Can I introduce the sheep made at Armley Mills by Sarah Barton and her team. It is on display there alongside other pom-pom sheep to celebrate British Wool Week which starts on the 15th October.
All the pom-poms have been made by Robin Hood Primary School pupils and it's community, and put together to make this life-sized sheep.
The other contributors to the exhibition are Hilltop Primary School, Halton District Brownies, Moortown Nursery, The Leeds South East Trefoil Guild, Batley Hall Nursing and Residential Home, Visitors to the Museum's 30th Birthday Party and members of the Museum's staff.
The idea for the exhibition was inspired by the "Join the Flock" project run by Eden Arts in Cumbria where they turned pom-poms into mini sheep. At Armley Mills they decided to make life-sized sheep from pom-poms so the museum could have it's own flock. As a life-sized sheep takes so, so many poms-poms it was decided to have sheep of varying sizes - which are all unique and very appealing.
The sheep will stay at Armley Mills until the end of October and then it will come to school so we can all see how fabulous it is. You could even try to recognise the pom-pom you made.
Thankyou to Sarah Barton and her team for giving us a wonderful project to work with, Edward Hill and Co. Ltd of Bradford for donating such a lot of the wool for our sheep and all the Mums, Grandmas and helpers who made extra pom-poms....
I know the children have enjoyed making the pom - poms and now we have them on display in a Museum where people can see them and enjoy them too.
