I was invited to participate in the project and instantly fell in love with the space I was given.
Estates are weird places in a sense that strangers make their lives together or alternatively people can live out reclusive lives on their own.
I tasked myself to paint out all the rooms under the theme 'Where will I spend my happy days?'
The first week was spent totally transforming the garden and the shed and getting rid of the rubbish which seemed endless. During the painting I met the previous tenant Andrea and her children who managed to tell me a little history of the place and their memories of living on the Market Estate.
Whilst clearing out the shed I found a fascinating stack of books from a deceased tenant including a 50s book on magic and a racist titled book since re-titled and written by none other than Agatha Christie.
The Market Estate is soon to be demolished along with the work. You can see the project here and a film version here
On the day, some of the artwork was given away including a huge teddy from the kitchen and some specially made hand cut miserable wood flowers.
Home sweet home
Garden needs a bit of work
Nice bit of wood panelling
Lovely living area, ideal for parties
And now the headlines..
The bedroom features en suite Graffiti
Bedtime stories
I make a start with new Montana Black samples
How does my garden grow? Miserably..
Jules takes ownership of my misery flower
Outside in the garden
Most people want this
Man hanging as performance art. So tough
Tamworth House in full
Laura from Hungerford Primary school wins the green alien face
Chester P gets the Graf piece
Martina Sprengart and Amanda Adomaitis are looking after teddy
Green face giveaway proves popular
You're scaring me now
This lady gets the last of the flowers.
Deb and Josh take a peak outside
The mask from the ground up.
Tonight the streets are ours.... Goodnight!
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