{"id":389641,"date":"2026-01-25T11:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/389641\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:55:09","slug":"ilkley-vending-machine-to-pop-out-tiny-artwork-for-50p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/389641\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilkley vending machine to pop out tiny artwork for 50p"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Buyers will get a &#8220;lucky dip&#8221; surprise, with each drop revealing a different miniature creation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fenton, who is part of Village Pavilion, an arts and culture organisation in Ilkley, said: &#8220;There will be a panel on the front of the vending machines with some examples of what&#8217;s in there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I think the element of mystery and intrigue as to what could pop out makes it a bit more exciting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">People wanting to contribute are encouraged to submit flat, paper-based artworks measuring no more than 10cm x 7cm (4in x 2.8in), which will be packaged in the machine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 44-year-old added: &#8220;Once the machine is empty the intention is to keep topping it up, so it&#8217;s like a rolling donation of art.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Money raised will go to to Leeds-based homelessness charity Simon on the Streets, Fenton said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The vending machine is due to make its debut next month outside Community Cutlery in Ilkley before being moved around to different locations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buyers will get a &#8220;lucky dip&#8221; surprise, with each drop revealing a different miniature creation. Fenton, who is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-389641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}