Inspiration

As the festival is based around the Venice festivals we are looking across the seas to Sunny venice for our inspiration. Here are few of the pics we have been looking at. If you have any more venice pics feel free to send them to bethbarlow@bethbarlow.com and we will add them to the blog and our inspiration.

Materials

We will keep posting pics of the materials we will be using as part of the workshops. If you can think of anything creative you might do with them on the day feel free to leave a comment. If you want to start collecting some of your own materials you can and then bring it along  and create a small wonder on the 15th July between 3-6pm.

 

 

 

1 Plastic milk bottles and containers. 

2 Carrier bags of all colours

3 Old Carboard

Planning

 Early Days Planning

Our Creative fingers are itching and we have asked the ladies at my knitting group to star collecting milk bottles. My knitting ladies love to collect things for my mad cap ideas and always come up with the goods. We will be working over the next few weeks to craft them into wonderful demo models which visitors to the workshop can take inspiration from. Here's a picture of me doing all the boring bits (flattening some plastic) so that people can just get on a be creative on the day.

 Artist Simon Kennedy, International man of mystery and milk bottle cutter.

 Chop Chop Chop, lots of bags to cut up to make into yarn.

  Simon & Beth making masks and weaving for the Regents Canal Festival Workshop.

One of our work experience guys creating a butterfly demo.

Beth weaving a wig out of carrier bags.