Working again with one of our favorite partner organisations Shabby2chic CIC and wonderful owner Sandra Johnson, a group of young people and YOT.
Over the next six weeks we will be working with the group to design items that are up-cycled, using printmaking, graffiti and shabby chic techniques.
Fantasy Plant Shop puppet making workshop
Using a Fantasy Plant Design by Boz as a starting point The young people made a number of sock puppets ready for the screening of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at the Last Monday Club in October
Foxy fox glove and yet to be named friends
Photos by Boz Phillips
paper eating plant sock by Boz Phillips
We love working with Club2Go. Fantastic and dedicated people who offer activities to young people in areas where there is little or no access to arts and sports during the holidays.
The young participants love the Posca pens that were kindly donated to us by POSCA earlier this year
All the signs and boards we use are made from recycled cardboard or wood
Continue reading Balloon signs at Club2Go workshop Grange Park Blackpool
On the 20th July we participated in the Spare Part Festival funded by Left Coast as part of Tram Sunday in Fleetwood.
Mr Dee worked on a live graffiti paint starting at 12.30
We would like to thank Sandra at Shabby2Chic for driving us and all our boards wood and cardboard to the Festival and picking us up at the end of the day. A big Thank You Sandra.
Finished at 5pm
Subway cars for people to add their own graffiti to
The build when we arrived with all the pieces
As part of the live paint event Mr Dee with the help of our photographer Lee Hodgkiss and our new organisation member David Jennings we created and built 2 small subway cars on wheels that later joined the Tram Sunday parade.
Boz Phillips set up a workshop for or should I say ‘put out paint all day’ for enthusiastic children , parents and members of the public to paint the subway cars with their graffiti.
The subway cars were a big hit thanks to Mr Dees’ ideas and Dave and Lees help.
Everyone loved the opportunity to decorate the cars from 12 noon until 3.30 when the parade commenced.
See for yourself the participants work below.
Decorated inside and out
Then we joined the parade
UDP dance members took the photo opportunity after some of their members added name to the trains
We work with Shabby2Chic because they support people in our community to achieve their aims of finding skills and employment. Through Sandra’s dedication to recycling and supporting the people most in need in the community to make Blackpool a better place to live and work.
We recently worked with Sandra on workshops with young people who produced the following ‘Shabby chic’ items. We could not post until now as one item was made for a wedding present.
Finished pieces
Before during and after images
In 2013 we were asked to facilitate two short workshops with young people engaged in National Citizens Service activities with the YMCA in the fantastic setting of Rossall School Fleetwood, during the summer break.
We created cardboard knights armor for the participants to add their own team designs to.
In 2013 Mr Dee was asked to work with Shabby2Chic as we have a great working partnership with this fantastic company
http://sandrajohnson.vpweb.co.uk/About-Us.html
Mr Dee worked with a young person to develop his art work on to a piece of recycled furniture which sold for £60
The young person who painted this has a real talent for illustration.
We suggested he develop one particular art work for adding to a
t-shirt.
Not only did the young man in pass his award: gaining confidence and self esteem with regards his skills. He was able to see the potential to take his work forward and develop a business selling his art work in the future.
As part of the Circles of Light Project we facilitated a drop in session for a day at Kirkham Park.
http://circlesoflight-fylde.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/spraying-signs-sayings-with-friends-of.html
Families and young people participated throughout the day.
Mr Dee was kept busy
The art works went to good use
Mr Dee design for Club2Go for a ‘colouring book’ .
Art works below drawn with Posca pens on the Club2Go bus on Crosslands Park Blackpool April 9th 2014
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Club2Go/312458242221400
Mr Dee working with young people on their name signs
last legs community arts health 