So work had really begun on creating the Wildart Trail. I took my dog for a walk up the woods and saw lots of activity. A willow arch, well really its a tunnel has been started. It has a fancy diamond pattern built into the sides of it.
I also saw two large tree trunks lying near the entrance to the trail. I stopped to measure how large they were, as I know this will be a pair of totem poles which I will be doing some detailed designs for soon. A very interesting topic totemic societies, where people live in 'historical landscapes!' A very different way of explaining the world compared with our scientific logic in our techno western cultures.
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| 5m long and 60cm wide at the bottom. The other 5m long and 40cm wide at the bottom |
The other thing which I have been busy with is, working with Herne Junior School. This was an amazing day in the classroom with pupils drawing. I was surprised on how into this the pupils were. Staff from Kent Wildlife Trust had brought boxes and boxes of stuff including games, wasps nests, beetles in petri dishes and loads of images and information. This was a lot to carry, but paid dividends in the quality of work produced. You might think 'oh you would say that though wouldn't you'! ..But...I am used to going into schools and working on subjects you cant see, and drawing from imagination with little reference material. As an artist it is my job sometimes to invent the reference material, so this was the opposite of that, and the children were really enjoying drawing things they could touch and see. This was a welcome change from what I am used to.
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| Real stuff to pick up and draw. |
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| Designs to be transfered into artwork on the Wildart Trail |
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| and a willow entrace archway/tunnel has appeared in the last week |
My next task then; to create a series of short totem poles using the work generated in these classroom drawing sessions. In total there will be four posts one for each class we worked with. So all in all things are moving forward now, and real tangible things are happening.
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