'Cartoon Smiley Faces on Silk' with Penny Haynes from BlueBean Cartoons, workshop at the Sutton Community Art Space
August 2011
Early Arts Pathfinder Creative Taster Session & Inspirational Talk for 30 Early Years Professionals at Charles Cryer Studio Theater in Carshalton
March 2011
Working in groups of 3 or 4, participants had 25 minutes to create simple designs using gutta and silk paint - a technique that only one particpant had experience of
8 designs were created which when completed told a brief history of the discovery of Silk and the development of the Silk Road
Earlyarts Director, Ruth Churchill Dower in centre, helping to design the Tea Cup
SOUTH EAST CANCER HELP CENTRE
1 DAY SILK PAINTING WORKSHOP
SEPTEMBER 2010
SUTTON SUMMER UNI SILK ROAD,
5 DAY WORKSHOP, AUGUST 2010
AN INDEPTH LOOK AT THE SILK ROAD, ITS HISTORY, ART,
CULTURE, CALLIGRAPHY & SILK PRODUCTION
RAINBOW LIGHTS PROJECT EXHIBITION AT SUTTON CENTRAL LIBRARY
EUROPA GALLERY MAY 2010
based on a proposal to the Imagine Arts Festival (LB Sutton) from sisters Hana Horack Elyafi (Rainbow Theme & Light Boxes) and Samia Tossio (Songwriting) created in collaboration with families from the Epsom & Sutton Home Education Group.
www.epsomandsuttonhomeed.blogspot.comspecial thanks to Pierpaolo, Jae, Jeff, David, Liz, Hannah, Mandy, Jo, Dee, Ingrid Hennze, Dell Lane Scout Hut, Sutton Film Makers, Elina Harlas, Charles Cryer Studio Theater and all the kids and parents that made this project a great successInspire & Share through Creative CommunicationCelebration of Festival Arts WEAVE ART WORKSHOPS & LAUNCH OF THE IMAGINE ARTS FESTIVAL 2010
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Celebration of Festival Arts
COMMEMORATIVE SILK PAINTING GIFT
FOR HRH PRINCE OF WALES
4th FEB 2010 to celebrate
"Spirituality In Action Day"for the launch of the
Centre for Spirituality & Cultural Advancement, an event sponsored by the Sufi Muslim Council of Great Britain
presented in person by Samia Tossio at Old Trafford
(pics with Prince Charles taken by Monir Ali)
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Celebration of Festival Arts
Sutton Carers CentreFor the Imagine Festival &
National Carers Week 2009
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Session 1 The Design
Beginning with a blank piece of paper can be a daunting task. The comments range from - I'm no good at art to my sibling was the creative one. Dispelling the myths is always fun. By the end of Session 1 there are enough sketches to put together this basic design. They wanted something that would reflect the life of a Carer. I hand copied their selected designs onto this paper template. It's thrilling to see how the 'I'm no good at art' feeling has transformed into a surprisingly happy & wholly postiive reaction to this collaborative design
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Session 2 Sutton Carer's - The Design Team gets Gutta'd!
Using Gutta, the design team have traced the lines of the template onto Silk making some modifications to the design in the process. There is much discussion & collaboration going on
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Session 2 The Gutta
Working with gutta, the team shared the job of applying the lining agent to the silk
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Session 3 Colours Everywhere
Choosing colours collectively & collaborating on painting while learning how to use silk paints for the first time
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Session 3 Sutton Carer's Centre Logo
The logo was kindly reproduced with permission. This is the National Logo of Carers - it has been adapted slightly to suit. This was the only predetermined colour choice
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Session 3 An Hour Later
All hands on deck! Look what's happening - discovering how the paints work is fun & exciting.
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Session 3 The Finished Piece
The banner reflects the hopes, fears, struggles & possibilities that Carer's are faced with 24hrs a day, based on the discussions during the first Blank Page session. The blue represents the need to communicate that clearly & truthfully. The orange reflects the courage required to overcome the struggles. The Salt effect works brilliantly as the silk is stretched on a frame. The final banner is ready with eyelets & hems wide enough to accommodate bamboo canes so the banner can be paraded.
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The Peace
What we are all searching for
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The Light
Whatever your beliefs, whichever way you look, the light is always there - open your eyes & see. Marbled effect created using table salt.
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Silk Suncatcher Birthday PartyInspire & Share through Creative Communication
Friends of the Elderly 2009 Inspire & Share through Creative Communication
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SamiArt Silk Painting Friends of the Elderly
purple hands
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SamiArt Silk Painting Friends of the Elderly
hands on yellow
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SamiArt & The Silk Roads Exhibition 1
at Europa Gallery
Sutton, November 2009
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Celebration of Festival Arts
Text Fest 2008
@
Sutton Children's Library
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SamiArt & Sutton Housing Society Silk Road September 2008
'SILK ROADS'
More Pictures are on the Silk Road Pages of the Site
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Artwork produced by Sutton Mental Health Action Group
Artwork produced by Orchard Hill - participants with mainly mild to severe learning disabilities
Artwork produced by Sutton Mencap, participants with mild to severe learning disabilities
Art work produced by the Friends of the Elderly participants
Participants from Friends of the Elderly /Cloverdale Court Day Centre at the Europa Gallery Exhibition, May 2008
The canvasses were the result of workshops I ran as part of the Taking Part project for London Borough of Sutton. The theme of the project was 'Future Present'. I worked as a visual artist with elderly, people with mild to severe learning disabilites, autistic & mentally ill & encouraged people to tap into their creative instincts & self expression. It was a hugely rewarding project for me & for them. To hear the laughter & see the joy & take part in the banter as everyone took notice of what the other was doing - inspiring, sharing, communicating & doing something different!
What a present!
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