Maggie's 2012

Its been another interesting year! Polystyrene cows, willow storytelling huts,murals, paper gardens, foraging courses to name but a few......roll on 2013!

Beanstalk Project -Gravesend

Two weeks, about 180 primary school children, 4 artists, 1 volunteer, over 250 metres of 'old' olympic flags, a lot of sewing, heaps of cotton, 6ft of polystyrene and a few lamposts! Go meet Daisy at Gravesham Borough Council offices / Woodville Halls theatre, now till 11th January (ish)

Willow Storytelling hut - Maidstone

Ooooo its exciting!...... Building a Willow storytelling space in a woodland in Maidstone with the help of the 'Craft and Chat' group and the local school with specially selected skilled children! Here's the visual story so far.......

Meadows Children's Centre, Maidstone - Mural with Young Parents May 2012

Helped this enthusiastic group paint a mural based on their logo.

Wild Wye Family Foraging Course - 17th June 2012

Discover food for free!
On a short beginners foraging walk in the beautiful countryside of Wye, Kent
Taste handmade locally produced wild food goodies afterwards.

For further details and register click on this:  LINK

Find out more about the Wye Food festival (16th - 24th June) at www.wyefood.com/wyefoodfestival.html

The Paper Garden - Animate Arts

Helped make an awesome, life size paper and card garden with Animate Arts Company Ltd, 12 Kent schools, 2 other artists and some amazing volunteers!

Which can be seen at Stour Valley Arts Exhibition 5th May - 9th June:
Stour Valley Arts : Elwick Road, Ashford, KENT
                                                                                                         TN23 1NR

Salue: Garden of England has been inspired by London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Salue (meaning welcome) is a garden complete with flower and vegetable beds, a pond, greenhouse and lawn made entirely from paper and card by 260 children from 12 schools across Kent. 

The Sitting Room

I wove a lot of cushions out of newspapers for our paper and card Sitting Room. It was toured around Kent and received great feedback!

Here is the final result:

Wye Lanterns 2011

Great to meet and help people make some lovely lantern creations for Wye lantern procession 2011, part of the Wye Bonfire night celebrations. Lovely to meet up with some old faces and what a night! Yes it was cold, it was windy, it drizzled but the lanterns looked spectacular! (and most survived the weather conditions). They looked soooo magical as we wound our way up to the crown. Take a look at the workshops and some final creations:


If you have any photos you'd like to share of the event, workshops or your lantern then do e-mail me.

Face Painting - Snodland

Mask Making - Wye Farmers Market

Helped these two young artists to create their masterpieces at the Wye Farmers Market.

Wild Wye Family Foraging Course - 26th June 2011

Sign up now for another Maggie adventure!

Wild Wye Foraging Course Application Form

45min walk around Wye, followed by a taster session, competitions & recipe ideas

Hurry! Whilst there are still places left.

Wye Lantern Making Workshops

Want to take part in the first ever Wye Lantern Making workshop? Then fill out this online form:

Lantern making workshop form:

Link

You will then be invited to parade your awesome creation in this magical walk up to the crown on the 6th November - be there or be VERY square!

Aylesham Lanterns 2010

Made willow lanterns with this lovely group of families. Some great ideas & designs & as you can see they look pretty awesome when lit!

Monster Bass Festival - Ramsgate

Made this Giant fish with the help of other artists. There were fireworks, storytelling, music and thousands of people on the beach. An AWESOME event! And it's going to be even bigger in 2011!

Truffles

I helped families from Beaver Green Primary school to make truffles. We were in chocolate heaven for 5 week sessions together. Really lovely group and some yummy evidence consumed!

Windchimes - Animate

Made these wonderful sounding windchimes with a lovely group of young people & some very enthusiastic helpers/teachers in Maidstone.

Unscrewed, Unbottled, Unleashed - Whitstable

Willow Strawberry Baskets - Ramsgate

Wove these beautiful willow strawberry baskets with this lovely family learning group in Ramsgate. They are preparing them for their community allotment. Most were first time weavers and as you can see they did a fantastic job in the time we had - well done!

Rockets! - KCU

Worked with these families of intrepid scientists to make rockets. The tension was high for lift off but everyone survived and had a blasting time!!

Teddy Superhero Workshop - Creative Foundation

Helped these families design and make superhero costumes for their Teddy's, great fun, lots of foam & some superb costumes made!