Huge Bristol colouring book in world record bid
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An easel has been made to display the book
A huge colouring book of sketches of Bristol scenes has been created by local artists in a world-record bid.
The 5m by 2.2m (16ft by 7ft) book will be displayed on a specially made easel this weekend as part of the Bristol Harbourside Festival.
Under Guinness Book of Records rules, judges must see at least one of the book's 16 pages being coloured in when they visit on Sunday.
The current record, set in Poland in May 2014, is 10 sq m.
The world record attempt is the centrepiece of the "city green", near the Hippodrome in the city centre, and is being organised by Hobs Reprographics in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) at the festival this weekend.
The book features images of Bristol buildings and places drawn by 12 Bristol-based artists including Lisa Malyon and Alice Rolfe. It is hoped at least two of the huge pages will be coloured in by visitors to the festival.
RIBA's Rebecca Ridge told the BBC: "It's 2.2m tall so not only do we need lots of kids to come and colour it in, we also need especially tall people to come down and help us reach the hard bits."