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Workshop Three : Open Play Paint and Drawing Session This week’s session was an open play paint and drawing workshop with the two adult non-verbal autistic men. The focus was on exploration rather than outcome — an opportunity to engage with materials freely, without pressure to produce a finished piece. I set up an activityContinue reading “A Tapestry of Connection Phase II”

I have just had a consultation with Corinna Krause in her purpose-built bookbinding workshop at Sollas Books. It was a well organised and inspiring space to be in and talk through ideas. We discussed my plan to create a collaborative book bringing together the work I’ve been developing with the lovely participants from Craigard DayContinue reading “A Tapestry of Connection Phase II”

This week marked the second session of the phase II workshops – Collage, Layering & Surfaces. Collage is a new technique for the men, and it adds another layer of choice. I prepared some backgrounds for them to respond to, alongside cut out printed imagery that they could use to make collages. From there, theyContinue reading “A tapestry of Connection Phase II”

Workshop session I Valentine’s Ice-Breaker I began with a relaxed, Valentine’s-themed workshop, where participants painted plaster horse heads that I cast from a beach object (I think it was part of a dog toy). They also made some valentines cards using stencils and did some drawings. This was a light, confidence-building reintroduction to materials andContinue reading “A Tapestry of Connection Phase II”