Scale Models for the Final Piece

Here are a couple of shots of what the walkway will hopefully look like when its finished!! ... I've made little scale models using carboard, beads of old necklaces and, ofcourse, the handy hot glue gun! I'd be lost without it! Hopefully you can get some sort of idea from it!

Upton Workshops

During my workshop at the school I was hoping to get the students to make their own rosary beads using different materials such as wire, wool, clay threads, even using clusters of beads threaded together to make a bigger bead! The students could use their own inspiration and imagination as to what their beads would look like! The workshops went very well... I assisted antonia in her felt making workshop which was very enjoyable and the students produced colourful, eye catching pieces! When it was time for my workshop the foolowing day, the students and I felt that they would rather decorate their felt pieces by sowing beads into the felt instead of making separate beads... This worked really well! the pieces looked lovely and when we hung them up in the grounds of 'Rosary Walk' outside, they really stood out from the nature of the walkway.

The Workshops!!

Fun Fun!!

The Workshops went very well with only a few minor hicks, one of the workshops a few of the girls couldn't attend due to a talk elsewhere and my workshop was to make beads withe the girls, but due to timing we ended up sewing and stitching the beads onto the felt pieces... which worked out even better in my opinion!!