Working with Eileen Malaniff and Akvile Simans on the giant puppet for Saint Bridget’s Day was a great experience. We had just three weeks to deliver, and it was Eileen’s idea to create a giant puppet that got us - and the wider community - on board straight away. We sourced donated materials from people around us and slowly transformed them into something magical. It was a huge build in a very short space of time. The collaboration worked because everyone listened to one another and stayed open to suggestions and different areas of expertise. In the end, the puppet turned out far more powerful and bigger than I think any of us imagined at the start.