Shoebox Art

There are 2 types of people.

• People that buy a new pair of shoes, then keep the shoes and throw away the shoebox.

• People that buy a new pair of shoes and keep the box forever.

I also know somebody who wrote a book about a Shoebox.
But to make art out of it?

I belong to the people that keep the shoebox.
I don't know why, sometimes I tend to reuse them as jewelry boxes but it never occurred me that Shoebox was an artistic material.
A few months ago Bryan Adams Foundation and Kids Company hosted
"Shoebox Art"
a unique auction of art from leading artists.
Each artist tried to
recreate a room from their childhood inside a shoebox.

These are my favorite shoe boxes:

Artist: Linder Sterling

Title: Mother's Hour

Materials : dolls | fabric flower | glamour mirror | scouring pads



Artist: Paul Hazelton

Title: Table Tornado

Materials: Household dust


Artist: Polly Borland

Title: I thought I was immune

Materials: Poms poms | felt | antique baby doll | false eye lashes | pins


Artist: Zoe Paul

Title: Cerigo

Materials: Cardboard | mod rock | das modelling clay | straw | paint | fabric


Artist: Alastair Mackie

Title: UNTITLED

Materials : dolls house bed | found images | mummified rat hands


Artist : Shorvon and Hunter

Title: The Moment After I realised my Parents weren't perfect

Materials: plasticine | armature wire


Artist: Paul Fryer

Title: Attic room, 36 Honingham grove

Materials: Mixed media | electronics


Artist: John Isaacs

Title: There is no story that is not true

Materials: Wood | acrylic paint | fabric | DVD | dvd player


Artist: Natasha Chambers

Title: Tin box

Materials: Giclee print | mixed media


Artist: Don Brown

Title: the big little feeling

Materials: blown goose eggs | duck eggs | bantam eggs


For more images visit Shoebox Auction & Exhibition here


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