Lisa Wigham
Lisa Wigham from Two AM Press makes work that creatively plays with language and typography and uses creative writing to compose thought-provoking art interventions. She has created the hotel’s bespoke front window signage to engage passers-by, and ‘a suite’ of hand painted poetic messages inside the hotel that explore where Blackpool exists in people’s imaginations. She has collected lettering styles and motifs – from jaunty ‘60’s Illuminations posters to remnants of elegant Edwardian gilded shop windows and integrated them into her hand painted signs using traditional gold leaf signage techniques. The mirrors on either side of the foyer were found in the attic of the Ocean Hotel (now Art B&B) and were originally dressing table mirrors in guest rooms in the 1940s.
ArtB&B Artwork
Front Window Signage and Foyer Mirrors
For this commission Lisa Wigham has created the hotel’s bespoke front window signage to engage passers-by, and ‘a suite’ of hand painted poetic messages inside the hotel that explore where Blackpool exists in people’s imaginations. She has collected lettering styles and motifs - from jaunty 60’s Illuminations posters to remnants of elegant Edwardian gilded shop windows - and integrated them into her hand painted signs at the Art B&B using traditional gold leaf signage techniques. No vinyl lettering for Lisa!The mirrors on either side of the foyer were found in the attic of the Ocean Hotel (now ART B&B) and were originally dressing table mirrors in guest rooms in the 1940s.
