The Launch of Blackpool Culture Shops,which is this thursday in Blackpool if you can make it, represents the launch of the Atelier story exchange. Atelier story exchange is a collaboration between myself and artist Laura Rodgers follow the link to find out how you can be involved in this exciting project!

Myself and Artist Laura Rodgers are collaborating on an exciting empty shop project in Blackpool. To look at all the artists involved  look at Blackpool Culture Shops. Our shop used to be a hairdressers.

We wanted to be inspired by Blackpool and as we both grew up there; we were desperate to leave when we were eighteen, but yet it has always had a strange pull. We hate it but we love it! I had the opportunity to look at the vast and beautiful Cyril Critchlow Collection, which is a collection of the entertainment history of Blackpool dating back to the early 1900s. Here are a few of the amazing things from that collection that i am using as inspiration…