Circus, cycles and serendipity (Steve)

The circus has come to town (we drove past it today, on the way to the AIAF press conference, which was a great success, and well attended by most of the local and national papers). Great circus posters, and bicycles are in evidence here too.

And speaking of cycles, my bicycle Hero is now fully flowered up and ready to re-assemble. Here is the completed saddle.

Yesterday was a crazy day, beginning with an early start (7.00a.m.) at the Ellis Bridge market - way too early - a children's drawing workshop in the afternoon, followed by an open air screening of Amanda's film 'Entry' at 9.00 in the evening.

An amazing find at the flea market.........

It's actually a baby walker, but bears an uncanny resemblance to Amanda's decorated door, which has become something of a local icon, and the focus of our activities in the Pol. I've bought six (for the princely sum of 30 rupees each) and these will become the 'framing' structures for the trail of flowered objects which will guide visitors to our exhibition at Arts Reverie.

Here is CJ 'mapping' the Pol during our drawing workshop - 42 children signed up for the workshop and 82 turned up, so it was a frenzied affair! At the end of the session the children were presented with their decorated cups and saucers from last weeks ceramic workshops.

And finally Amanda's open air projection in the Pol - an eager audience awaits the world premiere of 'Entry'. (See yesterday's post by Amanda, who bade a fond farewell to the Pol at 5.00 a.m. this morning.)