Heat Press Foiling Workshop; printing positive words onto t-shirts at Somerset House with Marice Cumber’s project Accumulate. The charity conducts a range of free creative workshops for those living in the city’s hostels and homeless shelters.
Art workshops at YOI Feltham Young Offenders; A collaboration with Watts Gallery creating workshops for the men aged 18 - 21 at the prison. Over the years we created a range of amazing art works for the Koestler Awards - an annual arts award offering cash prizes, written feedback, certificates, mentoring, publication, exhibition and sale opportunities to people in the criminal justice system. Around 3,500 people enter each year. Also achieving Bronze Arts Awards, awarded by Trinity College London, who offer learning and qualifications to support individual creative development in any setting. Below are a collection of drawings the men designed which we exposed onto silk screens, the men printed onto fabric and paper for the annual exhibition and award programmes. One of the final designs was creative a sketchbook which is sold in the Watts Gallery shop.
A community project working with The Fashion & Textile Museum in collaboration with the Brunel Museum. In this project I worked with 10 young mothers who live in the Southwark area of London. We took inspiration from Brunel’s Thames Tunnel commemorative printed silk kerchief, 1843. The rectangular shaped, silk kerchief is approximately one square metre in size and exhibits a design comprising a view of visitors walking along the tunnel, and panoramas at the borders, including line drawings of the tunnel in longitudinal cross-section. The aim of this project was to design our own kerchief taking inspiration from where the group lived, Southwark. The designs were inspired by the local architecture, mainly focusing on the patterns and shapes. The groups drawings were exposed onto a silk screens and they printed onto silk material using procion screen printing inks.
The Big Draw is a pioneering visual literacy charity dedicated to raising the profile of drawing as a tool for wellbeing, thought, creativity, social and cultural engagement. The charity leads a diverse programme of advocacy, empowerment and engagement, and is the founder and driving force behind The Big Draw Festival – the world’s biggest celebration of drawing. I was elected to run a Big Draw event in Guildford for the local community, the aim was to draw patterns and shapes onto paper using black paint. By the end of the day the space was filled with the communities drawings, creating a gallery space and open sketchbooks onto the walls.
Imagining Futures uses drama, creative writing, music, photography and film combined with dialectical behaviour therapy and mindfulness to support mental wellbeing of young women aged 14-18. The project supports young women whose immediate and longer term mental health may be affected by issues including self-harm, social exclusion, exploitation, vulnerability, deprivation and gang association. This project is aimed at young women who live in Southwark or Lambeth and have a history of self harm or are at risk of self harm. Thanks to Vikki Moorhouse for inviting me on this beautiful project.
Community Knitting Group, knitting for local charities. I started this group in 2011 and the group is still going strong!
Lakers Community Project
Community Screen Printing for Love Wimbledon
Material Memory Sense
TEXTile Sense UK
Natel Care Home Community School Project
Wandsworth Fringe Festival; WAF is an open access arts festival by Wandsworth Council, they support the arts and culture industries across the borough. Thanks to The Work & Play Scrapstore for getting me involved.
