Lord Mayors Parade - final nights work

We spent the night before the parade constructing the floats. Helpfully, it was really windy and poured with rain for most of the night. By 4am in the morning we were gaffa taping foil to our legs to keep the cold out. The photos are taken as dawn approaches (so a bit dark - like our mood) as we were still feverishly sliding around on the wet floats and up ladders applying ruffles of net and shiny things. We finished at about 5.30 - just in time to get an hour and a halfs sleep before the parade.

If it sits still, give it a ruffle! This is Oscar in the workshop - he used to live in a circus so he's unphased by a bit of frou-frou.

Burnett & Catt - Carnival continued....with a special preview of Miss Milky Ways 'chopper' in progress

More images from the workshop - 3 weeks to the carnival. We're especially excited about ''Miss Milky Way's" telescopic pushbike in progress - think we're going to have to rethink her crinoline though and maybe go for some diamante cycling shorts.

Burnett & Catt Floats - Moon Balloon & Silly Planets in progress

Workshop images of the latest work on the carnival. We've been burning the midnight oil making bizarre asteroids and planets for the 'big bang' float and have made a start on the moon balloon float that will transport the 'moon hare' around the parade circuit. The strange dalek looking structures on the second set of pictures are the moon balloons telescopic eyes (one for each side).

Burnett and Catt - workshop images, floats in progress

work in progress for the Carnival Parade.

Burnett & Catt Lord Mayors Carnival Designs Bradford 2009

Its Bradford Lord Mayors Carnival on June 20th. This year the theme is Astronomy /space to coincide with International year of Astronomy. Here are our initial drawings for this years floats and costumes. The bottom graphic will be the carnival logo.