Bunting For The Green Patch Part 2

Phiona Richards lead a lovely outdoor session at The Green Patch to create more bunting, here are some of the fabulous designs made by the children.

You can see the full set here 

Picture This!

In preparation for Groundwork Northants 10th birthday 

we were busy making collages and pictures 

Two of our lovely project volunteers!

to decorate the Summerhouse 

at the end of the new orchard

It was gloriously sunny and not at all difficult

to embrace the seaside theme!

You can see more here

April Blooms - Out and About on the Grange

There have been some gorgeous blooms

in gardens and pathways in 

our postcode area this April.

Artist Phiona Richards paid another 

Threads and Chatter visit to KBA

creating books from recycled papers

and demonstrating how to make an origami butterfly

you can see a slightly longer clip here 

and more photos here

Carole Miles joined the gang at The Resource Centre

for some knitting and nattering - rumour has it Carole

was cutting out fabric to up-cycle at The Green Patch

Open day whilst there

she managed to snap a rare red lurex hedgehog.

Meanwhile down at The Green Patch 

baking was taking place

the children made Rhubarb crumble - yum!

They have also been adding to 

their View From Here books.

We can't believe just how fast the year is rushing past.

For more of the flavour of April out in our postcode area

follow this link and see what has been in bloom this spring.

The View From Here - Springing Forwards

The group have been working with Carole, 

Sue and Nigel at The Green Patch.

Carole showed the group how to make simple prints

by drawing gently but firmly into polystyrene sheets

The plates were rolled with three colours

then burnished using the flat of the palm.

Prints

Some will be added to our 

View From Here books

Plates after inking can be reused with different colours

Snacks

We went out onto the green Patch, collected twigs

and Sue showed the group how to create 

a twiggy frame for prints to take home for Mothers Day

See more photos here

The View From Here Meets The Big Draw 2014

We thought it would be a great to generate ideas for our "View From Here" mosaics and take part in The Big Draw at the same time!

We asked the children to think of all the elements they see or associate with autumn and winter on The Green Patch.

Then we made a list of words and a list of colours to inspire our drawings before heading outside to find leaves, flowers, vegetables to make drawings of. Nigel and Lucy also found seed packets and pictures to help us.

We uploaded out drawings to the Big Draw Flickr set and you can see them all on this Back To Books Set as well. 

We love the engergy and colour of these drawings and can't wait to see what happens next!