Divali at Erewash Museum

We spent a day working with families in the hayloft at Erewash Museum to create Divali arts and crafts.
We first made clay divas decorated with shiny beads and sequins and then in the afternoon we made mini rangoli patterned boards using coloured sand and glass beads. 
We had some wonderful designs.

Woven butterflies and fishes with Riddings Nursery and Infant School

We worked with 120 Foundation and Reception children at Riddings Nursery and Infant School on a fun day project for the Play and Recycling Centre. The theme was 'colour and recycling', each child made a bird or a fish using simple threading and strip weaving techniques.

    

Sangam Divas

We have been awarded a grant from Foundation Derbyshire to deliver creative workshops with the Sangam ladies group who meet at Grange Hall in Littleover.
At the first session we created clay divas to celebrate Divali in October. The ladies used beads and sequins to decorate their divas. They looked very lovely.

Tepee Weaving @ St Mary's Primary

We spent a day working with Year 1 children at St Mary's Primary School in Derby to create a giant tepee taking inspiration from artist, Andy Goldsworthy. We looked at the colours and circular pattern of Andy's designs and chose recycled fabric strips to create the woven circles.
The children enjoyed sitting inside the tepee when it was completed.

Listen Love Learn - Toy Sacks

We worked with the young parents group at Quad to create toy sacks for their children. We used appliqued fabric to create their children's names, dates of birth and fun images to decorate the sacks.

Mosaic @ St Josephs School

This is the third mosaic we have created with the children at St Joseph's Primary in Derby.
We have enjoyed working at the school and the children have all designed the mosaics and helped to make them.
If you are passing make sure you have a look!
Thank you to all the staff and children for a lovely project.

Hula Weaving @ Arboretum Staff Day

We worked with all the school staff at Arboretum Primary School at the start of September to create woven hoops using hula hoops. 
The staff thought about project themes for their year groups and work together in a team to weave with recycled fabrics.
The results were amazing!!