The Heart of Oak Conservation Project art workshops

By: Felicity Cole
Added: 13 December 2011

   The Heart of Oak arts related workshops for the Conservation of the Sandford Orleigh Screen Project 

              14 November- 28th November 2011

28th November - Tony Gee and Anna Cantoni have worked with students at Bradley Barton School. Felicity Cole the curator from the Museum started their two days of workshops with a slide show and talk about the history of the screen which fascinated the children. Tony and Anna then inspired the children to create stories and puppets about the wood carvers and the stories hidden in the wood carvings. The children will be finishing their time with Tony and Anna soon when they plan and put on a show in the school.

Felt maker, Carol Timms and mentee Emily Swann have started their work with pupils at Wolborough School. The children have used beautifully dyed fleece to create fantastic felt artworks to be put together into two panel-inspired hangings. The children will be working with Carol and Emily again on Friday 2nd December to turn their fleece into felt using soap, warm water and friction. View the gallery for news and pictures of their work on www.heart-of-oak.info

14th November - both of the felt making groups from the Museum have completed their work with feltmaker Carol Timms and have made two beautiful felt wall hangings inspired by the Sandford Orleigh Screen. 18 women worked with Carol over four sessions, firstly looking at the patterns in the screen and then creating their own felt versions of the panels. The results are wonderful and both of the wall hangings are now adorning the walls of the Council Chamber in the Town Hall. View images from the workshops on the Gallery Pages www.heart-of-oak.info