Welcome. Over the next few weeks I will document the heroic design, build and installation of my construction for Cakebook2011.
But first, a quick look back to last year: I chose the Tyneside Cinema, more for love of attending viewings, than any care for the external architecture. If you know the cinema you will be aware that it is partly hidden behind other buildings, which made for a slightly strange shape, and walls which cannot in reality be seen.
I was very kindly supplied plans by the architects who masterminded the renovations; this proved a double-edged sword. Having complete scale drawings meant I felt compelled to be as accurate as possible to as many details as I could using fruit cake and ready-to-roll icing.
The cut-out roof was a late thought. The part of the cinema I love is the interior: the renovated art deco details, and the screens of course. Having the plans I realised I could make the Electra screen if I took a section out of the top. The screen was accurate down to the number of individual seats (although I did change their colour).
Praised by the organisers for it's accuracy and detail, it was generally (and literally) over-looked by most people, being dwarfed by the buildings around it, a lesson learned for this year...
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