This little beauty is on loan from Birmingham Parks Dept. It's the original wire framework from the prototype of the 'Bull' I believe.
Over 60 knitters have been involved with this fantastic project with an estimated 400 hours of knitting! The youngest knitter is Lili at 9, the oldest is Edna who is 90! And folk are still knitting! It's a 'knit-a-thon'!
The Bull is nearly complete and he will be on display at Perry Common Community Hall, B23 5JD between now & July the 16th, when he will proudly kick off the 'Kingsfest' Arts Festival.
The framework in itself is a wonderful art piece. Here are some photos of some of the guys who knitted for it and also Cecil who helped me sew it onto the framework. Angela, who helped too, had just nipped out to make us all a brew! When
the guys had finished knitting their squares, many of them embroidered their names on it. We've even got the local police knitting, and councillors.....everyone has been invited to join in and it's proving to be incredible fun and a wonderful talking point!
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