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Greetings from First Light Festival in Lowestoft

By Candida Wingate

Part of Greetings from Lowestoft

20 Jun, 2023

What a fabulous day.

The sun shone, the puppets were perfect, the parade was awesome and the people flocked to the beach.

In the Cosmic Pirate Zone, we pasted postcards and created mythical sea creatures and generally didn’t stop all afternoon; it was such fun.

Thank you to everyone who came along and took part – it was a joy to see you all and we’re already looking forward to what we can make together next year.

A collaged postcard with images of travel motifs, swirling blue and white surf, part of a map embellished with images of an owl and a stag, and the words Bon Voyage in the top right corner

Bon Voyage

A huge puppet, powered by a person inside, using long poles to manoeuvre the large hands. The figure is dressed in long flowing net gown, drapes of green fabric resembling seaweed and has the rising sun as a crown

Sol - the spirit of the sea

A postcard created with collaged images from vintage postcards including a donkey, a statue, people sitting in deckchairs on the beach and an advertisement by Great Eastern Railways

Donkey, statues and deckchairs on the beach

Interior shot of Brave Art participants in fancy dress resembling sea creatures and carrying decorated umbrellas, as they prepare for the big parade

Final rehearsal for the First Light Festival Parade

A blank brown postcard, collaged with images of a map of Africa, floral patterned papers and a small image of the Pier at Lowestoft. The inscription reads Happy Father Day

Happy Father's Day

Collage paper with travel motifs such as suitcases, palm trees, flippers and snorkels fills the bottom left corner. To the right is an image from a vintage postcard showing two women in Victorian bathing costumes holding a life-saving buoy with the words Greetings from Lowestoft. Above, another vintage image of crowds of people seated in deckchairs on the beach with the pier in the background. Top left is a snippet of floral patterned paper and an image of the Titan statue by Lowestoft pier.

Lowestoft attractions

Children seated at a table. One is holding a piece of blue and white dotted tissue paper in place, whilst colouring beside it in blue felt tip pen. Another child is selecting from a pile of assorted paper

Choosing papers and colours

The crowded interior of a large marquee, in which families are seated and standing, making objects about of recycled plastic bottles and other materials

Making recycled sea creatures kept everyone busy

Three people, all wearing shades of blue and two wearing sailors' caps with gold crown emblems on them, stand with their arms over each others' shoulders, grinning at the camera. Behind is a festoon of bunting and a painted fabric banner and on a table in front of them are materials, papers and pens - all ready for people to make their mythical sea creatures

Getting ready for the Brave Art session in the Cosmic Pirate tent

A person wearing a blue and white polka dot dress is seated at a blue-topped table, with piles of assorted papers, all in different shades of blue, in front of them.

A picture in blue

A collaged postcard with a vintage postcard image showing people playing on the beach in front of a line of beach huts. There is also grey, gold and bronze flecked patterned paper below and blue,gold to the left, overlaid with snippets of a map

Maps, patterns and beach scenes

A massive puppet, twice human height, dressed in flowing aquamarine net gown and a rising sun crown holds out its hands, mirroring the actions of a member of the public standing in front of it.

Sol, the Spirit of the Sea, dancing with a member of the public

Images from two vintage postcards, one of children riding donkeys and the other of the statue Titan by the pier in Lowestoft, are glued side by side against a background of paper patterned with holiday motifs such as flippers, cameras, palm trees and sailing boats

Vintage postcard images

A gigantic puppet with a rising sun gold crown stands behind a line of people, dressed in bright blue T-shirts and carrying umbrellas decorated to look like sea creatures. In the centre, two participants are holding a large postcard with the message Greetings from Lowestoft.

The Brave Artists with Sol and the Greetings from Lowestoft postcard

To Grandad Enjoy the card I hope Man U win the treble

Donkeys and a football wish

The masssive puppet Sol, depicting the Spirit of the Sea, engaging with a member of the public

Sol, the Spirit of the Sea, saying hello

To Day Happy Fathers Day you shine up the room when you step in the room!

You shine up the room

Young children seated at a small, blue-topped table, surrounded by pens, Sellotaphe and other materials, making sea creatures out of recycled materials

Busy making sea creatures

A pair of child's hands, holding a postcard and sprinkling beach sand onto the glued surface of a plain postcard with the word Lowestoft on it

Real Lowestoft beach sand

A plain brown postcard decorated with images from vintage postcards, green tissue paper with pear patterns and s small image of a stag with large antlers top left

Happy Festival Day Lowestoft

The Brave Artists, dressed in fancy dress to resemble sea creatures, greet the massive puppet, Sol, with an equally outsized postcard

How's that for a postcard?

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