Day 3 of our giantmaking project with Leedstown School, as part of #ArtsLab.
Our Giant Tregona in all her glory revealed to the students who had made her, then work on Clare Youngs inspired collaged tiles and Celtic inspired mosaic tiles to decorate our GIANT mirror. Topped off with some fairy folk that helped bring our giant to life in front of all the mums and dads and Stephen Polglase whose tale “The Last Giants” inspired it all.
Arts Lab is a creative wellbeing programme by and for young people in Cornwall, delivered by HeadStart Kernow, FEAST and Arts Well, commissioned by The Cornwall Council Wellbeing and Public Health Service.
by Amy Webb, The Lost Giants Mal is a lemon slug. And like many—if not all—slugs, Mal doesn’t have a voice. But like so many ancient woodland indicator species, Mal carries a deep, instinctive yearning to exist. A right to simply be and a right to be heard. Over the past few months, as Mal has grown, I’ve come …
We are pleased to share that Old Crockern is on display at Museum of Dartmoor Life as part of the Magic and Myth exhibition! Crockern is the land that can’t be owned. Land and folklore are inseparable. As ownership structures and land rights shift, we not only lost our connections to land but also many …
We were delighted to be invited on to The Forest School Podcast to talk all things Giants, Beasties, Environmental Activism, Folk Tradition, Community, Masks, Slugs and more… You can listen to the episodes below.
Day 3 of Arts Lab
Day 3 of our giantmaking project with Leedstown School, as part of #ArtsLab.
Our Giant Tregona in all her glory revealed to the students who had made her, then work on Clare Youngs inspired collaged tiles and Celtic inspired mosaic tiles to decorate our GIANT mirror. Topped off with some fairy folk that helped bring our giant to life in front of all the mums and dads and Stephen Polglase whose tale “The Last Giants” inspired it all.
Arts Lab is a creative wellbeing programme by and for young people in Cornwall, delivered by HeadStart Kernow, FEAST and Arts Well, commissioned by The Cornwall Council Wellbeing and Public Health Service.
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by Amy Webb, The Lost Giants Mal is a lemon slug. And like many—if not all—slugs, Mal doesn’t have a voice. But like so many ancient woodland indicator species, Mal carries a deep, instinctive yearning to exist. A right to simply be and a right to be heard. Over the past few months, as Mal has grown, I’ve come …
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