The Ostrich Window

You know how an idea starts, evolves and before you know it, escalates from a 10 minute job to a 3 week one....

It started with seeing the faded reviews of the previous show, still in the window, waiting to be removed. My original intention was to get a big poster advertising the show in that window asap. It might still be summer but it doesn't hurt to plant a few seeds....Before I knew it, the idea had changed to a poster of London, a spotty hanky on a stick, a black and white cat, a rat to symbolize each aspect of the Dick Whittington story.

Some 48 hours later, the idea had changed to an adult black and white cat costume which had been purchased on EBay for very little money, stuffed, sitting in the window, with a spotty hanky on it's shoulder - but the window on closer inspection was just too narrow and we can use the costume for show publicity.

So 3 weeks later the poster has become a jigsaw of the Tower of London, stored in my loft and bound for a charity shop, which has been completed and mounted onto a backboard. The rest of the window display has evolved into 4 black and white cats, also purchased on EBay, telling the story of Dick Whittington with various props. I always was a Blue Peter girl!

Went to The Ostrich on Saturday afternoon to put it all in place. After climbing over builders rubble to get to it, and squeezing myself into the window to stick everything up – it’s done.

Lyric of the Blog: "Looking out a dirty old window" Kim Wilde