Earlier this month I was asked to lead on a Banner making workshop for The Southbank Centre to mark the end of their Festival of Neighbourhood which had been running all over the summer.
The banners were to be inspired by the flags they had installed over the roof of the building...
...which were originally inspired by handpainted artwork by artist Bob and Roberta Smith.
The banners were to be incorporated into a festival finale consisting of a giant choir who would be using the banners in their performance. The musical director chose three lines from songs which he wanted us to include on the banners each of which measured a gigantic 2.5m by 1.5m
First of all we transferred the letters onto the fabric. There was a team of volunteers who made the banners while I watched over them and made sure everything ran smoothly!
Two of the banners were collaged on using an assortment of fabrics and later embellished with glitter and sparkles.
The third was painted.
We created them over two days inside The Royal Festival while we were treated to some wonderful live choir performances.
The team hard at work....
There was also a panel discussion on the Saturday and one of the guests was Bob and Robert Smith (who despite the name is actually one person!)
I felt so nervous when he came over to inspect what we were up to but thankfully he gave his thumbs up and was impressed; especially as they were on a much grander scale than his originals.
Banner 1
Banner 2 (sadly not the most loveliest of days...it was pouring with rain!)
Banner 3
I was so proud of everyone's achievements; it was a big project on a big scale for a very prestigious place, still can't believe we were all part of it.
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