I have had the most amazing weekend, I really love working on community projects. Usually I am working alone in my studio with my own thought and my own direction this is when I am at my happiest I must admit but working on a community project is so different and so rewarding in many different ways. The initial idea is taken in so many different directions and the individual members of the community who have come into work with me have brought their own ideas and creative input that has taken the project way beyond what I expected.
I have spoken to so many people both young and old over the last couple of days about the Green Spaces projects in Brazil and about similar initiatives in the New Ferry area. As we have been making the favelas I have been getting to know lots of new people and talking about their lives, everyone has a story to tell. Yesterday I had a mum and her 3 children from Poland teaching me Polish and today I met a lady from South Wales who already has 3 grown up children but has just had twins boys.
Looking forward to next week who knows who I will meet and where the favela building will go next?
