‘Big Draw’ in Lines at the George Marshall Medical Museum

Please do come and join me for an exciting afternoon of ‘Making Marshall’ at the George Marshall Medical Museum in Worcester Royal Hospital. 

Judging Children’s Handicrafts at The City of Worcester Flower Show 2012

I am honoured to be the judge of the Children’s Handicrafts section at Worcester City Flower Show tomorrow.  Entries will include an animal made from fruit and vegetables only, a painting of fruit or vegetables, a miniature garden in a seed tray, size 370mm x 240mm and  a collage made from recycled goods or natural materials, size A3.

Pictures of the winning exhibits will be on my blog soon.. I can’t wait until tomorrow 🙂

Tomorrow has arrived! I had a wonderful morning in Gheluvelt Park, here are the results that you have been waiting for…

1. Best painting based on fruit or vegetable, under 5’s  The picture below was created by a four year old and includes an aubergine person, butternut squash person, fennel person, cabbage person, runner bean person and 3 radish people. Its amazing!

2. An animal made from fruit and vegetables (6-10 year olds).  This was my favourite category.  In order we have the pear and courgette dog, the wonderful pepper ladybird with sultana spots and pin antennae (front view and side view) and finally a potato head with sultana eyes, mouth, a sporting red pepper cap and huge mushroom ears..

3.  A collage made from recycled goods or natural materials, size A3 (6-10 years). Wonderful eyes made from the bottom of tin cans. 

4. A miniature garden in a seed tray (age 6-11 years), huge amounts of effort went into ‘a tedees picnic’, a plasticine slide, a lollipop stick and cotton reel see-saw, lots of jam tarts on a mushroom fabric picnic blanket and some very indulgent plasticine tedees! I will stay in tonight and try out my well earnt bottle of red vino, thanks to the lovely park wardens at Gheluvelt Park. 🙂 I’ve had a wonderful day and seen some fantastic art work completed by the children of Worcester.

Worcester City Art Gallery, A Little Book of Mythical Creatures.

Spiderman and Batman fever at Perdiswell Summer Playscheme..

Dress to Impress with Emily Button, create a cardboard version at M&S Archives

Emily Button is a real live ragdoll made from vintage style fabrics, buttons and ribbons. She loves to collect things which she puts in her pocket, from a piece of string to a shiny shell ready for the next adventure. Emily really likes making new things out of the bits and bobs she finds.  Join artist Sarah Millin who will help you make a cardboard person – like these ones above- and dress them in your favourite M&S clothes – old or new.  For further information, please visit http://marksintime.marksandspencer.com/events/upcoming-events/dress-to-impress-with-emily-button-(1)/

Below are some fantastic examples of children’s work created at the M&S Archives.   Did you know that Emily Button has her own facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/emilybutton.co.uk

Indian Textile day at Greyfriars, Worcester

Please come and join me.. 

Art Workshops at the New Brewery Arts, Cirencester

“Moving Dolls and Robots is a great workshop for 6-8 year olds, these children loved drawing their own imaginative characters and then making them move in lots of different ways using paper fasteners. One boy made an alien with 23 moving parts!” (was it 23???!)

“Sarah’s recycled jewellery workshop at New Brewery Arts provided young people with an exciting array of materials from which they could experiment and develop their own ideas. There was also a structured bracelet making activity which enabled everyone to go away having learnt a new technique.”

Gwen Rogerson, Education and Events Manager, New Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester

 

Microbes, Body and Soul Art Event at The Infirmary, Worcester

Come for a family fun time to Body and Soul at City Campus, University of Worcester on Saturday 25th August 10am-4pm.  Create characterful microbes, using recycled sticky back vinyl from Children’s Scrapstore.  Please visit http://www.facebook.com/events/367988239922347/ for further information.

 

Child Characterisation

Shoes Glorious Shoes, come and make some glorious flip flops from everyday waste materials at the M&S Company Archive.