Pewsey Mosaics on Show

The stunning mosaics made by the Pewsey Arts Together group - see Blog item below - are now on show at The Gallery in Pewsey.

16 High Street, Pewsey, Wiltshire SN9 5AQ 

 Telephone 01672 562349

Opening Times 10am - 4pm

Monday - Saturday

Email madeinwiltshire@thepactcentre.org.uk

Mosaic Trees by Pewsey Group

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see more of Joanna's projects at www.dewfallmosaic.co.uk

 

Very best seasonal wishes to all Arts Together; members, artists, volunteers, workers, colleagues, supporters, friends and anyone reading this.

Pot Throwing before High Tea in Devizes

Using lovely red earthenware clay, the Devizes group enjoyed throwing their first pot on the wheel. It was a muddy business but there was loads of laughing and surprised looks when the clay in their hands suddenly changed from spinning blob to recognizable bowl...!  

The group also made some very beautiful cake stands, using slabs of flattened clay, decorated with colourful liquid clay (slip) and 'sgraffitto' and put together with professional steel components to give a gorgeous vintage look.

  

The final session, after we had put together our cake stands, involved some rigorous testing of the functionality of the bowls and cake stands - in other words we had a marvellous tea party with the most grand and gracious cake stands that looked fit for the Queen, were briefly adorned with all manner of delicious cakes and pies. Functional and aesthetically pleasing, what more could we ask for...?

Jane Johnson

Sgraffito: A technique where a top layer of colour is scratched to reveal a colour beneath. The term comes from the Italian word sgraffire meaning (literally) "to scratch".

The moods and feelings of the Marlborough Group

This term the Marlborough group explored textile art and we looked at a wide range of styles and approaches to this artform.  The group used moods and feelings as their starting point with themes as diverse as hope, clarity, calmness, anger and horror!  It was wonderful to see such a vigorous response to a project and the results were fantastic. 

Thanks for all your enthusiasm!

Belinda

Mask Making At Arts Together Pewsey

For the last five weeks members of the Pewsey Arts Together group have been finding out what it’s like to wear a mask they have made out of basic materials, including cardboard, paint and feathers.

There were a wide variety of masks, from a Halloween theme, to go-go dancers, animals and more abstract designs. We play acted roles and took on new personalities. Every mask was unique and individuality was encouraged. Gold, glitter and coloured feathers appealed at first and later on spooky designs from the underworld took shape.

Sarah

Paintings from Devizes

The Devizes group have been painting with Anna. These designs are based on a letter of the alphabet. They loved doing it and would like to make them into greetings cards. Watch this space!

Report into arts with older people

A recent report has been published by The Art Into Life programme which is a partnership between the Tate Modern community learning programme and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

The report draws upon and uses material written by Whittington Consultants for Arts Together and we get a substantial mention on pages 26 - 28.

You can read the full report here.

The Taste of Bengal

We managed to eat our way to £531.50 on Sunday. The Devizes restaurant donated its profits from Sunday’s trading to Arts Together and our supporters travelled from as far as Cirencester to boost the day’s takings. Huge thanks to everyone who turned out. It’s a great help for Arts Together and our members.

Also a big thank you to Omar and his team for great food, hard work and their generosity

Karolyne

‘We had a lovely time and the service and food were excellent.’

‘Just a quick word to say how we enjoyed our meal yesterday. It was very congenial, staff were lovely and the food delicious.’

‘Had a great evening at The Taste of Bengal – really great supper’

‘Brilliant - we really enjoyed the food and company! a jolly good idea’

 

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Pop-up Books at Pewsey

Thank you to the Pewsey group for a lively and enthusiastic summer term. The group wrote their own fables and illustrated and constructed pop-up books. 

Every member confidently stated that they couldn’t possibly write a fable at the start of the term and yet produced some really outstanding stories and vibrant illustrations. The end results surprised and I think pleased everyone.   

And the moral of the story is… you never know what’s possible unless you try!

Belinda

Devizes Group exhibit at Festival of Quilts

I recently visited the Festival of Quilts at the NEC in Birmingham. Hundreds of beautiful, individual, expressive quilts hung on the walls for the world to see.  Right by the entrance to the exhibition was a quilt entitled ‘When I Grow Old’.

This quilt was the result of weeks of hard work from the Devizes Arts Together Group and expressed their lighthearted thoughts and feelings about growing older with style and humour. At times the exhibit gathered a fair crowd around it with visitors reading out quotes to each other. I greatly enjoyed facilitating this project that at times stretched  and challenged everyone!  For me this quilt is particularly poignant as, since it was created, two of the members are no longer with the group. They are sadly missed but their contribution both to the group and to this quilt will live on.

Belinda