We have had a very busy time with the Nature Spaces Project funded by Derbyshire Health and Inequalities Partnership. DHIP. Session have been running on a regular basis from Grove Lodge in the Derby Arboretum. Here are a few of the artforms we have been creating in January 2024.
Calendars, Tissue Lanterns, Feather Ink Books, and Seeded Handmade Paper.
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.
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We are getting ready for a Shine Bright Night Lantern Event in February next year. We have already made lanterns with the YMCA Ilkeston group and we will work with many more groups in the next couple of months, creating wonderful lanterns for the event.
This is part of the Past Present Future Project funded by ACE.
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We are finally coming to the end of our Arty Social Behaviour Project.
We worked with the Young Carers groups over the last few weeks creating colourful cardboard birds decorated in beautiful patterns.
These will be display in the Orangery in Derby Arboretum in the next couple of months to give important messages to people walking around the park. The birds will be asking people to look after the park and keep it beautiful for many more years.
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