Pig Squee...L!
Jun. 17th, 2016 02:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amberdreamsI just got back from being inducted as a volunteer Pig Trail Blazer (basically standing around town pointing people in the direction of the next pig), and I found out my Swinions pig is going to be slap bang in the middle of the town centre, on the Cornhill!!!! MY PIG! OMG! He'll be up on his pedestal in the one place in town where EVERYone goes, so everyone will be able to see all my wobbly lines and where I forgot to give one of them a snout. And my name will be on the plinth. I'm simultaneously freaking out and doing happy dances.
I can't believe it!
The project manager told us that there were 235 designs entered, from all around the country, and those were whittled down to 80, then the final 39 that eventually got commissioned. Apparently they had to drive blank pigs all over the place so the artists (most of whom are professional artists) could paint them - one of the artists was in Liverpool and I think he said another was in Scotland! At least I saved them petrol costs, LOL!
But still. The Cornhill!!
Just to give you and idea, here's the Cornhill on a non market day. That French-looking building in the centre is the Town Hall.
I can't believe it!
The project manager told us that there were 235 designs entered, from all around the country, and those were whittled down to 80, then the final 39 that eventually got commissioned. Apparently they had to drive blank pigs all over the place so the artists (most of whom are professional artists) could paint them - one of the artists was in Liverpool and I think he said another was in Scotland! At least I saved them petrol costs, LOL!
But still. The Cornhill!!
Just to give you and idea, here's the Cornhill on a non market day. That French-looking building in the centre is the Town Hall.
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Date: 2016-06-17 02:43 pm (UTC)Don't you mean "squeal"? (You know, because pig...) Okay, my horrid puns (or whatever that was) aside, ahhh! That's awesome!! Congratulations. I'm sure your pig is totally worth the prominent display ^_^ Sounds like a fun project. I hope you get lots of awesome comments on your work!
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Date: 2016-06-18 01:52 pm (UTC)Omg, did your title say "squee...L!" The whole time? Here I thought I was being clever when really I was just being unobservant. Oops. Everything else I said still stands though! XP XD
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Date: 2016-06-18 02:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-18 02:54 pm (UTC)Aww! That's so sweet! Lol. Guess I jumped the gun a bit then, lol. This is what happens when Amanda is bored with nothing more pressing to do than browse the internet from bed XD