British artist Lucy Sparrow has opened a felt supermarket in Los Angeles.
British artist Lucy Sparrow has opened a felt supermarket in Los Angeles.
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The shop has been installed at <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standardhotels.com%2Fculture%2Flucy-sparrow-felt-sparrowmart-downtown-los-angeles" target="_blank" target="_blank">The Standard hotel</a>.
The shop has been installed at The Standard hotel.
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The shop features 31,000 products.
The shop features 31,000 products.
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Each was hand-sewn by Sparrow and her team.
Each was hand-sewn by Sparrow and her team.
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It took a year to make the items.
It took a year to make the items.
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Each item is available for sale, with prices starting at $5.
Each item is available for sale, with prices starting at $5.
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"As a child, I was obsessed with the exotic, turbocharged technicolor glow emanating from across the Atlantic," says <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthespaces.com%2Ftag%2Flucy-sparrow%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Sparrow</a>. "The source of this neon rainbow was Los Angeles -- a seemingly mythical place to a child growing up in gray, post-recession Britain -- and one that has hugely influenced my artistic practice."
"As a child, I was obsessed with the exotic, turbocharged technicolor glow emanating from across the Atlantic," says Sparrow. "The source of this neon rainbow was Los Angeles -- a seemingly mythical place to a child growing up in gray, post-recession Britain -- and one that has hugely influenced my artistic practice."
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"Sparrow Mart" is on until Aug. 31.
"Sparrow Mart" is on until Aug. 31.
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