The Quick Shop is a new exhibit by British artist Lucy Sparrow featuring thousands of grocery and household items created from felt that are for sale in St. Pete.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — A new pop-up shop in St. Pete might look like your average convenience store, but up close, it “felt” a little different.
Lucy Sparrow’s Quick Shop is the newest exhibit at FloridaRAMA, featuring 17,000 items created from felt, handmade by British artist Lucy Sparrow.
The items there range from fruits, vegetables, soaps, toothbrushes, liquor and many more products. Some of the adorable items even have faces on them, such as the lettuce, potatoes, carrots and bell peppers. Even the checkout counter and signs around the exhibit are made of felt.
Many featured are also inspired by Florida, so bright-colored foods, Sparrow said.
“I love it when it’s location-based because it means I can really concentrate on pieces that are going to resonate really strongly with the audience, because even thought even though they don’t have this emotional and personal connection to me, I know that if I’ve done my research right, people really are drawn towards those like particular products,” she said.
Sparrow said this all started in 2014 when she did her first successful show called “The Cornershop” in London with traditional British goods such as cigarettes, sweets, crisps and chocolate.
“That went viral, and I’ve never sort of gone back to normal work since,” she said.
The artist also had Lucy’s Delicatessen in New York City’s Rockefeller Center and had a pop-up market at Water Street in Tampa in 2022 with 50,000 items inspired by groceries.
She said her products can take anywhere from two minutes to hours to create, but she does have the help of her five-member staff.
The immersive art experience is included with general admission to the museum. Everything is available for purchase and there are special “shop with Lucy hours” from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday and 1-7 p.m. Friday where visitors can meet Sparrow.
New pop-up shop, immersive experience features food, products made of felt at FloridaRAMA