Wild Art at Yarner Wood

Fridays are Wild Art mornings at East Dartmoor NNR Yarner Wood in the Woodland Centre
10-12 £5 per child
Starting with Flag making on Friday 2 August
We will be using sewing Machines 

Bookings from Bridget 07766342723
bridgetarnold66@gmail.com

Dragon Fly Flag

Communal Effort at Hatherleigh

The workshop Source to Sea at Hatherleigh on Saturday was very successful with over 300 people visiting the Old Schools to look at the Exhibition and take part in putting their mark on the banner - A fantastic job by workshop leader Naomi Hart and helpers Suzy Maxwell and Patricia Lomax

National Dragonfly Week

I heard that it is National Dragonfly week , I thought that was worth a celebration, so a new flag emerged , have you ever looked at how long it takes for a dragonfly to emerge as an adult ? In large species it can take 2- 3 years from egg to adult!

Dragonfly Flag

Stunning Butterflies

Another great silk painting day spent with the lovely ladies from Trusham, they all achieved great things including this stunning Butterfly scarf, not that I am into Butterflies at all!!!

From Source to Sea at Hatherleigh

From Source to Sea – Create a giant communal painting

Facilitated by Devon Artists Network

Cost – Free
Venue – Old Schools
Age Group – Family
Time – All Day Saturday

Join Naomi Hart to help create a giant communal painting based on the Lew and Torridge Rivers, from source to sea, highlighting their ecology and wildlife.

This can include settlements, towns, water, rocks, the river banks, plants, fish, animals found by the water (represented as animals or by their tracks in the mud), roundhouses, stone rows, cairns, burial mounds and rituals and the finished painting will represent a cultural and ecological ‘map’ of the rivers and their surroundings.

The workshop can be loosely structured with people ‘dropping-in’ to paint a small section.  As the canvas will be large, around 5metres long by 1.5m wide, several people can work on it all at the same time – up to 20 at a time.

As the painting skills needed are basic, all ages can join in and either work on one bit together or separate parts of the river.  There will be visual material available for people to respond to if they don’t know the river well.

The public/participants will learn about mixing paint colours, mark making, teamwork and about different ways to represent things in the real world. They will also learn about the geography, geology, history and ecology of the area and see how people and the river fit into the environment.

http://www.hatherleighfestival.co.uk/workshops/

Fun Silk Workshop

Saturday was a fun workshop with the sun blasting down on us, it was a good opportunity to do some shibori tying and dying , it dried in no time ! The next workshop in August is Saturday 10 looking forward to it to do some more experimenting- do you think the sun will still be shining?

Butterfly conservation !

Mary Harald who is a volunteer with the Butterfly Conservation Society borrowed my Butterfly flags for an Open day on Saturday at A la Ronde near Exmouth. I was glad to help make the stand look more colourful

Fishy Flag Time!

Charlotte and I made two fishy Flags to brighten up  the Devon Guild of Craftsmen Court Yard
as part of the Flag Making Demonstration

Flag Making Demo

Saturday 6 July we will be at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen making Flags like

these ones that were made at QE School, so they can go up in the Courtyard to brighten it up

Fabulous Flags

Here are a few of the flags made at QE school that are up now, they look amazing !

Turtle Flag!