Engineer/artist Theo Jansen arrived from Holland with two of his Strandbeests today. Here he is inspecting the surface being laid down for the walking sculptures.
Watched by a tense Jon King, Festival Manager, Theo unlocks the big orange container.
A first glimps of the tightly-packed Strandbeests.
They’ve arrived safely!
The small Beest was first out of the container, and proved quite happy to walk on the grass of the Quarry Park
Umerus travelled in several sections. Here Theo guides the second of them out into the sunshine.
When I left the park, Umerus was being carefully put together. I’m really looking forward to seeing it in action on Saturday 4th July, and to Theo’s talk in St Mary’s Church on the afternoon of 11th July.
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