House of Wonk
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Website | https://www.lmccarthy.co.uk/ |
Location | Canning Town, London, UK |
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Playfully dedicated to a squashier, wonkier world of wellbeing, House of Wonk is the wonky studio of a wonky artist, where healing, joyful, creative, and wonky events are held amongst a wonky art collection.
The wonky art, of course, includes WonkS. What are WONks you say? WOnks are protest pillows/beanbags/cuddly toy-like sculptural hybrids made from 100% reused and reloved material.
They are made without a plan, not worrying about straight lines and instead concerned with bringing joy. Each WOnk is a unique call to stop denying pleasure for the sake of perfection.
Reframing “mistakes” and “imperfections” they are an embodiment of a disability justice/mad pride aesthetic, a catharsis to the harshness of existing in a neurotypical ableist society, made by an artist who is too tired to line up seams or sew straight lines.
WOnkS are an act of resistance and self-care. They are also completely joyful, fun, weird, wonderful, and beautiful.