Look what we made!

Today was our very first Make Space workshop and it was a brilliant one to kick us off! The Herbert Shiner Centre upper room was the perfect setting for our Youth Art Collage workshop, with it's lovely light and views and as much space as we could Make Space in!

Jo and I had so much fun preparing for this workshop; gathering materials and sorting them - we were totally in our element and hopefully so were all the participants. Judging by the beautiful results - they too had a lovely time.


It always amazes me how differently everyone approaches the same blank piece of canvas and with such varied results! I was truly impressed by the level of artistry on show today and would happily have hung any one of the collages on my wall at home.



We aimed to provide a space in which people could be free to follow whatever direction they wanted to, with as much or as little guidance from us as they wanted, but always LOTS of encouragement! What I love about doing something like this is that I come home more inspired than when the day began, thanks to the enthusiasm and creativity of everyone taking part. i went home itching to get my art materials out too!



Cupcakes and biscuits always help to keep you going and there were plenty on hand!




At the end of the morning, participants were invited to fill a paper bag with any materials they wanted to take home and grab a specially prepared goody bag of lovely collage bits and pieces to keep them going over the summer.




We hope all of you who came today enjoyed yourselves as much as we did, and we'll see some of you tomorrow at the drawing workshop. XX