Strained Fruit

No time to write tonight but thought I would post some of the pictures I took today of all the individual fruitflowers – really pleased with how they look together too.

I’ve been putting all the fruitflowers together today – this takes forever! Very pleased with how they are looking though and having now collected the 200m of tubing that I need to get the air into them (that I need to paint green but have no idea how) everything is coming together. One more workshop with seven more fruitflowers to complete until we have fifty.

Exciting news. I have found a conductor for the Private View/launch concert on Friday morning. By chance last summer I attended (with my children and their friends) a drumming workshop. Simon Stokes is a Drum Circle facilitator and musician. We had an amazing time at his workshop using a circle of drums and creating beats and different rhythms in groups. He will be perfect for this ‘once in a lifetime’ experience (I hope and pray it works!).

Also a local banner company has agreed to make the banner to go outside the country park for me. I love it when you find nice people.

Day two of of Brigstock workshops – putting it all together…..

Children found it very disconcerting that they left big round balls and found shrivelled things when they came back. Luckily all makes sense (relatively) at the end.

To see the rest of the pictures from the workshops (there are many) go to:

www.sophiecullinan.org/Work/StrainedFruit.aspx

Another great day of workshops – this time with Brigstock Latham’s Reception and Year 1. Lovely thoughtful work with lots of enthusiasm for the interesting noises!

Part two today, and hoping to finish 20 fruitflowers ready for installation with a further 9 painted ready for next week.

Back to the lovely Studfall Infants today where we had the funniest time trying to get the footballs out of the fruit – whole thing brought new emphasis to the title ‘Strained Fruit’!

I now have a secret trick (let the football down a bit first) to save an hour or two!

They finished off their fruit/flower and we put all the bits together. This is my favourite part of a multiple participant project – where all the seemingly incomprehensible bits come together to make something strange and magical. Squeals of delight were heard when we tested each one out – and they all look amazing!