Thursday 23 January 2014

Apothecary build phase 1

Company magpie Sam spent a great afternoon in some garages up in the hills yesterday, getting out-magpied by our new expert friend Pete White. Pete is a passionate collector of apothecary and old chemistry items - he is generously supporting Maho in the loan of some of his wonderful collection. 

See below 0.000001% of Pete's collection, all wrapped up and wondering where they are... 


Thanks to our fairy art parents at East Street Arts, we have taken up residence in another super brilliant temporary studio  and so have the amazing luxury of having all this space to create a dry run of the installation! Thanks fairy-art-parents! 


Signing off for now, but will leave you with a sneak preview of some of the delicious items that thanks to Pete will appear in The Little Bradford Apothecary, in Oastler Market 4th - 8th February. 


More soon!
Maho Bradford

Wednesday 22 January 2014

The Little Bradford Apothecary



There was much excitement this morning as we collected our posters from the Market office and began to promote the opening of our apothecary installation!

Between now and Tuesday 4th of Feb our mission is to transform this unused market stall in the corner of Oastler Market near Woodie's Cafe


... into an old apothecary shop, the place to go and get fixed, before chemists or doctors became the norm. We were inspired by the theme of healing potions when we visited the market last year and learned that it was once famous for selling patent cures! 

It was really great to make friends with some of the market folk today and we are really looking forward to collecting the folk remedies of all the people of Bradford. We will have 3 versions of this collection by the end of this project; a book of cures, a sound installation and a dance! More news to follow soon!