Squiggle

While I was researching quirky art things to do for work today, I came across The Doodle Bar. An innovative new creative space, littered with secondhand furniture from Freecycle and nothing on the whitewashed walls apart from a doodle of the Thames snaking through it, it invites people to doodle on the walls, tables – even the waiters – and create a unique vision of their imagined city. “A collage of doodlers hopes and fears,” as they so eloquently put it.

It’s already grabbed the attention of Vivienne Westwood, who previously held monthly film screenings at the venue, and is also home to the DoodlEarth exhibition - an interactive art installation formed by creative film makers, Squint Opera.

And even if you can’t draw to save your life, the freedom of doodling means that anything goes! Together with friends and strangers you can unleash your creativity, inspire, share, develop and evolve ideas and – best of all – have FUN! Special classes such as live drawing and yoga are available too if you really can’t get enough of this space.

So, doodle you want a go or not?


[www.thedoodlebar.com]

Cutting edge art

Would you believe me if I said these intricate works of art were created out of humble paper...?

Papercutting artist Rob Ryan’s work is something to behold. Famed for his skill and imagination, he carves unique masterpieces out of paper to breathtaking results. His work has graced the pages of Vogue, Elle and Time Magazine to name but a few, exploring themes of love, fantasy and more.

See his latest exhibition to get a 'slice' of the action (!!) at the visitors centre of Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield until February 2010. www.ysp.co.uk

[Photography: Jonty Wilde]