Studio Practice: Research

Spoke to Bronte, she's really enjoying her project and her topic is so interesting. Her research is really fuelling her interest and drawings. Feel as though mine is dull in comparison.

Keep researching and find something that intrigues you.

I'm being really picky and throwing away lots of markets because they are 'tacky' or 'dirty'

but that is often the atmosphere of the place/the grounding of flea markets!

More Markets:

The Street of Tentmakers, Cairo

http://www.phy.duke.edu/~dtl/89S/restrict/marketsandfairs.html

I love the name of this little Egyptian market. Clothmakers sell their wares along this street and display mock-up tents to demonstrate what they can achieve with these materials.

They make mini tents to advertise their materials and craftsmanship.

The Vaults, Scarborough

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Scarborough - not many people know about the Valuts but we always visited the Vaults when we went to Scarborough on our family holidays. It's an underground chamber of rooms, tunnels of shops and stalls. Little treasures.

This is what I want to make postcards for: markets that people don't know about. Markets that should be celebrated but are hidden away. Markets that once thrived and are now struggling.

Some history about Scarborough Vaults:

https://scarboroughmarkethall.wordpress.com/about/

Thailand (floating markets) and Vietnam (cargo bikes) were two of my favourite markets, but are they too close together? Should I get more variation in culture and pick places that are farther apart?

Lexington Market, Baltimore

http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/2014/5/22/then-and-now-public-markets

Old photo of Lexington Market! It's incredible to see how the market has changed over time. Lexington Market is the longest-running market in the USA.