what this piece is based on. Khadija will always be<br />
paused. She will never play.”<br />
Eyesore!! The Final Straw is another powerful painting which<br />
Damel created after Grenfell, in response to hearing people on<br />
the radio talking about the “aesthetically pleasing look of the<br />
tower” two days later. He will be showing Eyesore!! The Final Straw<br />
at the open house weekend alongside new work – including the<br />
first painting in a trilogy he’s working on. “The theme will be entrance,<br />
arrival and departure. It will represent my recent trip to<br />
Gambia – and me as well, if I’m honest. It’s about me coming and<br />
going there. There’s the leaving and the airport. But it’s all of us.<br />
That’s what we do really. Making an entrance is a good thing.”<br />
Michèle Oberdieck will be exhibiting glass pieces for her second<br />
year. “I’ve worked with textiles for more than 20 years but<br />
have recently discovered glass. It was the first time I started<br />
working with form and I love it,” she says. “People often wonder<br />
how I made the leap from one to another, but when you think of<br />
the translucency of silk and then of glass and then the colour<br />
mixing – it’s wonderful. I get really excited because you never<br />
know how the colours are going to come out.”<br />
Julia Clarke will be exhibiting at the open house for her fifth<br />
year. She says: “I enjoy making things out of willow and combining<br />
it with other materials, such as ceramic and clay. I show some<br />
big outdoor pieces in the garden, but am making lots of smaller<br />
pieces which people like to buy. Visitors seem to enjoy talking to<br />
the artists and being able to ask them questions. You can see artists’<br />
pieces in a gallery, but you wouldn’t get that insight into their<br />
work. If you’re interested in art, homes or interiors, it’s really nice.<br />
You’re seeing artists in their element showing their best work.”<br />
East Finchley Open Artists<br />
“I joined the group because there was an article in the Archer<br />
newspaper asking if any artists in East Finchley would like to do<br />
exhibitions and get together to discuss art,” notes ceramicist<br />
Peter Hale. “I also joined because I need a push – having a deadline<br />
for an exhibition spurs me on to create new work.”<br />
“East Finchley Open is unique. I haven’t met another group like<br />
us,” he adds. “There’s a real village feel to what we do. We enjoy<br />
helping and being part of the community.”<br />
The East Finchley Open, which started in 2003, now has 60<br />
members who work together to produce leaflets, posters, guides<br />
and run the website. There’s a continual programme of exhibitions<br />
throughout the year, including at Stephens House, the Phoenix<br />
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