MEET LEXI AND FRAN AT THE CORO

Our next dates at the Coro', where you can catch up with the project , meet our Commissioned Artists and see what they are up to.

LEXI'S DYES

An update from Lexi on her fleece dye , with a nice message to the Church Walkers..

"Nettle and hawthorn blossom collected locally and dye extracted ready to begin dyeing some fleece for the pieces next week.

The finished piece of work by the school I saw on facebook this morning looks absolutely great by the way :)"

DAY SIX AT THE CORO: SIR JOHN BARROW

Our second session with SJB's Year One boys and girls was one of the best we've had...we came up with a system and it worked!

We numbered the various parts of the piece and the boys and girls formed into groups in order to add the next layers  of colour and texture to their aerial view  of the school and its surrounds.  When one area was finished, those boys and girls were teamed up with another...and gradually THIS happened...

Very impressive, you'll agree. The boys and girls were very focussed on their work, and had plenty of support from the adults that came with them. The next session will be about filling in the gaps and maybe adding a few personal touches ..

Well done Year One, thanks for your lovely work.

AT THE CORO WITH PETE DENT

A really enjoyable and productive first day in residence at the Coro with Pete.  We've been auditioning sounds and editing video, and there have been visitors in and out all day so we've been able to introduce Pete and the wider project to people from Ulverston as well as visitors to the town from Rugby and Southport.  Visitors have heard Pete's recordings and  talked about his methods and  we've also had the Church Walk piece on display, and that's gone down well too.

 Keep looking here and in the local press / notice boards etc for details of Fran, Lexi and Pete's next sessions in the Coro. 

I'll be here solo from time to time  working on the video and generally faffing around so if you see that we're here, come in.

We've been collecting comments and e-addresses  as we go, in order to get opinions on what we are up to keep people informed....here's a sample from what people had to say..

"v. creative, lovely to see work drawing on the local environment"

" Great, very interesting project! Keep the good work going!"

"What a great idea to get children (and adults) interested in their local area. Well done."

" Enjoyed seeing / hearing how sounds can be used creatively. Loved the models."

MORE ON LEXI'S DYE GARDEN

Lexi has been working on her dye garden...this is an important part of our project, in that it means that when we've all finished and the work is on the walls, there will still be things happening as a result of Green Room.  A great living  legacy in the making...


I have been gathering hawthorn blossom from the swathes of trees in blossom along the side of the canal, very exciting to start the process of gathering some dye colours !  Hopefully the blossom will give me a nice range of yellows...... 


I can leave the flowers to steep overnight if I want to have a stronger colour, so it will be nice to have a play around with different shades as I'm not quite sure the colours I want just yet..........

Adding different mordants (a mordant fixes the dye colour to the wool or fibre being dyed) will change the colour again, so I'm looking forward to having a play........."

COME AND MEET PETE

The first of our Meet The Artist sessions...

DAY FIVE AT THE CORO: CHURCH WALK, AND A FINISHED PIECE.

A push and a shove and the land is ours.

The chimneys, grave stones and the last of the trees--including a big apple tree--are in place. Sign posts have appeared, and  Deer and Foxes are roaming Ford Park.

Church Walk have finished their work, and what a great piece of work they have made...

We asked the boys and girls to tell us what the experience had been like for them...we were glad to hear that they had all enjoyed it and would like to do more projects like this. Some picked out their favourite moments, including team working, working in pairs, making buildings trees and places that were familiar to them.  Some were not so happy working in large groups at the start of the project, but enjoyed working in pairs or solo. One boy didn't like getting glue on his hands..one girl loved getting glue on her hands! Well be listening carefully to all these comments and more at the end of the project. It's all very useful information.

So, a big round of applause to Church Walk Year 4/5  and to Mrs Newby and her support staff from me and Alex.
Thank you for your skill, imagination and ideas, and for making it fun.