Today has been amazing! Hattie Newman and I have been commissioned by YCN to do a live piece of creative work for the launch of YCN LIVE, taking place at London's Village Underground (www.villageunderground.co.uk) next Wednesday 27th August.

In the spirit of 'LIVE' we have decided to bring a deceased local tree back to life for one night, inviting people to embellish and decorate hundreds of coloured paper leaves which we will attach to the trees branches, resurrecting it over the course of the evening!

Having been in touch with Hackney Borough Council's arbicultural department to find a suitable tree, we visited them today to trim the winner into shape for the event, with big help from the guys there - huge thanks to Ian Graham and the team for co-operating with us so nicely :)

Alex