The Pebble Heads - British artist Jacqueline Hammond
Been playing with my ongoing series, The Pebble Heads tonight. Possibly greetings cards! Possibly just for fun. This is where they’re at, a bit off the wall!
Earlier this month I exhibited at a well known trade show, Spring Fair International 2013 at Birmingham’s NEC. It took a lot of hard work to get to this stage, upon arrival to set up I was absolutely shattered, and yet slung on my paint splattered lab coat, quite enjoying the irony that the Smartdeco stand (6Q42) was located in the Design Lab – a new product showcase right next to the ‘Trend Bar’ in Hall 6 – Contemporary Gifts and Home. We were the last to leave the NEC(k) (as the French exhibiting contingent refer to our ‘Palais de exhibicion’. The reason being that I had decided I would paint a sunset beach scene on the actual stand, as the beach scene on the banner I’d ordered looked more like monsoon than summer season, it was so dark! Despite being given permission to work late we were still faffing over sand bags, yes sand bags, not handbags, bags filled with bags of sand, way after the curfew and had been given our final ‘warning’ by the Goodie Green Jacket on night shift. We left the  ‘few props short of a final scene’  stand on his command.  Given another ten minutes we’d have been ‘voila!’
Smartdeco stand at Spring Fair 2013- Hall 6 (6Q42) – new contemporary homeware and gift range by British artist Jacqueline Hammond
From Sunday kick off they streamed in to ‘The Neck’by the bus load and the I was exhilarated by the flood of gusto people had for the products I’d finally brought to market. It was fantastically full on, as busy as Brighton pier the amount of daytrippers we had, stopping to admire the view. The response to my work was fantastic and it was a pleasure to talk to lots of people after months sat at a computer screen! We received a great deal of interest in the Smartdeco range from visitors to the show and the Life’s a Beach Deckchair proved to be a real showstopper! We even brought some Brighton rock, buckets and spades an’ all! Hot!
Jacqueline Hammond’s Smartdeco range will be exhibited at Spring Fair International 2013, Europe’s leading home and gifts trade fair at the Birmingham NEC, 3-7th February 2013 – stand number 6Q42 in the Contemporary Gift & Home section.
designer interior and lifestyle accessories from Smartdeco all featuring original designs from Jacqueline’s contemporary portfolio of work
We would like to announce that Jacqueline Hammond’s Smartdeco range will be exhibited at Spring Fair International 2013, Europe’s leading home and gifts trade fair at the Birmingham NEC, 3-7th February 2013.
We’re really excited it about it and wanted to take this opportunity to invite our blog readers, facebook friends and twitterers along to our stand where we can introduce the Smartdeco range to you in person. There will be a selection of designer interior and lifestyle accessories from Smartdeco all featuring original designs from Jacqueline’s contemporary portfolio of work, with selected pieces available as imagery for licence.
So please let us know if you’ll be dropping by and we’ll make sure to stack up on the biscuits. We’ll be on stand number 6Q42 in the Contemporary Gift & Home section, between hall 6 & 7. Or you can find us in the Design Lab or by following the ‘Creative Britain’ and ‘New Product’ trails. We’d love to meet you.
For a sneak preview, take a look at some of the Smartdeco product range on the Spring Fair website.
Smartdeco – Make Art the Fabric of your Home
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Jacqueline Hammond’s Smartdeco range will be exhibited at Spring Fair International 2013, Europe’s leading home and gifts trade fair at the Birmingham NEC, 3-7th February 2013 – stand number 6Q42 in the Contemporary Gift & Home section.A mock up of stand 6q42 exhibiting Jacqueline Hammond’s Smartdeco range in the Design Lab area at Spring Fair International 2013, Europe’s leading home and gifts trade fair at the Birmingham NEC, 3-7th February 2013 – stand number 6Q42 in the Contemporary Gift & Home section.
That’s £426 raised for the Willow Foundation. Brilliant!
Stars on Canvas is a colourful and imaginative art project created by hundreds of well-known names from the worlds of art, illustration, sport, music and entertainment. Collectively, the canvases can be seen as an exploration of modern culture – how we come to revere a diverse range of stars for their particular talents, skills and personalities, and sometimes simply for their fame.
This is your opportunity to own an original piece of artwork from a collection of over 300 artworks by stars from the worlds of stage, screen, art, music and sport, including canvases by Mo Farah, Wayne Rooney, John Hurt, Mike Leigh, Albert Irvin, Rankin and many, many more.
All monies raised will go to the Willow Foundation and could help us to reach our 10,000th Special Day in 2013.
National charity, the Willow Foundation organises and funds special days for seriously ill 16 to 40 year olds. Founded by former Scotland and Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson and his wife Megs in memory of their daughter Anna, it aims to offer quality of life and time to those most in need. Seriously ill is defined as any condition that is life-threatening. The aim of every special day is to provide time out from treatment allowing young adults to spend time with their family creating precious memories for the future
The painting I’ve created depicts a day ‘Beside the Seaside’ here in Brighton. I have used several pebbles ‘stolen’ from the beach as heads for the people (and dogs) taking a stroll along the promenade. I look for natural markings, chips and contours on the pebbles that can be used to resemble facial, hair and head gear type features. A hole in the pebble becomes a mouth, a chipped area separates the face from the hair and so on. Sometimes I paint on a face, sometimes I need do no more than a dot for an eye.
