Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

The village of Desford was transformed in 2017 for Desford in Bloom and #YarnBomb . Desford in Bloom founded by Ewan Lindsay in 2016 comprises of 4 groups; The Committee, The Watering Team, The Planting Team and the Community. The village was entered into the East Midlands in Bloom Competition in the Small Town Category and is sponsored by nearby Tropical Birdland from which it uses as its theme in 2017. The #YarnBomb element of the event has been created by dedicated knitters from local groups and compliments the "In Bloom" event. The village is dotted with cutout images of tropical birds painted by local school children and groups continuing the tropical bird theme. My film aims to bring you a taste of the event but a visit is highly recommended, further information can be found at www.desfordinbloom.co.uk

Designed for the Leicester branch of the Samaritans helpline as part of a campaign to  encourage people to volunteer for the charity my poster features the slogan we`re all ears and features butterfly made out of 'ear' shapes symbolising the release the people may feel after talking through their problems with a Samaritan. The poster uses the Samaritans green colour scheme and adds complimentary colours such as brown and orange against a simple white background to grab peoples attention. 

The Pieris Brassicae Butterfly is a large white Butterfly with white wings and black tips on the forewings. Females also have two black spots and a black streak on each wing. This Butterfly is very common in UK gardens and in my short film they can be seen fluttering around Buddleia plants drinking nectar from it's purple flowers Adult Pieris Brassicae can be seen from April to October.

Near one of Leicester's busy roads is one of natures finest shows. My film features an area of unspoilt woodland beauty found just alongside numerous busy roads and the Fosse Park shopping centre. During the spring and early summer months the woodland floor becomes a fantastic display of blue in the form of hundreds of wild Bluebells, a sight that many people miss as they speed past on the busy roads that surround this little oasis of calm. Butterflies and various flying insects go from flower to flower collecting pollen as birds and rabbits play in this tiny area of woodland all just meters away from the heavy traffic of the M1 motorway approach.