The Little Eggs

I was very flattered to be asked by The Big Egg Hunt to paint a limited edition of ten ostrich eggs for their pop-up shop in Selfridges. But pride goes before a fall and the operation did not come off without at least one casualty, and yes it was a completely finished one that rolled off the table onto the floor and smashed into little pieces.


These eggs come from Africa, and measure approximately 18 cm (7inches) in height. Their surface is a layer of dimpled cream enamel which is and varied in texture yet gives it a ceramic feel. I've included a picture below of the hole each has where the egg is blown to remove the yolk and white. The Big Egg Hunt shop also sells the unpainted ostrich eggs for £20. 


The colours of these do vary. 

Egg boxes

Painting

Hole where the egg is blown

First set of three

                                  

Last seven

Egg display in Selfridges

wOL on the shelf courtesy of Steve Newton 

Postcard from wOL painting competition 

 All proceeds raised by the The Big Egg Hunt go to the The Elephant Family.


Please scroll down to see blogs about the original egg.

wOL's location - The Big Egg Hunt

Map of Covent Garden 

Although The Big Egg Hunt maps are a quite wonderful design, the Covent Garden egg zone doesn't go far enough to show wOL's current location for he is currently residing at the end of King Street, where Garrick Street meets Bedford Street. So I've marked the spot with a red target to the left.

Also, I was very pleased to see Creative Review have included wOL in a nice little article this week. The graphic designer in me is quietly proud.

In situ. Picture courtesy of Steve Newton

The Big Egg Hunt

wOL the egg

Today is launch day for The Big Egg Hunt. It's an event comprising of two hundred decorated eggs that have been painted, embellished or cut away in beautiful patterns by a wide range of individuals from artists and architects to artisans and famous personalities. We've all had a little go a redesigning the ovoid. Now the results have all been scattered about London, to await discovery. After the success of the Elephant Parade 2010, The Elephant Family, took on board the fact that people really enjoyed searching for as many different elephants as they could find. And so they came up with a traditional egg hunt for their next project.

Some of the eggs are highly exotic precious pieces made from all sorts of wonderful materials, some have a serious message, but mine is just a brightly painted bit of fun really. My original design was a dragon that was going to wrap itself around the shape. The owl was an afterthought, a doodle I sent in case they had a spare egg to do, but the organisers preferred it. 

Dragon. Felt tip on paper.

Owl. Felt tip on paper

Since waving goodbye to wOL he's been swanning around London - apparently he's been seen in all the right places. When he eventually settles on a perch, I'll let the location be known. 

I'll have more about The Big Egg Hunt at a later date. Till then ahh, look at him...

By a BIG clock

By a BIG Hotel

By some BIG lights

eBay auction of Simian for Jungle City

Simian at Dovecot Studios Edinburgh

Here he is in all his glory! I visited Edinburgh this week to see how he's faired and he looked perfect. No bumps, scratches or graffiti. Edinburgh has been kind to him!


The eBay auction is now live if you fancy an Orangutan, or any of the 130 other animals that have been on display in Edinburgh this Summer. You can link to the Simian sale on eBay here. 


All proceeds go to The Elephant Family and the rest of the JungleCity animals are here.

Crocodiles in the background

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