Why not associates andy altmann fistd recently won the istd international typographic award for his comedy carpet project designed in colloboration with the artist gordon young.
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A 1 720 square metre space the granite carpet showcases blackpool s rich comedy history and is not only a great tourist attraction but a beautiful typographic piece of art too.
First up there was a talk through the excellent show comedy carpet offcuts currently up in the gallery by gallery manager louise then we headed up onto the roof for a look at the rooftop mural a regularly changing work by invited artists.
A huge amoount of excess material was created in the process some of which is now available to buy in a new show documenting the project.
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I have enough carpet to do a set of stairs.
Set in front of the iconic blackpool tower and stretching along the golden mile the 2200m2 artwork contains over 160 000 30mm granite letters embedded in concrete.
When it s time to use the compost just remove the carpet and toss it away.
3 8 x 1 metre and 1 7 x 0 65 metre there is some variation in width but the widths given are the minimum darkish blue please be aware that photographs may not give the best idea of t 30.
Divided into the divine comedy s 3 parts of the inferno purgatory and paradise istd member barrie tullett has taken one obsolete technology for each.
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A unique exhibition of comedy carpet off cuts now showing at jealous north gallery for a short period only until 5 july 2015.
Produced by gordon young and why not associates in 2011 a specialist factory and production team manufactured thousands of these granite letters and the spares.
The process of creating the largest and funniest typographic.
Comedy carpet off cuts jealous the comedy carpet for those who don t know is one of europe s largest pieces of public artwork.
Carpet offcuts ideal for cupboard or hall etc.
100 typographic works over 30 years illustrating the cantos from the divine comedy.
Carpet new off cut cambridge cambridgeshire new off cut of dark easy to keep clean black and grey stripped carpet measuring 6ft 8 x 7ft 4 5.
Carpet over the top of your compost pile will keep it plenty warm in the winter time and ensure that no creepy crawlies or rodents get in and ruin all of your hard work.
The production of the brilliant comedy carpet installation which was created by gordon young and designed with why not associates required the setting up of a complete factory to fabricate the thousands of granite letters needed.
Letterpress for the inferno a typewriter for purgatory and letraset for paradise paradise is not yet complete.
See own and enjoy.
Set in front of the iconic blackpool tower and stretching along the.
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