As a response to the horrendous situation in Ukraine I’m running a little fundraiser competition so today’s blog is all about how you can get involved. All money raised will go straight to the Disasters Emergency Committee for Ukraine. I am donating the automata, all material costs and postage costs. I’d love you to take part and help me raise money to support the people of Ukraine. You need to go to my Just Giving page to contribute.

Sunyashniki

I have made sunflower automata in the past, as its the national flower of Ukraine it seemed obvious to fundraise around this beautiful flower. Sunflowers work so well as automata as they naturally turn throughout the day to follow the sun so turning the handle on the automaton to see the sunflower rotate makes perfect sense. I made a completely new automata especially for the competition from patinated copper, golden leaf and reclaimed hardwood. The title ‘Sunyashniki’ is Ukrainian for sunflower. By contributing to my fundraiser you will be in with the chance of winning the automata and helping a most worthy cause. Your name will go into a hat once for every £10 donated so donate £10 and get one chance to win, donate £30 and get 3 chances to win and so on. Don’t forget to tick the box to share your contact details with me so I can get in touch if you win! The competition closes on April 25th and a winner will be drawn and notified on April 28th. Full details of how it works are on my Just Giving page. You can see the automata at work on my website here.

Thanks for reading and taking an interest in sunflowers and causes.

Very best of luck!