Sculpture Club @ St James

Here are some more large paper mache birds we have been making with St James Juniors for our Lark in the Park event in August.

Rosehill School - Gruffalo

Just before Christmas, Rosehill School came and spent 4 days with us at Grove Lodge creating paper mache sculptures for their Gruffalo project. 
We all had a busy time creating fir trees and decorations as well as some life-size characters from the story.
Well done and thank you to artists, Claire and Kate, who joined us to deliver the workshops. 
We hope to get some photos on the blog soon.

Inspiring Derby Week - Rainbow Fishing in the park

What a great turnout on a lovely sunny day in the Arboretum Park.
We had lots of children and families come to create Rainbow Fish as part of Inspiring Derby Week

Have a look at our fishes...

There is a Gruffalo in the school...

We had a great two weeks creating characters from the Gruffalo story with St James Infants.

Here is the marvellous Gruffalo and the other animals in the forest.

Thank you to all the wonderful children and teaching staff at the school. 

Is there a Gruffalo in the Arboretum?

We have walked around the Arboretum Park to collect leaves, look at the interesting trees and take tree bark rubbings.
We also looked out for the creatures in the Gruffalo story, but we only saw lots and lots of squirrels.

Here are a few photos of our leaf printing for a background display.

"Big Draw" in the Orangery

We were invited by Diane from Artblock to take part in a Big Draw event in the Arboretum. We worked in  the old Orangery which was a very beautiful space. We made windsocks, recycled notebooks and peep boxes. If you have never been to the Arboretum in Derby check it out, it is a wonderful space and there is a cafe too!

peeping in the box

our decorated sample

and the other side

really, could we have brought more stuff!!!!

the peep box table

the orangery