Recent Projects
Art for wellbeing
Using art for wellbeing, we combined collage and creative print techniques in these gorgeous handmade books, with Thrivers women’s group.
Gaia Art Sessions
We delivered 3 creative print workshops inspired by the Gaia exhibition using Gyotaku, monoprinting and rubber stamp techniques for Durham Cathedral.
Books of Hope
These beautiful, handmade books were created by GemArts Feel Good Group of older women and exhibited as part of their Masala Festival at Bensham Grove, Gateshead.
recollections
Working closely with Age UK North Tyneside, this project focused on capturing people’s oral histories of the region in the form of handmade books. Some of the finished books can be seen here.
ALL ABOUT ME
All About Me is an innovative project run by social enterprise Blue Cabin with South Tyneside Council. This brings together care-experienced children and young people with artists to explore Life Story Work through specially designed creative interventions.
Michelle is one of the Associate Artists on this project and has written about her experience here.
CHAI & CHAT
Chai & Chat Exhibition with GemArts GVEMSG at Gateshead Library
This exhibition presents textile artwork inspired by each family’s unique chai recipe. Each piece includes a collection of handmade elements where fabrics printed with herbs, sits alongside stitching, crochet and family photographs, handwritten recipes and fragments of maps of South Asia.
Portholes to the Past
Collaborating with CAP NE, we worked with Age UK North Tyneside Men’s Group at Cedar Grove Community Centre.
The group made drypoint prints focusing on the impact of WWI on Wallsend. Research & background information was provided by Northumbria WWI Project
These were displayed in the Hearts at Peace exhibition at Segedunum, Wallsend
Women on the wall
Making Roman inspired party invitations on Japanese plywood for children & families as part of the ‘Women on the Wall’ event at The Sill, Northumberland National Park for Hexham Book Festival
Thomas Bewick & the Great North Exhibition
To celebrate the Great North Exhibition, primary children at Newburn Manor school made monoprints inspired by the natural history woodcuts of Thomas Bewick.
a better future for all women
Working with GemArts Gateshead Visible group, we made a banner inspired by the 100 Years of women’s suffrage. The banner was displayed at the PROCESSIONS march in Edinburgh.
This has been exhibited at The Spill Festival, Ipswich