Exbury Egg Tour Blog

Inside the Egg facing front. Circa 2017 The inside front of my new book is a duotone of the inside front of the Exbury Egg and the inside back is a duotone of the inside back. They top and tail 184 pages of stories, poems, speculation, art, mythology, science and alchemy illuminating the Eggman's particular view of the world at a time of environmental, spiritual and economic woe. The words arching over the sleeping platform in the image below are a quote from Walden (1854) by

Stephen Turner and Caroline Collier at the Royal Society of Sculptors on 15th February 2023 for the launch of his book

I will be speaking about my project the Exbury Egg and life as its Eggman, as part of Art for Your World for The Royal Society of Sculptors tomorrow. Please follow the link below to book a free place. Stephen Turner's Exbury Egg 9 November 2021 at 6.30pm Artists Talk Royal Society of Sculptors Stephen Turner’s Exbury Egg | Royal Society of Sculptors BOOK NOW

Stephen Turner (Eggman) looking in on the Giudecca Egg Photo ©Calum F Kerr 2021 The Giudecca Egg was made from waste plastic collected and donated by local people on the Venetian Island of Giudecca and exhibited at Palazzetto Tito, the home of the Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa during La Biennale de Venezia 2019; where it was part of Stephen Turner's exhibition 'Natura Prima?' It was recently recreated as an installation in the Exbury Egg for the Thamesmead Festival 2021 on

FREE WORKSHOPS by Dani Tagen 26 June and 10 July (Saturdays) The workshops are aimed at exploring image making and sound recording using mobile phones. Participants will learn moving image making skills inspired by Thamesmead's landscape, its lakes and waterways. Focused on the relationship between Thamesmead and the participants connection to their neighbourhood. WORKSHOP BOOKING HERE

Sound designer Rob Szeliga working on 'From Water' Dani Tagen's forthcoming installation in Stephen Turner's Exbury Egg from 26 June - 10 July 2021.

Bhajan Hunjan's installation in Stephen Turner's Exbury Egg at Thamesmead was very beautiful and had great synchronicity with the Egg's own themes of new life, nurture and renewal as these photos and video show.

'From Water' 2021, 10minute loop digital video (4k and iPhone4), projectors and speakers. Sound designer Rob Szeliga Coming Soon FROM WATER is an immersive video installation by artist Dani Tagen that invites the public to contemplate water from inside Stephen Turner's Exbury Egg as part of his project 'Natura Prima’ Thamesmead - Venice 2019-21 at Bow Art's Lakeside Centre, Bazalgette Way, London, SE2 9AN. The opening times will be:- 27th June (Sunday), 3rd July (Saturday), 4

Over the last year of lockdown due to Covid19, the Exbury Egg has suffered significant weathering which needed to be urgently addressed in order to accommodate a series of new events in Thamesmead between now and the end of August. I spent the whole of last week sealing leaks in the upper half of the shell, particularly around the windows and doors, as well as treating the timber against some evident decay. I had a huge amount of assistance from Dani Tagen, one of the four a

Episode 6 of Thamemead's Best Beaks - Thamesmead Tales & Feathers Listen Easter Sunday 4 April, 12noon - 1pm on www.rtm.fm JD Swann is broadcasting tomorrow at noon, with 'Thamesmead's Best Beaks' on RTM FM (Radio Thamesmead). This is Episode 6 of a series that began with an interview of the Eggman, Stephen Turner and has included JD Swann's own occupation of the Exbury Egg. For the last of the series J D hears and reads tales of nature from residents of Thamesmead and wal

The following link is to the Eggman's story about the Swans of Burnley Wood in Lancashire in 2016, commissioned by SuperSlow Way (https://superslowway.org.uk) as part of their series 'People, Place, Time & Space'. A version of this will feature in 'Everything from the Egg' - a new book due to be published later this year by The Artist's Agency (https://www.theartistsagency.co.uk); a meditation on the life and times of the Exbury Egg and its Eggman 2012 - 2020. http://peoplep

This time last year I made this egglet from the falling bracts and seeds from the linden tree beside the Egg at the Lakeside Centre in Thamesmead. I made this image one year on today, beneath the lime in my neighbours garden in Dewsbury.

Yesterday marked the anniversary of the Exbury Egg being floated on Southmere Lake in Thamesmead. She was on the water for a month and then relocated for community use as a guest of the Lakeside Centre managed by Bow Arts Trust. A lot was planned to happen between March and now, but Covid19 just brought everything to a full stop. The Egg was due to leave this week for waters new, but remains so that we can eventually complete the project with installations by two Thamesmead

After making a tea from the Linden's delicate and small yellow flowers, I made this 'egglet' by fastening together and then winding up their leaf bracts.

Please do visit the site of RTM radio for the full show of JD Swann's new show, including his interview with the Eggman. Click on the image below...

The lockdown because of COVID19 has been a stressful time for the great many of us. I can recommend a relaxing cup of Linden (lime) flower tea and now is the time to pick them. I’d intended to collect those overhanging the Egg at the Lakeside Centre in Thamesmead and provide tea in the Egg for the enjoyment of local people. It was not to be. However, I am fortunate to have a lime overhanging my house in Yorkshire in full, if discreet, bloom and I was able to pick sufficient

Happy Longest Day! Please tune into maverick ornithological investigator J D Swann's new radio show tomorrow on RTM (Radio Thamesmead) - Sunday 21 June at 12noon - Thamesmead's Best Beaks with J D Swann! The first episode is all about The Exbury Egg which is currently still locked down in Thamesmead. The show includes an interview with the Eggman, Stephen Turner, Guess That Bird, and Goose Music! https://rtm.fm/shows/thamesmeads-best-beaks/

I am very sorry to let everyone know that the planned 'Spring Clean' walk to collect waste plastic with the Ridgeway Users Group in Thamesmead on March 28th has been cancelled, following Government Advice on Coronavirus. We did not want to put volunteers at risk at an event we can reschedule for later in the year.

exploration of , active listening and conversation taking place over a period of a year when the Exbury Egg, located on the grounds of the Lakeside Centre, will act as a conversational tool and meeting space for artists and the local community. Our collaboration will see Joseph facilitate a series of discussions around themes that align both our creative practices, including those of home, arrival, disconnect and the environment. Further information and booking details can b