There is always cardboard in my workshop and that’s because I am an artist who often works for Animate Arts Company.
Standing upright in the corner making it a little bit difficult to reach the light switches are all the cardboard tubes I collect. You find these inside rolls of carpet, smaller versions found inside rolls of material. I slide the smaller ones inside the larger ones and the poster tubes inside those. I usually have a dozen or so which regularly fall over when looking for something else. Fred the Irish terrier knocks them over if he can reach them, he enjoys playing with them. I also keep small little boxes you get for house hold products, typical examples are tea bags, Ibuprofen, scotch porridge oats and crackers for cheese. I have a valuable stash of till roll boxes which are earmarked for something else, and I carefully flatten and keep these as I know they will be invaluable on the day.
What Day?
The Big Build Day coming soon.
I have an Artist Training day at Dreamland in Margate with the other Art Builders Team. A paid training day in Dreamland. I’ve also just been sent the breakfast menu if I want to order breakfast and an invitation for dinner at the GB Pizza Co (best pizza on the planet) afterwards. I love Animate they do things so well.
Imagine actually being a school pupil off to Dreamland for the day to build a massive cardboard …er…. SPOILER ALERT …………not sure I am supposed to say!
