All last week I criss-crossed Waltham Forest to deliver workshops in pop-up design, character creation and story development to all the borough’s libraries. Many thanks to Waltham Forest Libraries and London Borough of Waltham Forest for inviting me to work with them over the half-term and to all the families who participated. The montage shows just a small selection of the wonderfully creative work that was produced.
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Waltham Forest Pop-up Workshops
Next week, I’ll be touring Waltham Forest Libraries – 8 workshops at 8 libraries over 4 days starting Monday 24 Oct. Come and learn pop-up design, character illustration, and book-making in my hands-on, half-term sessions in partnership with @walthamforestlibraries and London Borough of Waltham Forest @lbwalthamforest. Look forward to seeing you all there.
To guarantee your place go to the Eventbrite link for the event, all listed here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj0GVLwNq-t/
Pop-Up Germs
Some very creative pop-up germ-making at my workshops in Florence Nightingale Museum yesterday Florence Nightingale Museum.
Thanks to all the families who took part. Don’t forget to check out the museum’s beautifully designed Spanish Flu exhibition running until June ’19.
Pop-up Roman Kitchen
I’ll be running two half-term workshops at the Verulamium Museum (The Museum of Everyday Life in Roman Britain) in St. Albans next month. Verulamium was the third largest city of Roman Britain and the museum stands on the site of the Roman town.
Both workshops are based around the theme of the Roman kitchen, allowing plenty of scope for food, implements, vessels, tools, pets and other rooms in the background. Workshop 1 will consist of making simple individual pop-up frameworks and adding the various elements to build up a 3D picture.
Workshop 2 (free) is a drop-in session where you get to help co-create a giant work of three dimensional art! The children will create and add the elements to a large pre-prepared, collapsible, cardboard framework, using the museum’s exhibits for inspiration. The finished piece will be displayed at the museum for a short period of time.
Further information about the workshops and the museum:
http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/roman-paper-engineering-bookable-session-457/
http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/roman-paper-engineering-drop-in-session-458/
John O'Leary 