The Big Picture- update

The Workshop-
Photo by Daglish Photography

We are pleased to say that the 2 workshop days in Herrington Country Park as part of Sunderland in 2012 went remarkably well! We had over 600 participants who all created fantastic artworks like Faith's above. Myself (Jo Howell), Criss Chaney, Liz Shaw and our assistant Zoe Garner were ran off our feet on the Saturday with people desperate to take part. It was wonderful! Plenty of energy, good spirits and creativity.

We were so busy that we had to get my good friend Michael Daglish from Daglish photography to undertake the job of photographer and internet updater, which I must say he did an excellent job of. The photographs are amazing and work really well to capture the spirit of the weekend.

Thank-you to all of the members of the public who took part, your efforts were phenomenal!

Checking we have all the tiles ready for the workshop
By Jo Howell

So how big is The Big Picture?
By Jo Howell

We will be working hard over the next couple of months to pull your artworks together to make the Big Picture, and we will also be creating a photographic version of the final piece that will tour venues around Sunderland accompanied by some of Daglish's amazing photographs from the workshop. So keep your eyes open for that!

In the meantime you can keep an eye on our progress through Youtube, Twitter and Facebook. Please let us know what you think of the project, or if you were involved what you thought of the workshop on the day. Feedback is always welcome, this is your project and we want it to be something that you can all be very proud of.

Tiles being lacquered
By Jo Howell

The Big Picture Project is funded by Arts Council England, Gentoo Group and Sunderland City Council.