Oor Wullie is a cartoon character published in Scotland by D C Thomson in The Sunday Post. The Dundee Oor Wullie Bucket Trail was a public art event running from 27 June to 27 August. Over 50 5ft tall sculptures of Oor Wullie sitting on his bucket were individually decorated by artists/designers, and then located all round the city for the public to view.
Kalamkari Textile Art Group (of which I'm a member) applied to take part and submitted a design called 'A Pocketful O Pieces'. We were very pleased to be accepted and excited to take delivery of a huge plain white molded statue all ready for our unique designs.
As we are textile artists we made up Wullie's dungarees from lots of pockets, buttons and zips from different coloured recycled denim jeans. His shirt was made from sweetie wrappers and crisp bags, and he has a scarf made in both Dundee Football teams colours as we're sure he'd be a fan of both!
As we are textile artists we made up Wullie's dungarees from lots of pockets, buttons and zips from different coloured recycled denim jeans. His shirt was made from sweetie wrappers and crisp bags, and he has a scarf made in both Dundee Football teams colours as we're sure he'd be a fan of both!
His pockets are filled with all the bits and pieces a boy might need - including a catapult, a jammy piece (jam sandwich), a pie, and Wee Jeemy (his pet mouse). We gave him a black eye too as he's always getting into scrapes!
Overall he was a lot of work, quite a big challenge, but all of us who worked on him had a fabulous time!
Last night, 13th September, all the Oor Wullies were up for auction at a very well attended event in Dundee to raise funds for the ARCHIE Foundation who support sick children in Scotland. Watching the auction online with bated breath we saw our boy sell for an amazing £9,000! So very pleased!
The overall auction saw 70 'Wullies' sold with a fantastic grand total of £883k raised. What a grand success!
I'm going to miss seeing the statues but I'm sure many of them will remain in Dundee in new locations through being purchased by local businesses.
A Pocketful O Pieces was bought by The Sands Restaurant at The Glass Pavilion in Broughty Ferry. So we can all pop by and say hello whilst enjoying a lovely lunch or a cake and a cuppa.
Links:
http://www.kalamkaridundee.net/
http://www.oorwulliebuckettrail.com/
http://www.archiefoundationhome.org.uk/
http://www.thesands.restaurant/
Overall he was a lot of work, quite a big challenge, but all of us who worked on him had a fabulous time!
Last night, 13th September, all the Oor Wullies were up for auction at a very well attended event in Dundee to raise funds for the ARCHIE Foundation who support sick children in Scotland. Watching the auction online with bated breath we saw our boy sell for an amazing £9,000! So very pleased!
The overall auction saw 70 'Wullies' sold with a fantastic grand total of £883k raised. What a grand success!
I'm going to miss seeing the statues but I'm sure many of them will remain in Dundee in new locations through being purchased by local businesses.
A Pocketful O Pieces was bought by The Sands Restaurant at The Glass Pavilion in Broughty Ferry. So we can all pop by and say hello whilst enjoying a lovely lunch or a cake and a cuppa.
Links:
http://www.kalamkaridundee.net/
http://www.oorwulliebuckettrail.com/
http://www.archiefoundationhome.org.uk/
http://www.thesands.restaurant/
