Individuality Project
Now this year brings the start of the individuality Project. The intention of this project is to; work with the community and bring people together, encourage people who may be isolated to take part, teach participants new skills and encourage creativity, also to create a walking trail in Bridgwater, Highbridge and outlying villages.
Already the Highbridge workshops are generating a lot of interest and we are working to add more and more workshops all the time. I look forward for more members of the wider Sedgemoor community to experience the workshops, getting together and expressing their individual creativity!
Individuality Project – Spring 2024
This project came to life in Spring 2024. We ran 7 workshops in Highbridge and Bridgwater and now have over 100 figures made, fired and stored away.
It has been great to meet new communities. The workshops in Highbridge were at St John’s Church Hall and The Morland Hub. Then in Bridgwater we ran two workshops in Victoria Park Community Centre and also a workshop at the Welcome Hub in North Petherton.
Watching different groups of people come together for a workshop has been rewarding. Seeing how different people approach the task and create together, in family groups or friendships groups. Sometimes meeting new people and making new friendships. I am always fascinated to see how people interpret the task – “to make a human figure or how they see themselves” For example, we had one figure which had four faces. This was showing how they feel about themselves at different times, on different days. A mother with four children had her children attached to her figure along with her personal interests; a keyboard to show she is musical and a mortar on her head to represent the degree that she just completed. In another workshop one lady wanted to represent her two grandchildren. She came along with ideas and made the most intricate figure which took her over two hours. Luckily all of these survived in the kiln.
In the project we are using 5 different types of clay so in each workshop we use one type of clay. This is to reflect our society. Once the figures are displayed together it reflects even more our individuality.
This week we reached 200 figures for the Individuality Project. Which means we are two thirds of the way to our goal. Unbelievably each workshop is still unique and the creativity and talent of the participants is wonderful – truly showing that we are all unique.
