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In light of new engagement projects at Kresen Kernow and The Museum of Cornish Life this autumn, I wanted to try some new processes for sharing with others

A short film about our celebration day https://youtu.be/zwrNJCXGYrI

Delivered a piece of work for Camp Kernow an off grid summer camp for children, made a darkroom from not much, the kids where really keen to make 'ghosts' which was fun (see the movie here). Had some leftover paper so I took a picture in the river at Bosahan woods,...

With funding from Tehidy Community Chest and Camborne Council we were able to hold a celebration day on Saturday 14th June. The cottage was open to visitors to look at the outputs of the Tehidy Creative Residency Programme (see previous posts) and the work of The...

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...

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...

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...

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 5x4" positive paper gives a nice size print, instant results...

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...

Saturday 14th June is a day to celebrate the changes in the seasons and our right to create, connect, protest and live well. Woodlands are places of refuge for dissenters, free speech flourishes in spaces outside the control of formal institutions. While nature...