Cardboard sculptures at The William Morris Gallery

Free form cardboard sculptures were made at Creative Kids in The William Morris Gallery this month. The sculptures were inspired by The Clare Mittens Exhibit, 

PLANTWORKS: A Factory As It Might Be. 

Clare Mitten Blog has her work in full.

Clare visited the families in Creative kids this month and explained how she was inspired by parts of plants. As she progressed working with the materials, shapes would change in the process creating new ideas. The kids made their own sculptures from cardboard, coloured paper and shapes.
I thought what Clare explained was a generous gift for being creative with abandon, or at least allow the adults to leave the children to make things that looked like nothing they had seen before. Leaving things be " just what they are"  can be challenging at times for adults.

Enjoy the photos. I am very proud of what they made. Thankyou to everyone on the Creative Kids team who helps.

cold spring days

Walthamstow Wassail photos 2017

Here are photos from the Family Wassail at The Vestry House Museum yesterday afternoon.

ThankYOU for making our trees, bees, apples and cheese be prosperous in our little 'STOW for 2017.

There are some wonderful robin masks and photos and videos of the Wassail event below.

Making the robin masks.

Out to Wassail in The Vestry house museum orchard

We sing well wishes to the apple tree, 'to grow well'.

Leaving the Vestry House Museum

jolly wassail song at the town square

redbreast song at town square

Mark from Froth and rind's wassail

Insult 2nd by Mark at Froth and Rind

pickled onion song by Family Wassailers

Thankyou to The Vestry House Museum, to Froth and Rind, Bee17 for  the bonfire, never underestimate our wonderful volunteers who helped on the day at the workshops and opening their homes Helen, Erica, Alison, Kev, Simon, Ama and Tony, Helen, senior wassailers, Lucy's mum and dad, Geoff , apple cake lady ( sorry i do not know your name),  pubs for hosting the choir The nags head, The village pub , Walthamstow folk club and of course Lucy for organising the Walthamstow Wassail 2017.