There is a long-running radio programme on the BBC called ‘Just a Minute’, in which contestants are given one minute to talk about a given subject for a minute without repetition or deviation. Fittingly, I was listening to this half-hour programme in the kitchen while pinning a selection of foliage and flowers from the garden to a polystyrene head for The Kick-About No. 142.
The leaves were harvested quickly—because it was about to rain—and this Vertumnus-inspired head was started and finished in just under thirty minutes. Early next morning, I took him out into the garden and photographed him in his element. Admittedly, it’s all a bit more ‘Midsommar’ than Arcimboldo!
Red's Kingdom 
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