Independent project

At last have finished choosing and mnipulating images for the "Jack in a Box". Will download copies of the final 12 selected. I have used a variety of John Howard faces to superimpose over the faces of refugees placing him in their 'shoes'.- situation, some seeming totally incongruous for the situation but others using his more 'reflective' image.

The Spring for the Jack in a Box has proven far more difficult to find. I have been to tip shops, op shops, sports shops, auto wreckers, bed makers and furniture builders, craft shops, marine shops etc and lots of them. The bottom line is that the type of spring I need is not made anymore. It needs to be tall but able to be compressed into the box. Most springs available or seen are tight, small and designed to expand under pressure not contract under pressure.

Looked at agricultural pipe , vaccuum pipe or anything which may compress but none were suitable. I THEN FOUND AN OLD TV ANTENNAE where the wire coils around the horizontal arm. I think it will work...........................so back to the box I have found, painted the top to make it look like the deck of a boat and a lock so it will stay closed. Images have been printed today so now it is a matter of trying to put it together and hope it works.......