Creative Cafe Apr-Jun25

We delivered a lovely project called Creative Cafe at Loudon Lodge Apr-June 2025.

We looked at 6 different artists and each week we created work reflecting that artists style or focus.

We studied Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keefe, Van Gogh, Matisse, Monet & Yayoi Kusama. What a great time we had learning about these artists and the work was great too!

Kindly funded by Community Cohesion Grant

Nature Spaces Sept-Dec 2023

We have worked with a great group of people over these 4 months to make some wonderful creative work. This is a wellbeing group who like to sit and create together in the beautiful surroundings of the Derby Arboretum. If you are interested in joining us, please email spiral_arts@hotmail.co.uk

Here are some of the wonderful pieces created, sewing with plastic, cyanotypes, floral sculpture, textured picture frames, plaster-casts, plate painting, scrap weaving, felt making and christmas decorations.

 

Artis-Tree - Textile Trees

Over the last few months we have been busy working on our Artis-Tree project working with 4 different groups to create 4 fabulous textile trees. They will be exhibited in the Orangery in Derby Arboretum in January. The groups who created the artwork were the Young Carers, SEWA Dementia, Upbeat Communities and young people from Derby College.

We used textile techniques such as Japanese Shibori Tie-dye, wrapping branches and block printing leaves.

The project was funded by Living Well Derby City.

Here are some of the images taken in the workshop sessions. 

Giant Puppets for International Women's Day 2022

Wow what a busy month we had creating two giant puppets for International Women's Day 2022. We delivered lots of workshops at the Derby Women's Centre and Derby Arboretum with groups and at drop-in sessions. 

The procession was simply brilliant, starting from the women's centre, down to The Spot at the start of St Peter's Street in Derby all the way to the old library on the Wardwick. What a great experience.

Many thanks to all the artists who helped make the puppets, the people who carried the puppets and the funders - Central England Co-operative and Foundation Derbyshire.