Workshops & Projects

I have always been really passionate about Art as therapy, which led me to work with all kinds of different people and on mental health wards and hospitals around London. I was lucky enough to work with and learn from an amazing Art Therapist, which led me to being accepted to study at Goldsmiths to do an MA in Art Psychotherapy…….but I wasn`t quite ready to be a therapist, so I moved to Sydney to spend one blissful year making Art in the sun!

As a result of all my experience of working with many different groups of people; my community work as an Artist is really important to my practice and in September 2017 I was very happy to qualify as an Integrative Psychotherapist.

I have over ten years of experience of working as a freelance Artist, some of the projects I have developed and facilitated are; Banardos group , Start Arts on Prescription workshops in Salford , New Ghosts Project, East Lancashire Arts on Prescription projects in Clitheroe and Burnley, Tipp project with young mums in Salford, Open shop Project at Haworth Gallery and The Talking Tower exhibition.

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Workshops & Projects blog


Stretford print finishers…


In my role as Arts and Health Officer for Blackpool Arts Service, artist Philip Davenport has been working with my Arts for Health groups to create a beautiful book, which will include the groups` images, stories and poetry, which all link to the beautiful Blackpool archive. Friday was sooo exciting as we went to Stretford print finishers, where the books will be bound and foil block printed….

We chose the cloth we want to use….

and decided we wanted our book to look old fashioned with gold foil block lettering on the front and spine.

Pattern design and laser cutting in Clitheroe…


I always come away from this workshop feeling really relaxed…i think it`s the creativity and concentration that happens.

Some of the group finished these beautiful circular designs, these designs will be useful later….

We used the artist book above as inspiration and started to make our own books….we`ll  design ones to be laser cut too..

 

Pattern design and laser cutting in Clitheroe


Another lovely session….everyone is starting to have lots and lots of ideas! We experimented and began creating our designs for a piece of jewellery. One lady brought in a top, so she could be inspired by the pattern…..

We also had time to make a brooch…..

My favourite things from Towneley Hall ….


It was a bleak day when i visited Towneley Hall….but despite this it still felt like I had escaped, so my visit left me feeling peaceful.

I`m always drawn to tiles……

And this packaging was beautiful……

I thought i might use some of the things i saw to inspire the Pattern Design and Laser Cutting course i am running in Burnley.