Jane Blackburn in a flower-themed costume for Carnival It's impossible to think about Preston Caribbean Carnival without imagining the wonderfully colourful
Preston City Council local elections 2024 rolling results updateswithout imagining the wonderfully colourful and elaborate costumes that fill the city’s streets each late May bank holiday weekend.
Jane went into pottery and taught at colleges in Preston and Runshaw while also starting North West Contemporary Design Collective to create opportunities for artists in Preston. She worked with The Harris putting on exhibitions and workshops, plus with Preston City Council on celebratory events such as Chinese New Year, Egg Rolling and Mela.
It was a fantastic time and when I returned we were able to develop the size and impact of the feature costumes for Preston, and started making bigger and better costumes. After that year I became workshop manager and lead artist, a role I alternated with Bob Heath who has also worked for Preston Carnival for many years.How has your teaching background influenced your input to Carnival?
In 2004 I designed themes around pearl, which is the gemstone for 30th celebrations, and presented these at a troupe meeting at the Town Hall. We had dragons chasing pearls, mother of pearl, pearls of wisdom, jewels in the crown, pearly kings and queens, and oysters under the sea, and we had 13 different groups taking part.Working in an old mill in dirty, cold and damp conditions with time restraints meaning that the whole Carnival has to be created in eight weeks.
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