Workshop at Whitby Museum

I am just setting off for another day at the museum. I am due to run a workshop making wire birds but not sure whether anyone has booked? I am struggling a bit as have had a re-currence of an old slipped disc problem which is making moving around very difficult and affecting my concentration. I am still looking forward to my day at the museum though, it will help take my mind off things a bit and hopefully also reinvigorate a few of my ideas.

Wire Bird Workshop at Whitby Museum

Today I have run my first practical workshop at the museum.  I had a small but enthusiastic group who made their own wire bird brooches.  First of all I took them on a mini tour looking at birds in the museum collection.  I talked about the start of my residency and looked at the way in which birds were represented - at the abstract forms and patterns spread throughout the museum.  These vary from wood carvings from the Pacific to tiny jet carvings; finely painted china, prints in a Japanese book, inlaid mother of pearl on a gun, tin toys and of course the carved birds in Noah's ark.  The group then went of with their sketchbooks to have a closer look and after lunch developed their ideas into unique wire bird brooches.  I will add these as a small slide show and hope you enjoy them.  

Next Tuesday I am running a workshop making wire brooches based on Anglo Saxon patterns.... book now