We spoke to Appetite Audience Choice Award winner Paige Sutton about her award winning piece ‘Hiraeth’, her inspiration and how she felt when she found out she won.
Hi Paige! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I’m Paige I’m a 20 year old artist from Stafford, I’ve been making art since I was 2 and I’ve aspired to be an artist since I was 12.
Can you tell us the inspiration behind your piece?
When doing a site tour for the series I was doing on the ex-workers of Spode looking around the abandoned building I found all these lonely chairs, which made me think about how I could still feel the sense of community and busyness while it looked so lonely and empty and I found myself wanting to make a piece for Spode itself.
What made you want to contribute to the Three Counties Open Art Exhibition?
I heard about the Three Counties a year ago and since then I’ve loved being apart of it and working with them during the curation.
More examples of Paige’s work (L-R) ‘The Stare’ and ‘We Can’t Go Over It, We Can’t Go Under It’
