Inside a church in east London, a clown called Mattie Faint is clutching a very special kind of egg. Daubed onto its surface is a studiously rendered, if somewhat rudimentary, portrait of a clown’s face. It’s one of many ceramic eggs that Faint keeps safe – they are vitally important to their owners. Faint is the curator of the Clowns’ Gallery, a museum based at Trinity Church in London’s East...
The fascinating reason why clowns paint their faces on eggs
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