• Day 10 with comments enabled!

    Day 10 with comments enabled!

    Today was distinguished by the visit of my university friend Terry, who came to see what I was up to and stayed to cover some balloons. He attempted what has never been done before with balloons and cardboard-mâché: The Double. Chris and Barbara were there too; Chris helped me to install the fourth large taproot…

  • Day 10: 9th August 2022

    Day 10: 9th August 2022

    Today was distinguished by the visit of my university friend Terry, who came to see what I was up to and stayed to cover some balloons. He attempted what has never been done before with balloons and cardboard-mâché: The Double. Chris and Barbara were there too; Chris helped me to install the fourth large taproot…

  • Day 9: 6th August 2022

    Day 9: 6th August 2022

    Having sworn I’d never work with balloons again, I came in today armed with two innovations which were going to make it possible. One was HiFloat, with which you coat the inside of balloons before inflating them, prolonging their life (thanks Debbie!) and the other was the most highly rated balloon in the world –…

  • Day 8: 5th August 2022

    Day 8: 5th August 2022

    Apologies for the two email alerts yesterday – I realised that the first had somehow missed out loads of information. I don’t know how it happened, because I don’t really understand technology! It was another quiet day at work, although there were a few passing visitors. One said that this was a rootscape, which I…

  • Day 6: 3rd August 2022

    Day 6: 3rd August 2022

    There’s one big drawback to working with balloons as a mould – as long as they stay inflated, they’re excellent; but as soon as they pop or shrivel (which they quite often decide to do during the night), they take the damp cardboard mâché with them and the result is a wizened mess. I try…