It’s always lovely when you manage to capture moments from workshops on film and something we always try and put together into a short film. So, after a series of workshops in 5 schools on the Lizard, followed by a day of creativity and celebration at Kestle Barton, here it is…
Posts Tagged ‘workshop’
‘Turning Seasons’ on the Lizard
This week we have been busy creating seasonal outfits and instruments with infant children from 5 primary schools on the lizard, in preparation for a special harvest procession that will take place at 2pm on the 24th October 2014 in the Orchard at Kestle Barton. These workshops are part of a new project ‘Turning Seasons,’ which […]
Schools on the farm
We recently spent a fun filled 3 days working with Gemma Kempthorne and South Petherwin School for their Art week. Here are a few more photographs of our time spent with the school. Day one involved a farm visit to Rosehip Barn at Trefranck Farm, where the children did some responsive movement work with Gemma […]
Getting creative with field names…
One thing that always fascinates me is the names that farmers give their fields. Often passed down through generations and outlined in old deeds, these names provide incites into the past use of fields. Sometimes the history of a field is passed along with the name… sometimes it is lost, leaving mysterious names, often in […]
Schools explore rural heritage
We are now about half way through our artist led workshops in Cornish primary schools. Each workshop we have, or will, run uses local farming stories as a starting point for learning and creativity. We decided to do something different in each school, adapting to the area, stories, and schools, with some brilliant results. The first […]
Remembering ‘Family, Farming & Tradition’
A great year with lots of memories. Here are just a few highlights from the project… Really interesting to find out field names, often passed down through generations, they tell stories of past land usage. Here we had a large aerial photograph printed and invited farmers to come an name their fields- each number corresponds […]
