Activity Instructor: Clare Scott
Activity Duration: Half Day
Max Participants: 6
Participant Requirements:
Activity Tasks
- Perceiving the topology, groundwater, stability of the path of an intended wall
- Preparing ground to remove vegetation, topsoil, manage tree roots, and identify a foundation soil
- Perceiving stones of use in walling, stone qualities, categorising functions
- Sourcing stone as local as possible to the new wall
- Manual handling awareness and using the work as beneficial physical exercise
- The art of placing stones to create a stable structure (main activity)
- Using eyes and hands to see an emerging structure and feel its qualities
- Techniques for overcoming environmental factors, eg slope and groundwater
- Breaking down the work into a majority of manageable repetitive tasks interspersed with more effortful problem-solving tasks
- Keeping tidy and ordered progress
- Holding a vision of the overall objective
- Finishing and confirming the work
Objectives
I will establish a safe space for you to explore your ideas and possible styles of writing that express your thoughts in the most satisfying way for you. I am experienced in facilitating the work of all levels of skill and can help you to find the forms that suit you best. You may want support to find ways to speak your work, to try out poetry or write a novel. If you want to write your memoir, I can help with that, too. The sessions will be designed according to your ability and interests, so that you feel comfortable and confident and can enjoy working with words.
Tools & Materials Used
- Pens
- Pencils
- Paper
- Notebooks
- Journals
- Laptops
Outcomes
- We may want to seek publishing possibilities and may wish to contact writing organisations/individuals who would facilitate this – sometimes there is the opportunity to attend conferences on this subject.
