Why

I’d seen a few odd painted pebbles. Some were animals and insects and some had little inspirational notes next to them or painted on them. I saw one or two with “ NHS”, and I thought that was good simple positive nice idea. With the Covid-19 Pandemic in full swing, and the nation fully backing the awesome NHS, I thought spreading the love was a good thing.

When

April 2020.

Where

Around Rothwell.

Materials / Media

Pebbles, paint.

Production

I 3D printed some heart and NHS stencils that would suit different sized pebbles. First, I painted them all with white masonry paint. Then I sprayed them up with all the different colours I had available in my garage. Then I painted on the hearts and letters.

Execution

Some of the pebbles left in random urban and countryside locations.

Notes

These looked so good as a collection, it was almost a shame to break them up.

Duration & Fate

They generally didn’t stay where they were placed for long as far as I could tell. That might be because people took them to redistribute as is sometimes the practise. In some other cases though, I know they were just thrown as far away as possible from where they were picked up because that’s what mindless children do. I didn’t distribute all of them, so a few are still in my front garden.