Once upon a time, London was the greatest city on the planet, and what a planet that was.
In the middle of that London, circumscribed by the London Orbital was, and still is, Camberwell Green. This is the centre of the known universe. This is my map to show you how to get here.
Hand drawn map of Camberwell used on the invite for the I Make Patterns Textile/Pattern design show at Vanguard Court.
Café Culture in Camberwell is the cheap nosh hub for Camberwell Art College students.
This is another obstruction picture – where the thing blocking the thing becomes the thing. Not long after, the petrol station in the background was razed and a tremendously ugly student accommodation block was put there. The irony of such ugliness was not wasted on some of the students and staff at Camberwell Art College next door – being built next to the eccentric looking ‘brutalist’ college, which in turn is built next to an earnestly provincial Arts & Crafts block. This new build, like so much other modern architecture, ignores its surroundings and just sits there as popular and congruous as a turd in a bed. There’s no sky left.