tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87273999405315552462024-03-05T14:15:11.883+00:00Great Crane Art ProjectWorking with schools and communities - a creative programme co-ordinated by Somerset Art Works in partnership with The Great Crane ProjectSomerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15476571814220292240noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-9827242692006057002014-12-10T16:13:00.000+00:002014-12-10T16:51:23.157+00:00A Celebration of Cranes - Short Film Uploaded<div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Over 500 people joined the Celebration of Cranes event on Saturday 22 November - A </span></span><a href="http://www.somersetartworks.org.uk/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" target="_blank">Somerset Art Works</a> <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">creative partnership with</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> </span><a href="http://www.thegreatcraneproject.org.uk/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">The Great Crane Project</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Big Noise Street Band</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> played as more than 80 school children and volunteers processed with lanterns and costumes made with artist <a href="http://www.emeraldant.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Butterworth</a>. A magical sight and huge thanks to everyone who took part. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">More info in the posts below.</span></div>
Beccy Swaine, Somerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204379443379163669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-42533975051152887182014-11-27T12:46:00.001+00:002014-11-27T12:52:44.661+00:00SAW BLOG: No Common Crane<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">We invited our resident SAW blogger </span>Davina Jelley<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> along to the Celebration of Cranes Illuminated Procession - read her account of the evening's celebrations<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://somersetartworksblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/no-common-crane-celebration-of-cranes.html" target="_blank">on the SAW blog</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Michael Wilson from the Great Crane Project writes about the Celebration of Cranes event in his latest blog post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Read all about it by clicking here: <br /><a href="http://www.thegreatcraneproject.org.uk/blogs/michael-wilson/what-celebration-cranes" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Great Crane Project Blog</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Twenty illuminated Crane headdresses made by pupils from Stoke St Gregory Primary School with artist <a href="http://www.emeraldant.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Butterworth</a> now join the North Curry dragonflies at the grain store at Willows & Wetlands Visitor Centre. Sarah thinks the pupils may have been channelling <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/piet-mondrian-1651" target="_blank">Mondrian</a> in their workshop? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Preparations are building speed for our event on 22 November - Illuminated lantern procession and celebration of 5 years of The Great Crane Project and its creative partnership with Somerset Art Works. More info in posts further down the page...</span>Beccy Swaine, Somerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204379443379163669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-4089023424710445822014-11-06T15:55:00.001+00:002014-11-25T10:46:07.271+00:00SAW BLOG: A CELEBRATION OF THE COMMON CRANE<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Earlier this week SAW Blogger Davina Jelley was invited to North Curry Primary School to document the workshop being run by artist Sarah Butterworth as part of the Celebration of Cranes project.</span><br />
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Beccy Swaine, Somerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204379443379163669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-57736206110444285052014-11-04T14:25:00.001+00:002014-11-04T17:25:50.332+00:00We are Celebrating!<div class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Artist Sarah Butterworth, from <a href="http://www.emeraldant.com/" target="_blank">Emerald Ant</a>, has been leading workshops with schools and community groups - from the organised chaos of willow, tissue and copious amounts of glue, some amazing sculptural forms have emerged. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Pupils from Stoke St Gregory and North Curry Schools have been creatively engrossed in constructing dragonflies and headdresses, whilst Heathfield School have made some striking theatrical costumes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The school workshops have been supported by <a href="http://www.inspiredsomerset.org.uk/" target="_blank">InspirED Somerset</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Two large Crane sculptures took their initial test flight under blue skies, however the clocks have now changed and the evenings are now far darker, which is just perfect, as all the sculptures require the night sky to reveal their true glowing potential as illuminated lanterns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Throughout the five year partnership of Somerset Art Works and The Great Crane Project, diverse artistic projects have created quite a buzz amongst the many participants and the Somerset community has embraced this characterful bird back into their lives - all wishing to witness the first pair that will breed and go on to successfully raise their young.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Throughout the afternoon you will also be able to see work from an earlier project, artist <a href="http://www.melanietomlinson.co.uk/" target="_blank">Melanie Tomlinson</a> and pupils from Huish Episcopi Academy created colourful dioramas depicting the Cranes that are at the centre of all these celebrations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The procession with illuminated lanterns, music and dancing is on <b>Saturday 22 November at 4.30pm at the <a href="http://englishwillowbaskets.co.uk/christmas-craft-food-fayre" target="_blank">Willows and Wetlands Visitor Centre</a></b>,<b> Stoke St Gregory.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><br />For a procession to be truly celebratory and uplifting you need music and this is to be provided by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheBigNoiseStreetBand" target="_blank">The Big Noise Street Band</a> and Stoke St Gregory School Band.<br /><br />Admission is free and the afternoon promises many attractions for all ages to share and enjoy as the procession is part of the annual <a href="http://englishwillowbaskets.co.uk/christmas-craft-food-fayre" target="_blank">Christmas Craft & Food Fayre</a> which runs from 2 - 5.30pm.<br /><br />Hope to see you there!</span></div>
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22 November 2014</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Illuminated
lantern procession at 4.30pm</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> with spectacular crane
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5.30pm</b> <b>at the Willows and Wetlands Visitor Centre</b>. Free entry
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artists, musicians, local schools, businesses and communities to celebrate five
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Beccy Swaine, Somerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204379443379163669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-74384444454934664742014-10-17T11:14:00.002+01:002014-10-23T18:21:20.068+01:00Willow, Paper and Glue - Workshops in full flow for the Celebration of Cranes Event<h4 style="text-align: center;">
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An enthusiastic group spent two days working with artist <a href="http://www.emeraldant.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Butterworth</a> to create amazing giant cranes for the <b>Celebration of Cranes event on Saturday 22 November </b>at the Willows and Wetlands Centre in Stoke St Gregory.</div>
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<a href="http://www.somersetartworks.org.uk/" target="_blank">Somerset Artworks (SAW) </a>and <a href="http://www.thegreatcraneproject.org.uk/" target="_blank">The Great Crane Project</a> have collaborated on this celebratory project, working with artists, musicians, local schools and communities.<br />
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The procession starts at 4.30pm prompt at the Willows and Wetlands Visitor Centre and is part of the annual<b> Christmas Craft & Food Fayre</b> running from 2 -5.30pm. <b>Free entry</b> and lots of attractions for all the family throughout the afternoon. <br />
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Culminating in the late afternoon of <b>Saturday 22 November at the <a href="http://www.englishwillowbaskets.co.uk/visitor-centre" target="_blank">Willows and Wetlands Centre</a><span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span></b>Stoke St Gregory, there will be a procession of illuminated lanterns made by
primary school children ( Stoke St Gregory and
North Curry Schools), two large illuminated crane puppets made through community
workshops, live music with Tim Hill and the Big Noise Street Band, children’s
music (Stoke St Gregory School), plus a secondary school dance element to interact
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<br />Beccy Swaine, Somerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204379443379163669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-45204824525038498402014-07-29T15:39:00.001+01:002014-08-14T11:42:15.585+01:00The Company of Cranes: Schools Crane Twinning Project!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKhTMJx6EaSEymHCMQ-LMft6hji1dJdWhjruQh90m3j3qfkPp8xZkOMUGYUQ5-Xo2js0FRcwiaYmOHihXHAUh8pzFGTSydOT7LJ0VDC5NYFf7xnHZUk4DAAbcKtZztB7Fk2AQ-ia3hD3S/s1600/draft+blog+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKhTMJx6EaSEymHCMQ-LMft6hji1dJdWhjruQh90m3j3qfkPp8xZkOMUGYUQ5-Xo2js0FRcwiaYmOHihXHAUh8pzFGTSydOT7LJ0VDC5NYFf7xnHZUk4DAAbcKtZztB7Fk2AQ-ia3hD3S/s1600/draft+blog+9.jpg" height="288" width="320" /></a>Read all about artist Melanie Tomlinson's Twinning work with German and Somerset Schools. Follow the link for lots of fabulous pictures of the art work created by students.<br />
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by Somerset Art Works and The Great Crane Project in a project funded by Arts
Council England to help raise awareness and support for the reintroduction of
the Eurasian Crane to the Somerset Levels.</span></div>
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took the project on an artistic journey designing and making beautiful hand
printed pre-cinema objects, including zoetropes, praxinoscopes and finely
detailed illustrations to narrate the cranes’ journey from Brandenburg in
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Funded
by </span><a href="http://www.inspiredsomerset.org.uk/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;" target="_blank">InspirED Somerset</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, Melanie has spent the last month delivering
crane-inspired workshops in 13 Somerset schools and from this she has developed
a </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">free online Company of Cranes resource pack </b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">designed for schools, groups and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The resources aim to nurture independent study and creative skills,
build self-confidence and understanding of conservation and the environment.
The website </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.thecompanyofcranes.net/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><b>www.thecompanyofcranes.net</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
includes an Interactive Map where you can upload and share your work.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“The
online resources offer an exciting opportunity to learn about the Somerset
cranes and surrounding wildlife, creating fun art at the same time!
Choose from a selection of carefully designed activities that are accessible to
all ages and offer creative and interesting engagement for schools, community
groups and families. In fact anyone anywhere, interested in the beauty
and diversity of the Somerset landscape and its flora and fauna is welcome to
join in.” Melanie Tomlinson.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Beccy Swaine, Somerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204379443379163669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-12594442374450230652013-09-27T23:27:00.001+01:002014-03-25T11:46:47.178+00:00'The Company of Cranes' - Part 2 - Exhibition in Langport<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYWAbh1_O8317yW9qSJhA9raUZsMBGynMJhY9WkiDRTLtXm2y7hT-tT3a0zjkko0m3rzzp589HLlxe6bIxjcuKU5ukUnv-tv5FCAzDi1SlfQsciztDXaJ0SGLlRUpiT18eB3I-hvOTj1l/s1600/Melanie+Tomlinson+-+The+Schorfheide-Chorin+Biosphere+Reserve+Praxinoscope+%25C2%25A9+Richard+Battye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYWAbh1_O8317yW9qSJhA9raUZsMBGynMJhY9WkiDRTLtXm2y7hT-tT3a0zjkko0m3rzzp589HLlxe6bIxjcuKU5ukUnv-tv5FCAzDi1SlfQsciztDXaJ0SGLlRUpiT18eB3I-hvOTj1l/s1600/Melanie+Tomlinson+-+The+Schorfheide-Chorin+Biosphere+Reserve+Praxinoscope+%25C2%25A9+Richard+Battye.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Melanie Tomlinson welcomes you to the 'Company of Cranes' exhibition in Langport from 21st September to 5th October as part of the Somerset Art Weeks Festival 2013, exhibiting Crane inspired zoetropes, praxinoscopes and other artworks! Click on link below for further details.</span><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #2288bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">Somerset Art Weeks 2013 - <a href="http://www.somersetartworks.org.uk/venues/saw-projects-company-cranes" style="color: #2288bb; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Company of Cranes</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Keep up to date on Melanie Tomlinson's work via her project blog: </span><a href="http://thecompanyofcranes.blogspot.co.uk/">http://thecompanyofcranes.blogspot.co.uk/</a>Beccy Swaine, Somerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204379443379163669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-74761034501528281482013-06-11T14:56:00.003+01:002013-06-11T14:56:37.708+01:00The Company of Cranes in Slimbridge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From <b>June 16 - August 05 2013</b> acclaimed illustrator and metal-worker Melanie Tomlinson will present an exhibition of artworks commissioned by Somerset Art Works, in partnership with The Great Crane Project, to chronicle the re-introduction of the common crane to the Somerset Levels after an absence of 400 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Melanie’s vibrant and emotional response to the commission includes beautifully crafted hand-printed steel zoetropes, which animate her journey with the Great Crane Project team as they collected eggs in Germany ahead of their hatching and rearing in Slimbridge. Melanie’s narrative artworks also include finely detailed and colourful gouache illustrations that tell the story of her experiences spent in forest, swamps and flower meadows in Somerset and the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve, Brandenburg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A screen will show images and short films of wildlife from the environments of both Somerset and Brandenburg and the creation of the artworks themselves. In addition Melanie will exhibit a series of dioramas inspired by bird species from around the world.<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Working on the Crane project has been a very moving and emotional experience,” comments Melanie. “To see Cranes in the wild in Germany and to observe the collection of eggs has put the project into a new context for me. It has also inspired exciting new artworks that I hope reflect the beauty of the project and the landscapes in Somerset and Brandenburg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I have made two steel zoetropes for the exhibition at Slimbridge, which I have hand-printed with my own illustrations. The illustrations are very finely detailed, highly colourful and reference my trip to Germany and also cranes in the wild. They were very challenging to make but I thoroughly enjoyed the process of constructing them. I will also be showing a series of photos and short films of the trip to Germany and my research in Somerset on a small screen.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Alongside her own work there will also be a small display of crane-inspired zoetropes created by pupils at Ash School in Somerset during workshops run by Melanie in May 2013. Together with Somerset Film, Melanie is working to widen the project's reach by developing online resources for schools.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The exhibition will also include works by David Brayne RWS</b>. Somerset Art Works member artist David Brayne has lived for many years within walking distance of the Somerset Levels. This flat, watery land, which echoes the wide sky and liminal expanses of his south Lincolnshire childhood, touches much of his recent work. Exhibiting a selection of prints, David exhibits regularly at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition, and his work is held in the Royal Collection. See davidbrayne.wordpress.com</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Beccy Swaine, Somerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204379443379163669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-62367970214353030712013-05-23T21:56:00.002+01:002013-05-23T21:58:18.140+01:00The Company of Cranes<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Melanie will develop her own artistic response to her involvement with the <a href="http://www.thegreatcraneproject.org.uk/" target="_blank">The Great Crane Project</a>, run workshops with local and European Schools and, with the support of <a href="http://www.somersetfilm.com/" target="_blank">Somerset Film</a>, widen the project's reach by developing interactive online resources for schools.<br />
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Beccy Swaine, Somerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204379443379163669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-58592451219726140812013-02-07T15:30:00.001+00:002013-02-07T15:33:54.537+00:00Flying Through Europe – Great Crane Art Project Artist Appointment<br />
We are delighted to announce that after an overwhelming 80+ artist applications and a rigorous selection process, Somerset Art Works has appointed artist Melanie Tomlinson to work on our European project ‘Flying Through Europe’ in partnership with The Great Crane Project and Ash Primary School, funded by SAW’s successful Arts Council application.<br />
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Melanie Tomlinson works with illustration and metal to create vibrant and intensely detailed sculptures and three dimensional dioramas that reflect her deep love and passion for nature. She is particularly interested in the role of traditional folk narrative to explore the complex relationships between communities and the natural world.<br />
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She will be travelling to Germany to join the Crane team collecting and bringing back eggs in the Spring, and will be working closely with the project teams at SAW, The Great Crane Project, Ash School and their twinned European partner schools. As well as developing her own creative response to the project, her commission also involves running workshops with local and European Schools in both Somerset and abroad.<br />
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A few words from Melanie:<br />
I am very excited to be appointed as lead artist working with Somerset Art Works and the Great Crane Project. I have a huge passion for nature and this opportunity will enable me to work closely with the project team and the wonderful Cranes themselves. Using illustration and metal to create a series of pre-cinema objects - such as zoetropes, I will be exploring the Cranes’ journey from Germany to Somerset through the moving image. The objects in motion will be filmed for online viewing. In addition to my own artistic response I am looking forward to working with pupils at schools in Somerset and Europe, exploring the beautiful Cranes through art workshops.<br />
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The finished work will be displayed at WWT Slimbridge in the Summer and during Somerset Art Weeks 2013. <br />
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With the support from Somerset Film, Melanie will be developing online elements to widen the reach of the project and increase schools' engagement both in the UK and Europe. <br />
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You can see more examples of Melanie's work at <a href="http://www.melanietomlinson.co.uk/">www.melanietomlinson.co.uk</a><br />
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<br />Beccy Swaine, Somerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204379443379163669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-76186318992724114482013-01-25T23:02:00.001+00:002013-01-25T23:03:23.538+00:00Working with Wire - Birds at Ash Primary School<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wire sculptures created by pupils age 9 and 10 from Ash Primary School in South Somerset are displayed at <a href="http://www.gingerfig.co.uk/home.html">The Ginger Fig Gallery, Taunton</a> until 09 February 2013 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Inspired by birds and local habitat, artist Fiona Campbell was commissioned by Somerset Art Works (SAW) as part of an ongoing project with the school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For 2013 SAW is engaging a lead artist to explore the European links of The Great Crane Project with Ash Primary School and partner European schools. </span>Beccy Swaine, Somerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204379443379163669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-52975327025792989722013-01-20T22:53:00.000+00:002013-01-20T22:53:15.090+00:00January 2013 Great Crane Art Project Update<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A New Year and an exciting rush of over 80 artist applications for the 2013 Lead Artist role with SAW, The Great Crane Project and Ash Primary School. Many hours spent reading and re-reading the applications, a wealth of experience and ideas to sift through, i</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">nterviews will be held at the end of the month</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. Thank you to all those who spent time applying, this project has captured the imagination of so many. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The paper cranes continue their journey around Somerset, at Kings College Taunton in January (see right) and in February they are off to Bruton School for Girls - our sponsor for the emerging artist Paper Crane role.</span><br />
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Thanks to a successful Arts Council application, SAW’s creative partnership with The Great Crane Project moves forward to an ambitious commission for 2013 with local, national and European project partners. Shadowing the reintroduction of the Common Crane to the Somerset Levels, from egg collection in Germany, hatching at Slimbridge and release on the Levels, the artist will create work inspired by the project which will connect communities with this unique bird and its place in the Somerset Wetlands.</div>
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Proposals are welcome from visual artists and makers working in any medium, including digital, multi media, sound, moving image, photography and live art.</div>
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Download the brief <a href="http://www.somersetartworks.org.uk/news/great-crane-art-project-artist-commission">http://www.somersetartworks.org.uk/news/great-crane-art-project-artist-commission</a><br />Closing date 13 January 2013</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">An update on the 'Class of 2012' newly released cranes and a crane collage workshop with Hilda Vaughan followed, then a walk on <a href="http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designatedareas/nnr/1006131.aspx">Shapwick Heath Nature Reserve</a> with Natural England.</span><br />
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Beccy Swaine, Somerset Art Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204379443379163669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8727399940531555246.post-1914103851801981032012-09-12T11:59:00.000+01:002012-09-12T12:10:41.026+01:00Somerset Art Weeks 2012<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Come along to Venue 27 and see the <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Flight of the Cranes Exhibition </b></span></span>at the Somerset Crafts Centre near Shapwick, 15 -30 September 2012.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">To celebrate the reintroduction of cranes to the Somerset Levels and Moors, Somerset Art Works collaborates with the Somerset Crafts artists' co-operative to present an exhibition of artworks inspired by the life and beauty of cranes and their habitat.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b style="color: #660000;">Saturday 29th September - </b>All day craft workshops and demonstrations, Great Crane Project display. 2 - 4pm free paper crane drop-in workshop for all ages, with Lucy Lean.<br /><br /><b style="color: #660000;">Sunday 30th September - </b>All day craft workshops,demonstrations, Great Crane Project display featuring the film 'Return of the Cranes'. Live jazz from the Roger Bond Quartet. Natural England 'Wild Day'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;"><br />This exhibition features works by artists from the Somerset Crafts group: Mithra Richardson (Silk Painting), Billy Rhodes (Metalwork), Erica Sharpe (Jewellery), John Candler (Stonecarving), Viv White (Textiles), Kate Rattray (Mosaic), Leigh Combes (Pottery), Sue Heys (Stained Glass), Susanne Branham (Jewellery) and Marie Burke (Watercolour)</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-EkyuqunAyqgkar5sLGQEREdjWKxlW8ZKIv2e1WqIOc_0MA6Or2EQ4q59_hrLbDpBZ2ijEqdc3jQj2GLVx40ES6tb2x7VPn9EXAEqGITCbYnrk95WuE2c0r2683aa2X32SxFPxg0wJo/s1600/IMG_0606.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-EkyuqunAyqgkar5sLGQEREdjWKxlW8ZKIv2e1WqIOc_0MA6Or2EQ4q59_hrLbDpBZ2ijEqdc3jQj2GLVx40ES6tb2x7VPn9EXAEqGITCbYnrk95WuE2c0r2683aa2X32SxFPxg0wJo/s320/IMG_0606.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also a beautiful origami paper crane installation <b>'Skinny Legs, Hats and Rupert Bear'</b>, a collaborative work created by artist Lucy Lean with communities and schools as part of an ongoing partnership project between Somerset Art Works and The Great Crane Project. Recycled paper is used for the installation, including maps donated by The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office in Taunton, Somerset.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Outside, colourful crane decoys have been painted by Othery communities and young people with disabilities on a Short Breaks Workshop, led by artists Kitty Hillier and Hilda Vaughan.<br /></span><br />
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