After a fantastic first week of rehearsals of "The Difference Engine" at the Museum of Science and Industry we've spent this second week moving in and installing into the courtyard of the Manchester Town Hall. It's looking fantastic. Here's the steampunk computer where we start the show designed by Jo Pocock and built by Brian Tweedle. The "screen" is a toy theatre stage.
Saturday, 4 July 2009
The Difference Engine--Get-in and Tech
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Ghost Ship
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Saturday, 27 June 2009
The Difference Engine--First Week of Rehearsals
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Sunday, 21 June 2009
2009 Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade



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Saturday, 13 June 2009
One Week to Go
We're a week away from the big event and the workshop is getting full. There's a lovely energy lately--people seem to be really enjoying themselves making their own costumes but also just hanging around, helping with the bigger builds and just chatting. One of my goals this year with the parade was to get more adults participating. Between the Samba band and the parade art classes, the workshop seems to be buzzing every evening with adults making all sorts of things. Here's a short movie of the Sun made in Kerith's giant withies workshop.
We have an amazing crew of volunteers, many of whom are taking one or more parade art classes. It's great to have people coming into the workshop in odd times making their project just a little bit better. It's the creative, nurturing village I so loved about other events such as MayDay, Islewilde and Fremont Summer Solstice. It's what I missed most living and working in the UK so I'm proud that I've been able to start something which is not only a nice-looking event but building towards a vibrant and generous art community right here in my new home town.


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Friday, 5 June 2009
Outside Again
At the back of the parade workshop, there's a great space which opens up to a woodsy area over the river. Not quite as scenic as the giant puppet workshop last week, plus you get a dog. But I must admit, this glorious outside work was short lived: not long after this photo was taken, the wind picked up and it started to rain so back inside.


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Thursday, 4 June 2009
Parade is Starting to Take Shape
Here's what we walking into this morning: Kerith Odgen, of the section leaders and the artist who made the Heron of last year's parade has started a sun in her Parade Art Class. It's amazing how quickly that woman can crank out big beautiful things.
But for me, most of today was spent making stilts. I had my first stilt workshop today. In the middle of the day, I had a bit of a panic as I had the wrong size wood for the bolts I had and I just didn't have the time or the tools to deal with it. Thankfully, Tom our production manager cut some wood for me of the right width and Dave lent me the appropriate socket wrench and drill bits to do the job. We have such a great team of people putting this together.
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Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Giants Here, Giants There


It's the easiest giant puppet in the world--you can drive it with one hand and turn the head with the other hand. Hi-tech/lo-tech at it's finest.
Earlier in the day in Hebden Bridge, Jamima of Spacecadets started working in the parade workshop. She'll be our artist-in-residence making these giant inflatable ladybirds with whoever wants to come and help. It's a good day seeing so many giant parade art in one day.
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Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Handmade Parade Workshops Begin!
The 2009 Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade is now officially up and running! After three tough days of setting up the workshop, drawing storyboards and making mock-ups, we opened to the public for two workshops today.
It was a gentle start, just a few families at a time but actually, it was a perfect way for us to practice how to teach what we would make. The bees where very popular and not far behind were the ants and the ladybirds.
Here's the workshop space which was donated to us for these three weeks by Setbray, a local commercial estate agents who are very generous to community groups. They donated the space we used last year as well. And here is the workshop set up to go.
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Friday, 29 May 2009
Ærø Workshop-Days Nine and Ten: Mission Accomplished!

Despite the wind, the students became full-fledged puppeteers and really stepped up to the challenge. As soon as that organ started and the audience started responding, it all made sense why we did all this work these last two weeks. You could just feel the joy and excitement in the maker/performers and the audience alike. It was beautiful, strange and fun. Kathy and I felt so proud. 

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