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Fairgrounds have always been exciting to look at. The art work and design have strong traditions, but keep changing to keep up with the times.

     

The sections of the rounding boards are highly colourful.

     

Decorative scrollwork forms the basis of traditional fairground design.

     

Older stalls still show tradition of painting pictures within the panels.

           

Decorative show fronts were designed to attract the customer inside.

                 

Often the designs feature the initials of the owners.

     

Three dimensional effects are common.

                

Care is taken with individual details.

                 

Fairground art has always made a feature of lettering.

                 

Split letters are very characteristic.

                 

Contemporary images are mixed with the traditional. Lettering is most often 3D.

           

There is imaginative use of novelty lettering

     

Lining and decorative monograms are features of vehicle presentation.

     

Offering novelties of all kinds.

     

Often promising fear and fantasy

     

Live shows and music.

                 

Modern images and characters are incorporated in the traditional designs.

     

The excitement of foreign lands and the mysteries of space are brought to town.

           

Always a mixture of fantasy...

     

and fear.
Modern images and characters are incorporated in the traditional designs.

	Starting from a paper pattern...
	Each panel is worked on seperately...
	To achieve the end result.

                 

Model making.

           

Makers show their models at exhibitions all over the country.

     

Attention is paid to every detail.