Posted yesterday and then forgot to publish it – div!
Anyway, today I had a very constructive tutorial with my lecturer via Skype.
I’ll post that in my other blog methinks.
I’m opening the park up on Sunday 12-2 until another volunteer takes over 2-4, it’s such a shame we can only open Sunday afternoons but I suppose that’s what I’ll have to work towards improving.
It has took me this long to recover and catch up in work.
The Open Day at the Butterfly Park was fantastic, I can’t thank all my friends enough for helping out.
So many late nights really did pay off in the end, we had 400 visitors and even though it was more about raising awareness, we raised a princely sum of £374.36p.
So many people were chatting and telling me how they didn’t know the park was there, so raising awareness worked.
Emma’s Elastatone work was a big hit, all kinds of people young and old were making ‘music’ and all the other art was much admired.
I met the head of Cheshire Wildlife Trust who thanked me for all my efforts, as did all the Butterfly Park team, though I couldn’t have done it without them either. We do make a good team I think.
2 local schools would like workshops and I have also been approached by a local resident who is setting up a ‘regeneration’ shop within New Ferry and would like to discuss my putting work in or more. Great news, this is exactly the type of response I was hoping for.
I’ve posted some photos on the facebook group http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=20600&id=112509052095055&ref=mf
but theres a few on here too.
Amazing day on Sunday,
too busy to blog but here’s some things to look at until I can.
Thankfully both of the fabricators came through in the nick of time, the steel was cut and collected today, looks not too disimilar to the design I drew, they had to alter it to dash marks so that the pieces of metal wouldn’t fall out – understandably-I re-designed i with lots of dashes and dots which looked great but would have cost double to cut!!! So they did a design that was cheaper (still £500+) and it’s fine but crazily – the little bits that were cut out were lovely, going to have to do something with them for sure.
Then Matt the Stone Mason came with 10 etched perspex panels and they look fabulous, so happy with them. Going to be 30 over the course of the summer which would cost £20 each and worth every penny BUT Matt needs a draughtsman to draw some stone designs up and so we have done a skill swap – I’ll draw for him and he’s charging me nothing.
I’ve probably blogged this before but it’s very exciting good news!!!
Need to finish assembling the bench, my other half has been at it all afternoon and it’s getting there, blinkin nitemare of a job though.
Have found some sponsors too, Aldi are giving us all the BBQ food for free, the local garden centre is donating a Buddelia plant for the tombola and the pub opposite is donating 2 bottles of wine and the use of their loo all day(thats the best bit!)
Emma and Chris finished their installation, haven’t seen the finished product yet, have that to look forward to in the morning.
So far on this project I am artist,curator,fundraiser,event organiser and marketing officer – the joys of multi tasking :)
Off to meet the Daily Post photographer at the Butterfly Park – in the rain – soon.
Shame its raining, the butterflies all tend to hide, one sunny day last week I saw at least 20 of them and a Peacock Butterfly landed briefly on my sleeve. Won’t happen for a photo shoot though.
My hand is tres numb.
16 hours of ink drawing yesterday means I cannot feel my fingers.
However 7 drawings completed and at the etchers. Hope it works!
Posted some but here’s the rest if you want to see.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=20158&id=112…
Oh and our router broke yesterday, £140 for new one so I’m going to hire one on the way back from the photographer to try and get the bench finished, still haven’t heard if the steel is cut though.
Designing booklet later to have at the open day. More computing :(
