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Creativity Blossoms This Month

This month has been incredibly busy. So many of our projects seem to be landing at the same time, and while it’s been wonderful to be making, it’s also felt a little pressured, especially as we head into the Easter holidays. That said, our creativity is definitely blossoming this month.

Close up photo of some hawthorn. it has white blossom that has a yellow centre

 

Lady Of The Loom

We’ve been awarded a grant from Derbyshire Makes to bring a new idea to life. The concept, created by Mark, has been something we’ve been developing together recently and it’s been exciting to see it take shape. We’re creating a large walkabout puppet of an old lady, with the puppeteer controlling her from the inside. Below are a couple of “In Progress” photos. We are really looking forward to seeing how she interacts with the public.

“No one is quite sure where Lady of the Loom came from. Some say she’s been walking these routes for years.  Some say she’s looking for something she’s mislaid.Others think she’s carrying half of Derbyshire in that battered old backpack of hers.”

Hands sculpt a large head from clay. The head is in the style of an old lady

This is a working progress of a very large walkabout puppet. A person stands inside the body section and is hidden by an oversized backpack

 

The Animals

Our Senior Rec group is performing their NT Connections play, The Animals at Buxton Community School. This is the first part of the project, the next step is performing the play at The Lowry at the beginning of May. We are excited for them, it’s a great play and a brilliant opportunity to get to perform at such a prestigious venue.

The Animals - Young people dressed in colourerd boiler suits with rubber animal masks on stand and look at the camers. They are positioned on a red background with lime greeen swirls going across the image

 

Swifts

We are involved in a great project with the Derbyshire Swift Conservation. They have commissioned us to create a short performance piece on Swifts. It’s part of a celebratory event of this beautiful bird. Here’s how things are taking shape.

A clay head of a swift has been sculpted and sits on a willow framework which will eventually be the body. A red toolbox of clay tools is next to it on the table