First Steps Workshops

This week I am working with a group of young women with the charity First Steps. We are experimenting with wire sculpture techniques with a view to creating a final piece by the end of the week. At the moment the idea is to create something that celebrates the form of the pregnant woman, as most of the group are pregnant or are mothers. We are hoping to exhibit the art work somewhere in the city of Stoke on Trent.

We are delivering the workshops at AirSpace Gallery in their amazing resource room, Glen gave us a tour of the gallery and a short talk on the British Ceramics Biennial exhibition Totem that was taken down yesterday. The artwork provoked some honest opinions from the group.

We also saw the AirSpace Yarden project which is well worth a visit.

We spent the rest of the day experimenting with different types of wire and different techniques. The group created some amazing sculptures...