Anthony Burrill x Oxfam x Jealous

Exhibitions Published on: May 25, 2021

August 29, 2019 - September 1, 2019

VIEWING ROOM

JEALOUS EAST

ANTHONY BURRILL

Give your old T-shirt new life: screenprinting event launches to support Oxfam’s Second Hand September campaign.

In collaboration with the highly esteemed graphic artist, printmaker and designer, Anthony Burrill and Oxfam, Jealous will be hosting a unique weekend pop-up at our Shoreditch Gallery ending on Sunday 1st September. Burrill has screenprinted over letterpress prints, that would normally be recycled, re-using them to create new unique pieces and will be live screenprinting onto second hand T-shirts to give them a new lease of life.

Jealous East on the Opening

We are so grateful to Anthony Burrill and Jealous for supporting our campaign against throwaway fashion. Being creative and jazzing up a T-shirt we’ve fallen out of love with by applying a screen print is the perfect way to revive our wardrobes, without purchasing new clothing. We hope tips and tricks like this will encourage people to sign up to Second Hand September and take on the challenge of buying no new garments for the month. By buying second hand, or making do with what we have, we can all play a part in reducing the mountains of clothing sent to landfill.

Fee Gilfeather, Oxfam’s Sustainability Expert, 2019

Jealous East on the Opening

The artist, Anthony Burrill at the Opening Event

People are invited to bring their own garments to print on (for a small contribution), or they can choose from a supply in the gallery. These beautiful planet-friendly T-shirts and screenprints, designed by Anthony Burrill, will be available to purchase in the gallery. With special guest DJ Goldierocks playing on the Sunday. The event is in support of Oxfam’s Second Hand September campaign, which encourages people to pledge to say no to new items of clothing for one month. Every week 11 million items of clothing end up in landfill and shockingly, the total number of clothes sent to UK landfill every year weighs almost as much as the Empire State Building. Fast fashion is harming people and our planet and, in spite of this enormous challenge, Oxfam is striving to reduce this figure, currently saving around 47 million items of clothing from going to landfill every year.