Life in Vivid Colour!! These are the things that bring me joy, I hope they find you well :)
29/01/2025
I've been given projects to do before but none quite like this one.
My incredible Leading Lady came to me with a proposal shortly after I'd finished the mural and a Cheshire Cat grin asking if I could make her a rainbow. It was a simple one, nothing too fancy ... An inclusion piece that welcomes everyone to our service.
I glanced at the images she had in mind as I hauled my paints to put away and replied happily "Sure thing. Just let me get back to the room and I'll get you to send the pic to me later" ... And that's when it all kind of, snowballed.
I already knew what she was thinking and then my squirrel brain took over and went a bit nutty. For the next week I went and gathered up the troupes, arranged everybody into hand tracing mode and set them back upon their spaces.
I've literally lost count of the hours but I can tell you the exact moment Belinda Cognet saved my frazzled mind, and the whole project, with her fantasmagorical papers in many magnificent forms! She gave me the ignition for the imagination fuel and it all took flight. Tearing, cutting, sticking, aligning, readjusting, laminating, more cutting and finally today the installation of this ever morphing project.
'Everyone Is Welcome Here - Together We Are Bridging The Gap'
The left side of the rainbow is in shades from black through brown to white. The right side is the traditional rainbow colours and each is looked after by a room.
The handprints in all are from each and every beautiful soul in our service and we will continue to add more as the time moves forward. All the Educators' hands are covering the middle because we are the ones to lead the babies in our care to close the gap between cultures and understanding.
I am beyond honoured to have been trusted with this task. I can only hope now that summer is kind and she leaves the work up on the wall haha 😆🩵🤎💙🧡🖤💛❤️💚💜🩶🩷🤍
