Paper flowers workshop......

Here are some more wonderful things created at the Broadway Gallery Family Art Studio workshop I ran back in October to run in conjunction with Rebecca Louise Law's exhibition that was on at the time. These were all created by a range of ages from 3's and up. 

Simple constructions of cut paper petals attached in the middle by glue-ing onto disks of paper and card, and then attached to a straw by using split pins. I glued them in place too for additional sturdiness. The straws were slight bendy ones, so it meant we could angel the flowers to a jaunty angle! A simple idea that worked really well. 

Everyone went home with handfuls of created paper flowers/collages and sculpture-ey things!!!

All these were made by one little girl!!

Chuff chuff!

Wiggly dangling ghosts......

Collage by a little 2 yr old.....

Spinning paper flowers......

Paper time flowers - one boys' fantastically individual and witty paper time flowers.....

I had to post these as just a separate group, made by one child on the Family Art Studio workshop at the Broadway Gallery in Letchworth Garden City on October 9th that I ran to work in conjunction with the exhibition by Rebecca Louise Law. I thought these were so utterly wonderful!!! They showed real wit and individuality.  I talked to the boy's mum and we talked a lot about his autism and how he sees the world so differently. She was fab So supportive of him and encouraging of his clear talents. What he made stood streets ahead in concept of the other children that came. It really was a real privilege to get the chance to help and work with him.

All the paper time flowers in a pretend pot..........

"The Dawn of Time"

"Eating Time"

"Explosion of Time"

"Bad/ Monster Time"

"Out of Time"

Cambridge Blues - cross fertilisation form a workshop.....new work!

Back in August, I ran the Family Art Studio drop in workshop at the Broadway Gallery in Letchworth Garden City. We made paper collages based on Willow Pattern Plates. It worked so well... you can see the blog post HERE  It set my mind thinking and running! What about Cambridge works in just blue?! It would be a real challenge and it would be something different too......I have been feeling a bit stuck in a rut lately. I'd met up with my friend Pauline that I met many years ago when we did our college degree together. She is a head of art at a secondary school and its always great to meet and chat about art together. She has been going to an evening class to do academic painting and one of the disciplines she is doing, is working in monochrome. The willow pattern workshop and Pauline's comments stuck in my head! To just stick with blues?! can I manage it and make something that works?!

Its funny that isn't it when something relatively insignificant thought sticks in your mind and stays lodged there.....

So I had a go and these are the first two of what I hope will be a real series, that I just want to entitle Cambridge Blues. I think its a cool title... gets my creative juices flowing. This is what is so good about running workshops. Its great meeting new people and enjoying the moments of making art together, but its also great inspiration for me and gives me lots of new ideas, a cross fertilisation really that sets me onto a whole new journey....