Three unsavoury characters for a new story

Families from Liberty School, Mitcham outside the Snuff Mill at Morden Hall Park  with the puppets they made as part of the National Trust’s London Voices project. Thankyou to all the families for being so creative and so enthusiastic.

…back and front view…

A drop in activity for families at Morden Hall Park on April 20, making a ‘family tree’ with portraits suspended from the branches.

These were made at a workshop at the Hook Centre in February - selected children from 5 different primary schools took part and used collage to create imaginary birds. I love the lipstick baby bird and the winged polar bear.

Myrtle is fast asleep in her tent tonight.

In March I ran a series of community knitting workshops with The Old Sweet Shop gallery, funded by Arts About Wandsworth. We had about 23 people taking part aged from 8 upwards, all designing and making tea cosies  for an exhibition that ran at the gallery from 27th March to 5th April. See www.theoldsweetshopweb.com for lots more pics. I made an ice cream tea cosy for my ‘Beryl’ teapot, and we also had a cemetery, a cauliflower, a crown, a seascape, a bomb and many other wild creations.

I have just finished a big project working with families from Liberty School in Mitcham and the National Trust at Morden Hall Park. Over 6 weeks everyone - adults and children - built up a file of exciting textures, printed textiles etc., then used them to create some really vibrant puppets. The puppets all have names and some very strong characters, and their creators imagined how they would have interacted with real-life people in the park’s history. I specially like ‘The King’ who had a stand-up argument with William Morris, and Molly Munchkin who has a special pocket on the front of her dress for all the things she collects. There will be in an exhibition of the work at the Snuff Mill at the park in May.

Just starting a brand new animal project for a show at The Old Sweet Shop gallery in July…