Thumbs Down

Contrary to expectations, the thumb sculptures survived the elements but fell prey to over-excited punters sometime in the early hours of New Year's Day. Here are some photos of their sorry state of complete dilapidation on January 1st.

I think the vast majority of Peats Ridge Festival goers felt similarly battered by 3 days of celebrations.   

Peats Ridge 2010

Here are some photos of the thumb garden debut at Peats Ridge Festival 2010. 5 days of sunshine, fantastic music and excellent company.

Thumb Garden Site

Thumbs in the Garden

Here are a few images from a day Dee and I spent paper mache-ing recently. With the Peats Ridge installation date looming it's been a mad scramble to get the thumbs weatherproofed (hopefully) and the audio tweaked to perfection. Big thanks, and big thumbs up to those who donated their National Geographic collections!

Thumbs up and running

Here are a couple of images of the Peats Ridge Festival thumb garden in progress. The thumbs are chicken wire and paper mache free-standing sculptures. The 3 large digits stand at a towering 2 metres high! Behind the thumbnail will be hidden speakers broadcasting Dee's sustainable-practices-inspired sound project to the Peats Ridge punters. Fingers crossed Glenworth Valley has a dry spell over New Years!

 

Thumbs up for Peats Ridge 2010!

My musically gifted pal, Dee, and I recently put together a sound and sculpture installation proposal for Peats Ridge Festival 2010. Surprisingly, they actually approved the idea. So in the lead up to New Years, Dee and I will be constructing a giant paper mache thumb garden complete with original sound recordings designed especially to get Peats Ridge punters feeling all warm and fuzzy about the environment. Optimistically dubbed, 'Thumbs up for the Environment!,' here's hoping the realisation of the project is as positive as the title.