my phone has been lighting up with yellow warnings of snow – i look out the window and the bight sunlight makes my eyes squint, the bluesky clear of cloud. warnings of things to come.
its been half term so routine patterns have been slightly disrupted and this is a good thing. i’ve spent more time this week considering secondhand projectors and i’ve metaphorically kicked myself at missing out on two. i reassure myself its simply a question of time. a mental image of morpheus appears and i smile to myself.
we’re starting back with forest school after half term and i’m looking forward to getting back into the wood. this week has seen me checking and preparing our resources and making another mallet.
the highlight of the week has been facilitating a family friday session at derby museums. it was the penultimate richard long inspired activity and it didn’t disappoint. the invitation was to use the natural materials – sticks and stones to create an image with an option to have that image photographed and added in real time to a slide show on the projection screen.
the 90 minute session flew by and by the end we’d added 66 images to the show. along the way the process we were using facilitated conversations about the practice of sir richard long and how there was work by him upstairs.
i loved the diverse responses and ideas.
i loved how parents got involved and demonstrated positive role modelling for their children – their pictures being copied by their young children.
i’ve made a selection of my favourite composite images created by the image display to share with you :
