An art show truly worth making a fuzz about! Welcome to Lucy Sparrow’s Cornershop, a former derelict store in Bethnal Green with over 4,000 handmade felt versions of familiar grocery items.

Lucy Sparrow’s Cornershop is the fluffiest, furriest shopping experience imaginable and everything is felt – from fish fingers and cans of SPAM to sanitary towels and newspapers, rocket ice lollies and oven chips to ciggies, veggies, and what is most certainly the softest loo roll ever manufactured.

Every single thing inside the Cornershop – the till, the functioning pricing gun, the contents of freezers, the pick ‘n’ mix stand – is fashioned from fabric, and the whole lot took Lucy seven months to complete.

All her highly huggable versions of everyday essentials are for sale, but will stay in the store for a month, during which time a variety of sewing workshops will take place, designed to engage the local community (particularly individuals with autism and sectors often socially excluded) in relatable, accessible art that’s relevant to them and their neighbourhood and has been brought right to their doorstep. People can sign up to these workshops in the shop and group workshops for charities can be arranged through Lucy.

OPENING NIGHT:

6pm-9pm, Friday 1st August 2014

Opening night will feature free sweeties & performances from GuerillaZoo

THE CORNERSHOP IS THEN OPEN:

Every day, including Sundays, 10am-7pm, until Sunday 31st August.