Art Exhibition, Sale & Open Workshop - Fishslab Gallery, Whitstable.

We will be holding an exhibition and open workshop at the Fishslab Gallery in Whitstable this August. We hope to bring some fun & activity to the gallery! Come along to join in or enjoy browsing our eclectic range of work on display.

WildArt Drawing Day event - 22nd August

We are continuing our work with Kent Wildlife Trust on the Wildart Trail with a second WildArt Drawing Day family event on Wednesday 22nd August. This will include a range of engaging activities which explore sustainable methods of art-making and also aims to give participants the opportunity to help make new artworks for the trail. Please bring your family and friends along for what will be an fun and interactive day in the woods!

Firesite Pyramids

Penny's Silver Birch Planting

Wildart Drawing Day

Willow weaving workshop - Weds 15th Feb

We took part in a brilliant Willow Weaving workshop run by Kent Wildlife Trust, in which the three of us were given the opportunity to create something of our own. As part of a team of about 17 participants we built several new features along the willow path area of the trail. 

A willow arch and wigwam were made by the rest of the team, whilst we constructed a wave-like structure which is reflective of the location's historical position as a pathway for droving cattle and trees to the coast 3 miles away (Herne Bay.) 

The finished wave structure

Living willow was planted to make these features from, meaning that they will continue to grow and change into living sculptures.

Penny and Jan curving and tying the willow to the supporting chestnut stakes.

Alongside our willow wave, Penny also constructed a spire-type structure from chestnut branches to represent the historic Canterbury Cathedral, a further reflection of this path's 3-mile distance from both the city and the coast.

The trail's artist Rob Turner also attended the workshop. Here he is helping to plant the chestnut branches for the cathedral sculpture.

Penny tying her chestnut spire together.

The wigwam and arch that we also created in the workshop - these features, as well as our coast/city ones, have become such prominent parts of the Wildart Trail and interestingly blend in and change with their surroundings through the seasons.

Tree Roots + Tree Ring

These two oak trees have a particularly prominent presence along the willow path area of the Wildart Trail and we were keen to create a piece which enhanced this.

The first, 'Tree Roots', was made by arranging chestnut branches on the ground, radiating outwards from the central tree like roots. 

The second, 'Tree Ring', used loose branch debris found across a lot of the ground near the other oak tree. A slight ring had already naturally formed and, wanting to again enhance not interrupt natural features, we decided to simply add to this arrangement to make a more prominent framing of the old oak.