NORTHERN Quarter stalwart Common, shut for a few weeks, is back with an impressive new look (take a look, tell us what you think) – and, of course, a relaunch art show to set you thinking.
Owner Jonny Heyes tells us: “The walls of Common have always functioned as a backdrop for innovative artists, but after 10 years we thought it was time to perfect what we do and take a step forward. Now we’re making art and design a physical part of the space itself.’’
That means custom pieces commissioned from ceramicist Joe Hartley – hand-crafted lampshades, pump handles and a coffee tamper that form a physical part of the new Common alongside furniture designs from Pete Masters.
Plastic & Leather is Hartley’s exhibition in the bar illuminating the processes involved –using simple, low-tech tools,lathes, sewing machines and a potter’s wheel, to create work from three ingredients: wood, clay and cloth.
The reopened bar plans earlier opening times an extended square footage with 30 additional covers, making more time and room for a new all day food menu and next level coffee. TOM will be investigating the menu soon for you!
Common, 39 Edge Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester M4 1HW. 0161 832 9245,
http://www.aplacecalledcommon.co.uk.
