The Egg Scrambled!

Well, it was time for the Exbury Egg (website) to go, as the tour reached its end yesterday, I know one local business person who is glad to see it go, and another who will miss it, how things are perceived differently by individuals! Anyway, it's gone now...

Bye bye Egg!

The Egg hatched again yesterday!

I spotted the Exbury Egg by the Jerwood Gallery in Rock-a-Nore Road (see earlier blogs) open again yesterday, late morning/early afternoon...

So, if you're in the area, you may just be lucky and be able to have a look inside, or even pop inside, you may even meet Stephen Turner, enjoy!

The Egg Hatches!

Today I noticed the Exbury Egg, down at Rock-a-Nore Road, with an open door, so, what did I do? Yep, I had to take a wee look inside, and it really is a tardis! SO much more room than looks possible from outside, like one of those small caravans I stayed in on holidays as a child, but with even more room inside...

So, what is happening? Well, today, they were making the inside appear as similar as possible to what it looked like when it was lived in by Stephen Turner for a year, a few years ago, and it is planned to be 'open' to the public, when feasible, from this Saturday until the 15th of October, when it ceases to be an exhibit (see my previous blog and see his website).  Indeed, everything comes from the egg!

Wooden Egg-shaped Houseboat lands in Rock-a-Nore Road!

The Exbury Egg arrived in Rock-a-Nore Road yesterday, landing by the Jerwood Gallery. Artist, Stephen Turner lived on the egg in Exbury, Hampshire, for a year between 2013-14, and since then it appears to have been travelling the country as an exhibit, and now is in Hastings.

Stephen, helped by architect Wendy Perring, designed the houseboat as a means to 'explore the nature of the landscape and the meaning of place' in a time of environmental change, and the 6 metres long and 3.5 metres wide egg was built by boat builder Paul Baker. 

It's now time for Hastings folk to appreciate the project!