Friday, August 02, 2013

Beast Wings - Wye

Helped 50 plus children & families make beast wings as part of the Conservation Volunteers Wild Wye Beast Day at Wye Nature Reserve 









Thursday, August 01, 2013

Medway Mile Medals

Helped young runners made their very own medals prior to their races:




Willow Sculptures made by Maggie & 200 children!

Large Willow sculpture made in two days with 200 young enthusiastic ladies. Loosely inspired by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth & Andy Goldsworthy:

Food Sculpture - Wye Food Festival

Food Sculpture fun with local families as part of the Wye Food Festival June 2013, generously funded by the Wye Childrens' Playing Field Charity and Wye Parish Council. A BIG thank you to The New Flying Horse for lending us such a beautiful venue!

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!

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

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)

Friday, June 22, 2012

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.......

Monday, June 18, 2012

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



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

Friday, June 15, 2012

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

Sunday, April 29, 2012

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:



Sunday, November 06, 2011

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.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Mask Making - Wye Farmers Market


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

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

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.


Sunday, October 24, 2010

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:
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!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

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!

Friday, August 13, 2010

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!

Thursday, June 10, 2010

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!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Windchimes - Animate



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