'A Walk through Toyland'
Saturday 20th
September
©Ged Murray
A big vote of thanks came from the town and the Mayor
of Ulverston for all the WSI artists contributing and devising this
years 21st Lantern Finale. There were many claims of excitment as the
large scale lanterns entered the town heading the rivers of light towards
Ford Park for the finale. The sun had shone most of the week
but on the day it poured down so congratulations to all those who worked
so hard through such dreadful weather, it was appreciated by all the
visitors to the town.
A survey carried out on the night revealed many comments from those
local to the area as well as many who had traveled from far and wide
(including the USA) to see this years 21st Lantern Finale. Some of the
comments follow.
'I was going to leave as it is so wet but the anticipation in the town
made me stay on to see what was going to happen and I have not been
disappointed'
'The best ever, fantastic'
'Amazing, how WSI always pull it out of the bag no matter what'
Director - Roger Bloomfield
Production Manager - Jodi
Watson
Production Team
Caroline Scott, Gavin Lewery, Kate Barfield and Dan Fox and a round
of applause for volunteers and community involved.
Large Scale Sculptural Lanterns
© Jodi Watson
Workshop
26th -30th August 2003
Led by Gavin Lewery and Jodi Watson
Volunteers and community members come together to create images on the theme of "A Walk Through Toyland". Led by Welfare State artists they learnt and developed skills in creating large scale sculptural lanterns. The workshop had a practical, hands-on focus with plenty of scope for discussing ideas and techniques with the highly experienced artists and lantern makers Gavin Lewery and Jodi Watson.