school sculpture project

 here is a picture from one of our recent willow sculpture days at Hawkshead Primary School

School Art Projects

We have had a busy week with school art projects starting at Chapel Stile where we made a deer and a gruffalo. Next we spent a day at a nursery school in Stockport where all the nursery and reception children made willow fish and helped me to make a deer! On Friday we were at a Primary school in Morcambe where we took part in a mini Glastonbury type festival organised by the school - there was lots of music from groups of former pupils, dance workshops, kitemaking, face painting, our willow weaving and singing workshops. The weather was very hot and summery and it was great fun.
We stayed in Liverpool on Friday night and went to see Jackson Browne in concert. Fantastic!
Saturday saw us at a Woodland Open Day in Huyton, Liverpool where we ran willow workshops.

Today we are at home enjoying the much needed rain. hope it lasts all day as our newly planted willows need plenty of water.

Willow Gruffalo

here is a Gruffalo that we made at Chapel Stile Primary School yesterday. All of the children were involved in the creation and he know lives in the Forest School area

Willow Unicorns at Capel Manor

2 weeks ago we were at Capel Manor College, Enfield to repair some neglected willow unicorns. We were not the original creators but have been carrying out running repairs for the last couple of years.

We also checked out our living willow dome that we built earlier this year. the dome is growing beautifully and we are very pleased with it.

RHS Show Tatton Park | RHS Gardening

RHS Show Tatton Park | RHS Gardening

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Video - Alchemy Festival - 17th to 19th Sept 2010

Video - Alchemy Festival - 17th to 19th Sept 2010

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Living Willow

The Living Willow season has finally come to a close now. Anything planted later than now will need a lot of loving attention to coax growth out of the willow rods due to the lack of rain.
Any willow projects that have been carried out this spring will need lots of watering as we have not had any April showers this year. Children love the task of watering so it should be no problem in schools.
We have now started working on 3d sculptures for Arts Days and Eco Days in schools and yesterday built a giant sun at Croft Primary School near Warrington.