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The Sandinyoureye Team will be installing 9 ice sculptures and a live carve sculpture with chainsaws and all on the 15th December around the Mirror Pool, City Park Bradford.

 

The sculptures are from a story written by us called  ‘Have you seen Santa?’ We follow the adventures of a Little White fox looking for Santa to give him an important envelope to save Christmas, on the way he encounters many animals that he has been told ‘like to eat little white foxes!’  The sculptures have been made by myself and Andy Moss in our new Sand In Your Eye Ice Studio located in Bradford that runs at a constant -12 degrees.  The sculptures have taken us 18 days to sculpt and have been funded by Bradford Council.

Each Steward will be from Sand In Your Eye and will be pleased to answer all your questions about the story and ice sculpture.

Themes in the Story

The story is a comment upon prejudice and tolerance. The Little White Fox is tolerant of all the animals he meets even though he has been told that they like to eat Little White Foxes, and it is because of this that there is hope he will fulfil his mission.  The story was written specifically with the multicultural city of Bradford in mind where I grew up as well as my travels abroad that opened up opportunities of becoming a sand and ice sculptor through meeting very different types of people.

Competition and cards

There will be free Christmas cards to collect on the day of the Snowy Owl and the Polar Bear.  There will also be a competition on our facebook page where the winner will be the person that gets their photo uploaded to our page ‘liked’ the most.  The prize will be one of the original illustrations.

Theatre Performance by Green Lane Primary School, Brass band, and Mrs Claus telling the story herself

Green Lane Primary school have been working their socks off to bring together an interpretation of the ‘Have you seen Santa?’ story.  There will be a brass band playing all our favourite festive tunes and a reading of the story by non other Mrs Claus herself.

Timings

1100 Live carving begins

12:00 Sculptures for the trail are all on display

13:00 Mrs Clause tells the Story of Have you seen Santa

14:00 Green Lane Primary perform ‘Have you seen Santa?’

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"It’s been a pleasure to collaborate with Sand In Your Eye over the last two years. Together we’ve created a 60 metre sand portrait , a giant tennis ball mosaic at Wimbledon and a huge mud toilet sculpture at Glastonbury, all of which have helped us secure high quality media coverage for our campaigns. Working to the highest ethical and environmental standards, Sand In Your Eye go above and beyond to problem-solve and create unique activations that help WaterAid to reach new audiences. I look forward to more collaborations in future."

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"We have worked with the team at Sand In Your Eye since we started delivering our projects in 2019. During that time we have found them to be imaginative, creative and inspiring in their thinking. The attention to detail, amazing creations and passion for all they do really sets them apart and we look forward to continuing our working relationships as we enter a new five year term."

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"It was a pleasure to work with the skilful team at Sand In Your Eye. From having initial idea discussions to working up designs, creating the land art and producing top quality film and imagery afterwards. We were delighted with the whole process from start to finish and would thoroughly recommend."

Emily WatsonNorth York Moors National Park
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"We were delighted with the outcome of our climate-themed Coal and Ice event at Woodhorn Museum. The Ice Trail looked stunning, with visitors really connecting with the poignancy of seeing beautifully carved endangered animals slowly begin to melt away. Throughout the project, the Sand in Your Eye team were enthusiastic, professional, collaborative and full of brilliant creative ideas. I wouldn't hesitate to work with Sand in Your Eye again and would highly recommend them to others."

Liz RitsonMuseums Northumberland, Woodhorn Museum
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Emma WilkinsonGreenhouse PR
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"We were really excited to work with Sand In Your Eye on this important project. The attention to detail and the tutorial videos we received to help our children put together the paper bees were just fabulous. The engagement in the project from all year groups was lovely to see. The team at Sand In Your Eye are creative, innovative and have a can-do attitude; no project is too big!"

Rob PaytonSchool Head Hebden Royd CofE
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