After I had drilled through the magazine, I started to flick through the pages seeing if there was anything that looked appealing or engaging to me. It was until I turned onto the 'Shops & Services' section and saw that the drill had gone through a picture of Camdem Market. [Highlighted in Red]
Now this was somewhere I had never been before, but had heard a fair amount about; how its a really fantastic atmosphere, there is a variety of items to purchase and that the prices are quite low!
So on Thursday 31st July, myself and David headed down to London once again and including the trip to Southbank, we went to Camdem market for an hour or so. I could tell as soon as I left the tube it was a busy and I was right. Hundreds and Hundreds of people walked the streets of Camdem and as we came closer to the market even more were rummaging through the contents of what was there to purchase. Seeing as I never been to the market before or Camdem at that, I wasn't too sure what to expect.
As we walked further down into Camdem, I was fascinated with the art work displayed above the shops, and how it wasn't your average advertisements. They use 3D models to advertise their companies - to me - this is a really great way to get people to notice what you were selling not only from up close but also because they were so large, and could be seen from from half way down the street. On the photo (RIGHT), there is a shoe shop called 'Scorpion' and what they have done is quite simply incorporated shoes and a scorpion together to create this symmetrical piece. Next to the shoe shop, is a tattoo and piercing parlour, and by the theme from the layout of the art work with it being quite dark and gothic - you can sort of see why they went down this route to brand the front of their shop like this. Finally, in this photo, is a Thai restaurant and its expressed by having a huge Chinese dragon covering most of the front of the shop. I feel this is a great way to advertise and its completely different to normal posters, flyers or billboards.
After we had finished looking around the markets and Camdem's streets - we headed out down the back alley of one of the markets which lead to the tube station. This is where I discovered a beautiful piece of street art just sitting there. The use of just 3 colours makes the green all that more vibrant and engaging, and the fact its not just one illustration or painting, it's a number of them all thrown into one display. It makes is all the more exciting to look at. It kind of reminds me of Iain Mcarthur's work with all the surrealism and creativity going - except this is clearly down in a different medium.
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