The drawing shed was an Arts Council funded project in collaboration with artist Sally Labern, running BIG drawing days in an area of Walthamstow, East London, Part of the Be Creative Be Well initiative. The project was highly commended by the Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust, and the Campaign for Drawing features it as a case study.
This is work that has come out of The Watershed Project and is the start of exploratory work- initially on a small scale but in anticipation of larger more complex work. The pieces play with contrasting texture, colour, and weight,and technique, often referencing the land. The wool is very local and I’m hand spinning it … Read more
Creative Partnerships project at The Avenue Special Needs School in Reading, 2009 The Enquiry question was: In what ways can the practice of increasing sensory awareness of particular spaces and natural materials be developed by staff and pupils to increase the effectiveness of the teaching/learning curriculum? I worked with 2 classes: ASD and a PMLD … Read more