Giant Egg Event

Artists, Writers, Architects, Photographers, Poets, Working together to help Save the Rainforests of Madagascar. Inspired by the Largest Egg Known to Science. That of the now extinct Elephant Bird

The Return of the Giant Egg....

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11 Giant Elephant Bird Eggs (not real ones of course) decorated with the real patterns of still living bird species (sadly the Elephant Bird is now extinct). These eggs are to be shipped to Germany for an Easter event. I loved reproducing the patterns of real bird eggs. Each egg is about 38 cm in length. Nature's patterns are natures abstracts.

If you would like to hear Sir David Attenborough talking about the Giant Elephant Bird and Madagascar go to:

The Eggs go to France

For the Easter weekend the Collective Egg will make an appearance in the South West of France in a beautiful medieval village called St Antonin Noble Val.  This is where I was lucky enough to be the artistic director of the Fete du n'oeuf for some five years.  The event in St Antonin takes place every Easter and about 100 giant half metre high eggs will displayed in the winding streets of this village. I will be showing a few of the eggs from the Zurich Zoo event plus the booklet of the images from the „Collective Egg“ posterous site. I just want to thank all those who contributed to this site and to say that your images will be shown again to highlight the problem of specis extinction and de-forestation in Madagascar.  A huge thank you to all of you once again. If you are interested in seeing the news about this event in France go to  http://associationbeffroi.com/lafetedunoeuf/index.htm and http://associationbeffroi.com/lafetedunoeuf/wweggs/wweggs.htm

Remember The Birds . . . by @BrookwoodRosy

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I came across these bird whistles at a time when I was making a series of paintings on a forest near where I lived in 2002. The image in the Egg is made from one of a group of abstract photographic collages I put together in my sketchbook as I reflected on the impact our consumerism has on our forests and the wildlife in them. I was reminded of them recently because of Tim’s work for Madagascar. I have placed the Egg against the backdrop of a painting from my Sunfire series; it seemed appropriate as we also address the concerns of global warming on the environment.