Frances McKay Illustration

THE LION, THE WHITE HORSE, AND THE MERMAID

Funded by the Arts Council, and IpswichRecreate, “IPSWICH STORIES OLD AND NEW’ is an exciting creative workshop event in Ipswich’s Corn Exchange, taking place during the half term on 18^th February 2015.

Illustrator Bee Willey and artist Karen Densham are running creative workshops for the public about the ‘iconic mythical creatures’ present in the city centre with the combination of storyteller Helen Baggett and a specialist Ipswich tourist guide. 

Through imagination, drawing and drama, the creative input of the public will result in a collaborative mural celebrating the diversity of responses and connecting the historic stories into the present; this event will then lead to an interactive online storytelling game which will access a wider audience over the weeks following the workshop day.

2 workshops will be taking place on the day, open to all ages from 4 upwards. 

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Free Tickets will be available on the Facebook page on 1^st February. https://www.facebook.com/IpswichStoriesMermaidWhiteHorseGoldenLion?ref=hl

Badges and Fridge Magnets

I am busily making things for a pre-Christmas sale as part of a small group of local artists and craftspeople in our market town in Hampshire. I have produced several pictures and my latest venture is hand made fridge magnets and badges.

I wanted something easy to cut out into shapes and I chose balsa wood, upon which I stuck original drawings and cut around - miraculously no injuries either. A very thin coating of PVA to protect (I tried matt and gloss clear varnish but I was not happy with the finish) then the edges sanded and the addition of tiny magnets and brooch pins stuck on the back with silicone glue. 

 

Jane Eccles