Things are getting on in Ferrybank.
I have two textile art groups in Ferrybank. One group meets Tuesday and the other Wednesday. The Wednesday group are mostly together the longest, they have done a level 3 fetac textile minor award and some have done 4 and 5 monir awards. At present this group are doing a community arts project based loosely on Christchurch Cathedral in Waterford City. The aim of this project was to encourage group participation as artists, to learn to collaborate, to learn compromise. This has been interesting as I also have had to learn to compromise. Some of the participants have had to go on their own as their partners do not turn up and that is awkward but that is group work.
The second group are in the formative, skill learning, getting to know what they can do stage. They are preparing for the level 3 textile minor award. This is a very useful exercise as it allows a lot of freedom which enables the students to show true learning.
Here are some example of what this last group are doing at present
