Birthdays
Two of our young people have had birthdays recently, and today we gave them presents of art materials- which the got stuck into using...
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Katy
Jul 8, 20221 min read
Al fresco sculpting
Another blistering afternoon, so we took the workshop outside! Some painting of sculptures, plus some new sculptures in the making! The...
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Katy
Jul 5, 20221 min read
More arty pottering
We’re continuing with our clay work, and learning how to slab-build on a small scale- quite tricky! It’s great to develop ideas, and to...
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Katy
Jul 5, 20221 min read
Al fresco tea!
What started out as a much cooler, cloudier day just got hotter and hotter! So we had our meal outside, which was lovely🌺🌼 We forgot to...
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Katy
Jun 29, 20221 min read
Art and volunteers
We had a young volunteer this week, who spent time at the allotment and with the art group. She helped pick (and eat!) our fab...
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Katy
Jun 29, 20221 min read
Pottering at the plot
After school this week was a bit cooler than it has been, so instead of spending time in the wildflower den area, the young people opted...
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Katy
Jun 22, 20221 min read
Trees are awesome!
The forest was so cool this week- literally! Trees offer more than shade, they cool the air too. We had a great time doing some...
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Katy
Jun 11, 20221 min read
Summer clay project
We were so busy in our art session, we forgot to take photos! In the next few weeks before the summer holidays, we are doing some clay...
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Katy
Jun 8, 20221 min read
After school crafts
We spent some time watering the vineyard greenhouse, then had a relaxing painting session for our first week back after half term....
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Katy
May 20, 20221 min read
Fabulous kaleidoscopes!
Something that’s been in my mind for a while, and today we finally got around to making our own kaleidoscopes from scratch. They seemed...
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Katy
Apr 30, 20221 min read
Spring art
We’re making the most of the spring flowers, by preserving them to make chains of natural sun catchers. Using our wire-twisting skills...
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Katy
Mar 26, 20221 min read
Art using the sunshine
We were using the photography process of cyanotype print making today, which creates ‘blueprint’ images. I had already made the cyanotype...
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Katy
Mar 23, 20221 min read
Mother’s Day, and making camp!
We’re really loving the longer evenings- hard to think that we needed the greenhouse lights on until quite recently. We used some...
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Katy
Mar 19, 20221 min read
Sunshine!
Beautiful day at the allotment- we set up a camp in the wildflower area, and had a fabulous afternoon of crochet, and knitting! Very...
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Katy
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Derby University students’ visit
We had a visit from a group of students from Derby university, who were interested in alternative settings for education. We used bowsaws...
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Katy
Mar 8, 20221 min read
And we didn’t need the lights!
This was our first after school session where we didn’t need the greenhouse lighting- it’s definitely spring! And we used our first...
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Katy
Mar 8, 20221 min read
Craft and craftivism
An interesting art session- we were talking about how craft can be used to protest and to raise awareness, big conversations! And we...
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Katy
Feb 5, 20221 min read
Final textile session of half term
This is our last session at the plot before half term- although we do have a very special, off-site session in two weeks…😁 This week...
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Katy
Feb 5, 20221 min read
Stars and pizza!
One of the lovely things about winter after-school sessions is being able to see the stars. We sometimes use a free star chart app to...
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Katy
Jan 30, 20221 min read
Is it getting warmer..?
Our after school session definitely felt spring-like…not only was it (a bit) warmer, but there was lots of birdsong. We had one indoor...
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