Spiral @ RHS Chatsworth

We were most honoured to be invited to RHS Chatsworth to create a 'Have a Go' well dressing on the Sunday. We enjoyed the experience very much and we are hoping to go again next year.
Lots of interesting conversations with the public, lots of laughter in our star tent and at the end of the day a beautiful well dressing which we displayed in Grove Lodge back in the Derby Arboretum.

We were the star tent on the right!

Derby Well Dressing around the Cathedral Quarter

We spent a week based in QUAD to create 6 well dressings with schools, community groups and at drop-in sessions with adults.
The theme celebrated 40 years of Derby being a city and depicted images of shops from years ago, local statues, the Kings Hall, The Baseball Ground and the Queen visiting Derby in 1977.
The well dressings were exhibited around the Cathedral Quarter at QUAD, Deda, the local studies library, the Central Library, Derby Cathedral and the Sales and Information Centre.

Fabric Corsages @ GoldsQUAD

Another great session working with the ladies to create fabric corsages using fabric, buttons, thread and felt.

Concertina Animals @ Grove Lodge

A great session working with local families to create Concertina Animals in the park.

Batik @ Harold Court

This session we worked with the residents of Harold Court Sheltered Scheme to create batik letters for a banner to be displayed at Lark in the Park in September in the Derby Arboretum.
We had a fun time, lots of laughs and a cuppa.

Well Dressing @ the Royal & London Road Community Hospitals

We spent a week creating 6 well dressings at The Royal Derby and London Road Community Hospitals with patients, staff and visitors.
At the Royal we worked in maternity, near the staff cafe, in the main hospital, and in the Kings Treatment Centre. At London Road we worked on the Ward 4 with the older people and near the Blood Clinic in the main entrance.
The theme of the well dressings were based on Celebrating 10 years of AirArts delivering the Arts in the hospitals.
The well dressings were displayed in the open air courtyards for a week.

Batik Boxes @ GoldsQUAD

We delivered a batik session at GoldsQUAD in April.
The ladies created their own patterns onto paper and made origami boxes with their decorated pieces.