We’ve just had the Arts Festival in Holmfirth and this year part of it was the ‘River of Art’ whereby various artists worked with schools and community groups to create artwork that would either be sited in or next to the river. As mentioned in a previous post I’d worked with Hepworth Juniors to create a frog on a lily pad. I’d initially intended it to go below the bridge on Hollowgate on top of one of the unsightly sewer inspection hatches but it was decided the pieces would be best nearer the centre so ‘Flo the Frog’ ended up below the footbridge from the bus station over to the Old Bridge Hotel. The river was really low so siting the piece was relatively easy despite forgetting to bring any ladders and discovering a rotting fox corpse. After three days the pieces were all removed and I found a few coins had been thrown onto the lily pad and one even in the frog’s mouth, quite a feat from the high footbridge.