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Monthly Archives: July 2014

Oldham Flower Festival: rain, herbs and a Swift.

Posted on July 22, 2014 by abirdabode
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On Saturday abirdabode braved the slightly inclement weather conditions to set up the Big Art Birdbox at Oldham Flower Festival.

The day started of with quite a bit of rain and we were worried that no–one would venture out after the amazing sunshine of the previous week; this combined with the insane thunder and lightning that seems to have woken everyone in the middle of the night on Friday made us doubt we would be busy. How wrong we were!

Oldhamers are not afraid of a little bit of rain and the day was brilliant. Participants of all ages joined us throughout the day, including some who had decorated a bird at Festival Oldham. They created some amazing decorated art birds for the front of the Big Art Birdbox, including the most realistic woodpecker so far, some amazingly coloured and patterned pigeons and a beautiful stripey bullfinch. We also had a celebrity guest make a decorated bird; Joe Swift created an aboriginal art inspired version of his namesake, the Swift.

Thank you for everyone who joined us and chatted to us and decorated a bird – it was a great day and we hope the herbs you planted with Get Oldham Growing team are flourishing!

Camera shy
Camera shy
Teamwork
Teamwork
I can draw with my eyes closed too
I can draw with my eyes closed too
our birds
our birds
We made these
We made these
Dapper designs
Dapper designs
Early bird
Early bird
Swift's Swift
Swift’s Swift
What a woodpecker
What a woodpecker
Glen's Grebe
Glen’s Grebe
Bird Security
Bird Security
Mine's better
Mine’s better
Checking it's correct
Checking it’s correct
Robin hood
Robin hood
Mark in prime position
Mark in prime position
Proud artist
Proud artist
Stripey pigeon
Stripey pigeon
I did this
I did this
What's in there?
What’s in there?
Woodpecker
Woodpecker
What's the point?
What’s the point?
Star(t)ling guest
Star(t)ling guest
Polka dotty
Polka dotty
Boo!
Boo!
Robin at the base
Robin at the base
82 decorated birds!
82 decorated birds!
Bluebird
Bluebird
Almost at the top
Almost at the top
Posted in public engagement and events | Tagged art, birdbox, Jacqui Symons, Joe Swift, Oldham, Oldham Flower Festival, Richard Dawson | Leave a reply

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