Luminate Lantern & Light Festival

We have a lovely evening for our Luminate Festival in early November around the Derby Arboretum.
Around 150 people came along to carry lanterns on the procession, listen to the music and watch the morris dancing from 'Chip off the Old'. Light installations were created around the park by local artists and it was a very enjoyable event.
Refreshment and soup were served with the help of volunteers from the Multifaith Group at the cafe.

Fact & Fabrication - The exhibition launch

We had an amazing turnout at our Fact & Fabrication Exhibition in the Orangery in October. The researchers spoke about the stories they had uncovered and Sarah our musician, played the Shuttle to Clog composition.
It was a great start to our exhibition tour.

  

Sahaly Thursday Group

We have been working with the Sahaly Group who meet on Thursdays at Fairdene Court.
We have created a range of artwork over the last few months, woven bowls, batik bags, twisted yarn and sunflowers for the Derby Feste Day.

Fact & Fabrication - Summer Sessions

We delivered a number of sessions over the summer with adult groups to create the installation for our HLF project Fact & Fabrication.
We worked at Belper, Cromford and Derby, delivering a range of textile workshops, indigo dyeing, block printing, shibori, embroidery, & sewing.

Lark in the Park 2018

A good day, with lots of different activities, although the weather was a bit rainy.
The canopy tent had a good range of performers, magician, harpist, spoons workshops, spoken word poets. Also arts activities.

Summer sessions in the Arboretum

We had a busy summer creating art in the orangery at drop-in sessions.
Spin Art, Wrapped cds, recycled notebooks, pencil pots, bracelets, wooden people, and cardboard faces.

Fact & Fabrication

Meeting in the Book Cafe to start the project

Fact and Fabrication is a Heritage Lottery Funded project, researching the communities along the Derwent Valley and using the information to create a textile installation for an exhibition in the mills and local venues.

We spent a few months researching the project since March and now we are working on the textile installation and information banners that will accompany the exhibition.
For more information about the project please visit our dedicated blog page
https://factfabrication.wordpress.com/