Welcoming Back a Familiar Face!
As we turn the page into March, we’re thrilled to welcome back a very familiar face: Gemma Dunnell! Gemma will be with us throughout spring and summer, bringing her signature joyful, playful energy to the group. We can’t wait to see what unfolds next. The wonderful world of zines Hello everyone! I’m so excited to…
Shaping Up with Lisa Takahashi
For our final session with Lisa Takahashi we returned to the incredible Creative Paper Craft by Ernst Rottger and were also inspired by some beautiful paper cut experiments by illustrator Clare Youngs. This session was all about shape – how we divide space, how small shifts change everything, and how restraint can spark creativity. Our…
Creative Paper Craft
We’ve been continuing to explore paper and form with Lisa Takahasi in the brilliant Playper! sessions in the Online Art Group. In our December session, Ernst Röttger’s book, Creative Paper Craft, continued to guide us as we we broke away from the constraints of 2D working, and slowly and meticulously worked on cutting and folding…
Playper!
Cutting and Tearing with artist Lisa Takahashi In this new series of sessions, artist Lisa Takahashi invited group members to playfully explore the creative potential of paper, revealing the expressive range of this everyday material. We began with rhythmic folding and cutting to create a small booklet-style zine for collecting our experiments. Inspired by Ernst…
Introducing Lisa Takahashi
Artist, printmaker and educator Lisa Takahashi invites you to join us in the Online Art Group over the winter months for PlayPer! – an exploration into the creative potential of the simplest of material: paper. Through cutting, tearing, folding, and layering, we’ll discover the surprising expressive range of this everyday medium. No specialist tools or…
Everyday moments, Celebratory messes
We are wrapping up the final two, brilliant, Express & Illustrate sessions with the wonderful Jess Knights! Hosting my Express & Illustrate sessions on the Somerset Art Works Online Art Group over the summer and autumn months this year has been so rewarding and fun! I loved how the change of season subtly influenced the…
Online Art Group Film
Over the last few months we’ve been busy making plans to help protect the future of our beloved Online Art Group. To help us shout about the importance of this group and the space it creates for everyone who takes part, we’re proud to launch our new short film and online exhibition! The Film Filmmaker…
Energy, Seasons & Self
Over in the Online Art group we’ve been continuing with the brilliant Express & Illustrate sessions with artist Jess Knights. We’ve been invited to slow down, connect to movement and the seasons, and respond with mark making, texture and collage. Movement & Rhythm Reflecting on an activity we love – be it dancing, knitting, gardening…
Express & Illustrate
We’re excited to share what we have been doing at the first two Express & Illustrate sessions with the wonderful Jess Knights! Session one, If You Were a Plant, began with Jess leading a much needed moment of mindfulness, taking a few breaths and settling into our bodies. This led on to playing with different…
Collage and Coffee
For his last two sessions with the Online Art Group, Gary Mills kept things fun and accessible, building on the playful mark-making and image-making techniques we’ve explored together so far. Living near the coast, a lot of Gary’s own artistic practice is influenced by nature. Across all four sessions, he’s encouraged us to draw inspiration…
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