I never get tired of the magic of making lanterns. Here are some of the efforts at Winterslow Youth Zone for the village carol singing - beautiful!
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Fabulous working drawings in oil pastels by year 5 and 6 children towards designs for banners for their main school hall. The final artworks will hang either side of their altar area and are sponsored by the local church. Practise session with the silk dye paints and hot wax batik on fabric, in preparartion for 'the real thing'
Last terms work with years 5 and 6 children finally goes up in the playground gazebo What can't be seen here is the movement of the pieces in the breeze which gives the work an added dimension
Phew, a manic day of drawing with almost a hundred children taking part in the Big Draw at Salisbury museum. Using a variety of drawing contraptions, or creating their own, all ages (including adults) spent the day exploring the limitless creative possibilites and the fun to be had with the simple process of drawing. Day 2 saw us taking the workshop out to the local estate where we made X ray specs to help us with our 'X ray' drawings of aeroplanes and castles
Gorgeous textures in these rings of crank clay made by Years 5 and 6 children in preparation for outdoor artwork
I can just about see the Big Draw approaching and it looks like there are going to be wonderful opportunities to take part this year, such as this online project http://www.accessart.org.uk/drawing-with-stuff-the-big-draw-online-with-accessart/ . Until then, have a look at these past collection of drawings by years 3 and 4 children
Our little group at Morning star, a local charity which seeks to reach some of the most needy people in the city of Salisbury and beyond, dealing with issues of homelessness and addiction, have been working from a photography session in the Wiltshire landscape. Using the hot wax resist method, they have been developing their work into some stunning batiks.
Drop in community event with http://www.5x5x5creativity.org.uk/ at Old Sarum housing estate themed 'Grow It, Cook It, Eat It'. Looking at healthy,happy bodies and what goes into them, we made our own personalised aprons to wear when things get messy... and drew round a willing volunteer adding some collage with lentil eyes and paper etc. to celebrate what it means to be 'me'
All things medieval were on the menu today starting with some serious potion making. From love potions to potions guaranteed to ease your aching bones while shooing off evil curses, the room was full of the smell of pounded herbs. To add to the sensory bombardment, on another table we had the jingle of jesters hats as children added little bells to their card creations While all this was going on we also had a number of medieval theatres being constructed complete with scenery changes and casts of charcters. I'm not totally convinced that a visiting alien named 'Spikey Cow' would have been part of the usual medieval cast but creativity and imagination like that is what makes running workshops with children so wonderful. Wouldn't like to meet this chap on a dark night.
More fun with clay as families take part in Salisbury Museum's Kings and Queens day, making delicacies straight off King Henry VIII's original menu and making some amazing crowns to wear to the banquet.
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Susan Francis
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