Paper, Scissors, Stone.

Despite the inclement weather, the residents of Hughenden Reach turned out for our 'pop - up' art workshop last night. The theme of the workshop brought together ideas based around the local paper mills and the river that runs along the boundary of the development. Participants were shown methods and techniques used in printmaking, such as Lino cutting and block printing to make there very own artwork. Another feature of the workshop was paper folding, and it seemed fitting to make all the children experts in producing there own paper boat!

 As I continue to work on the the main sculpture design for the residents garden I'm starting to like the idea of developing a curved and wavy bench with rippling textures flowing across the surface and incorporating a scaled version of one of the origami paper boats floating along the edge. This will become a functional sculpture, creating a subtle reminder for everyone involved, not only about taking part in the workshop, but also as a reference to the long history of paper making in the area. The only thing to do now is to select which paper boat to use as a model for the stone carving!