Finishing touches…
We only have a couple of weeks left of term, including this session, so we’re starting to finish our clay projects. It’s been an...
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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
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 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
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
May 14, 20221 min read
Steiner-inspired art
We’re using special waxed paper to carefully cut out designs that will overlap and create gorgeous colours when the light is behind them....
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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
Apr 9, 20221 min read
Edible Easter Art
Design and technology …with food! Our last session before Easter was a food design challenge, with construction and decoration elements....
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Katy
Mar 29, 20221 min read
Woodland springtime
Forest school was chillier than the last week has been, but the celandines and wood anemones are out, along with wild garlic. The...
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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 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 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
Mar 8, 20221 min read
Woodland pancakes!
Forest school sessions haven’t been able to happen much this year, due to the weather! So many storms and high winds- but luckily,...
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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
Jan 30, 20221 min read
How to 3D your textiles!
Our textile projects are developing nicely- this week, we were looking to create three-dimensionality. With a lovely pile of assorted...
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Katy
Jan 21, 20221 min read
Developing textiles
We were using our wet-felted pieces from last week to develop more complicated textile pieces. With lots of fabrics to choose from, our...
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Katy
Jan 15, 20221 min read
New term for our art sessions
We started off the term by learning about wet-felting. Quite a good activity for a very cold day- using hot water, and needing to do very...
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Katy
Jan 12, 20221 min read
First forest school of the year!
It was a lovely bright, mild winters day, perfect for our first gathering after Christmas! The streams were high and fast, and sounded...
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Katy
Jan 9, 20221 min read
Last forest school session of the year!
We had a huge pan of pumpkin soup (using a monster pumpkin given to us from one of the Crow Wood allotment neighbours!), plus hot mulled...
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