Today there was poetry and printmaking at The Winding House in New Tredegar, in advance of National Poetry Day next Thursday. This year's theme is water.
Visitors made lovely prints with artist Amy Mackenzie Mason, and had a lovely time getting covered in paint. After making a print, they came to me for help writing a poem to go with the image. Very pleasing.
As well as an image on paper, each artist printed their image on fabric that Amy will eventually make into a wall hanging.
Everyone had a lovely day. Here's Amy and I trying to look artistic!
The Winding House is worth checking out, with its historic exhibitions, and the mighty restored winding engine from the colliery.
It's also worth looking at all the wonderful work done by Head 4 Arts in Caerphilly, who helped arrange today's event.
http://www.head4arts.org.uk/
http://www.head4arts.org.uk/
What a fantastic looking centre - to my shame, I had no idea that it existed. I must go soon - today's work looks fabulous.
ReplyDeleteIt's great if you can go on a day when the winding engine is running - it's a magnificent piece of late Victorian engineering.
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