On Wednesday we held the first of our Wild Escape Whitstable creative workshops inspired by some of the more surprising animals found in the Whitstable Community Museum.
Anastasiia Tory is a Ukrainian ceramicist, artist and teacher currently residing in Whitstable. We are delighted to be able to include in our makers market a series of small vessels and traditional Ukrainian cups, the first work made by Anastasia since being in the UK.
We were delighted to host a second visit from Sarah and her students from ISP Fostering Whitstable to finish their contribution to our Extraordinary Places Antarctic project, this week focusing on the human life in this fragile, beautiful, but inhospitable landscape.
Week 3 of our Print making taster course introduced the students to the tactile process of creating a collagraph, which essentially is the process of collaging materials onto a printing plate to create a printable image.
For the last 2 weeks our Young Makers Club have been transported to one of Earths extraordinary places: Antarctica! For the last 2 weeks our Young Makers Club have been transported to one of Earths extraordinary places: Antarctica! All part of a larger project that includes young people from ISP Fostering and our volunteer group.
Lindsay is a Whitstable-based wet felt maker who regularly displays and sells her work drawing inspiration from the coastline, especially the scenery and bird life around her.