In a world dominated by technology, it’s a rare and valuable opportunity to share the experience of being creative in nature, bringing people together in a magical way.
From working in museum & gallery gardens, to being part of an artist collective delivering outdoor sessions in green spaces - if there’s the opportunity to work with makers in outside & wild spaces, I will. It’s such a positive experience immersing in nature with groups - taking inspiration from the surroundings & foraging for natural materials to use in our making.
Nature Crowns with families for Kent Wildlife Trust
Spotting & sketching
Foraging for plants
Adding gathered natural materials
Finished crowns!
Conningbrook Lakes school sessions for Outdoor Studios
Finding inspiration for clay works
Creating inks with wild flowers
Painting with natural inks
Creating drawings with chalks & charcoal
Creating clay pieces inspired by the surroundings
Using foraged materials
Wild Weaving at Conningbrook Lakes with adults for Outdoor Studios
Foraging for organic materials to weave
Creating a loom
Weaving with wool & plants
Lovely weave in participant's home
Working with disadvantaged schools for Maidstone Museums with Outdoor Studios
Exploring nature sensorially
Physically
And mindfully
Foraging for plants to use in our making
Spotting wildlife
Exploring emotions
And the history of sites
Learning clay techniques
Printing leaves onto clay
Adding foraged materials
Working individually & in groups
Creating an installation in the trees
Hanging clay pieces or nestling them within the holes or undergrowth of the trees
Making charcoal drawings for Ash Dieback Project for Outdoor Studios
Drawing tree roots with chalk & charcoal
Creating bark rubbings
Creating cyanotype prints
With foraged materials
Pupils use whittled stick pens to write a postacard to an Ash tree
Exploring Oare Gunpowder Works with families for Outdoor Studios
Exploring the environment with all our senses
Spotting wildlife
Smelling plants
Foraging for plants for our making
Printing with our gathered plants & flowers (Hapa Zome)
