With the success of the artwork we presented to The Witch and the Robot a few months ago ( see here ), when British Sea Power announced a festival flag and bunting competition I decided to re-enlist the help of the vaguely talented Jo to add a touch of class to the entry I wanted to put together. That was over a month ago now. After an initial three hour design session where we discussed concepts and bored the hell out of Owen with our ramblings, we came up with a vague plan involving a bedsheet and fabric to create a lion and a bear with some beer, and whatever else we came up with during the creation period. A trip was organised to the rather excecllent Fabric Land to pick up materials and equipment to perform sewing and cutting activities with, and a bed sheet was procured from Woolworths. Somehow, from this pile of material, Jo managed to craft a brilliant resemblance of the Lion from the third battalion pin I possess, and a really good attempt at the bear from Open Season, BSPS's second album. Owen cut some leaves out, in the style of the leaves from Decline Of [bsp] (BSP's first album) and I... made some stars and the pint of beer. The easy stuff because my fingers don't generally do what I want them to do and the hard stuff would just come out wrong. All of this material had to be sewn onto the bedsheet by hand, and I've calculated that we've put well over thirty hours into this over the past month. Nevertheless, it has turned out quite well, so thanks to Jo for being a good little creative director, and thanks to Owen for his leaves as I don't think fabric and sewing were really his thing... he looked bored to death, bless. Now to use the rest of the fabric to make a daft costume, and the rest of the thread to tie Jo up once we're done, she must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the competition.
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