Endeavouring to keep the research and development ‘made from Tehidy’, I made masks and costumes from leaves, thread and cordage from nettles, The Penlee Family project had a go too. Each stage of making cordage is particularly satisfying and in another life I would happily spend my days bashing the life out of nettles and twisting them up.
All the drawings were based on conversations with communities about seeing, looking for and capturing faces in the woods.
A popular pastime with many it seems.
The camera obscura developed many conversations about the links between drawing and the history of photography
Creating costumes using plants has unique challenges, those Laurel leaves where however plentiful. There was on the whole a rejection of mask wearing from our sitters. Here we have women from The Active Looking Project, The International Women’s group at Women’s Centre Cornwall and The Penlee Family Project, 4th Trimester group.
Here are a few prints created with plant based developer from the nettles at Tehidy. Much of the r and d around sustainable photography documented the attempts to eradicate Laurel from the woodlands. Using 5×4″ positive paper gives a nice size print, instant results and the process is eminently sharable.
Category is street wear – 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.
Children at Roche Community Primary School have been reinventing streetwear by repurposing their old clothes and scrap materials. They have been challenged to design and create environmentally sustainable outfits through upcycling and screen-printing. Some children are aware of the less positive impacts of the fashion industry, we shared some of the skills required to do something about it. We looked at local fashion brands and encouraged entrepreneurial mindsets. We also explored the attributes of Cornish winners in sport. At the end of the project children produced and took part in a catwalk show. The project had a focus on how we can support ourselves, one another and the planet. To do this we considered how we were feeling at the beginning and end of each session using the 5 ways of wellbeing. These are 5 ways to live a happy and healthy life, observe, connect, be active, learn and give. Thank you to Roche CP School, we had a lot of fun collaborating with you. Ultimately, we aimed to give children the confidence to create sustainably and support positive change in their lifetime.’