Artist in Residence @ The Tunnel Gallery - Tonbridge School (Part 1)

Well, I've now had three weeks in the Tunnel and they have been three very full weeks indeed.

First and foremost, however, a clarification on my closing paragraph in the previous post (26 August) "I plan, in my next post probably, to try to give a clearer, more succinct insight into what this Spheres project entails from my perspective". My mind-space has been and continues to be completely occupied by the Artist in Residency and to try and do justice to a clear and inspired synopsis on the Spheres project seems an impossibility at the moment. It will have to wait until my focus returns on my studio here at home - just after the Christmas holiday I would think. In the meantime, the 'Series/Themes' list I have recently added below the 'Blog Archive' on the right on the Home Page now includes a Fragility Spheres heading, which lists 8 labelled blog posts related to the Spheres. These posts give the contemporaneous account of how the Spheres project evolved. Less clear, probably, than a synopsis, but more alive, I would think ...

So, back to the Residency.
I'm currently on two weeks' Half Term break, although I'm going in on both Mondays and Fridays to give the non-teaching staff, who work through the holiday, a chance to come into the Tunnel to add their contribution.
Beginning with the beginning, this is the poster I put up in and around the Art Department building to invite (read encourage?) the students and staff to contribute to the project:

10 MINUTE

ART BURST
IN
THE TUNNEL

And here is the link to the first school blog post: 10 Minute Art Burst

The school blog post was headed by the same picture with the following text:

Just 10 minutes. That's all it need take from your busy schedule to contribute to the Tunnel sculpture installation. A quick BURST of creative energy to add something of you to what could become something inspired and inspiring: the whole school represented in one art installation. 

You can create something small, something big, in clay, in paper, in expandable foam, in plaster, with wire mesh, with string, wire, wooden sticks, or with found-objects, with words, ...

10 MINUTES ... or longer if you like.