Commissioned

Autumn, seasonal activites

This time of year an important part of the preparation for workshops and future making is harvesting willow, it is always good to see the health of the trees, how they have grown aver the year and make plans for new planting where there is space.

I am also usually busy with workshops and meeting lots of new students but this year of course is different. It’s good that a few places and organisations have decided to host workshops and I am really pleased to teach at Hills Road Sixth Form for adult education, and at Holkham Hall in Norfolk as part of their Christmas celebrations

I love to make to commission, it is always as a result of meeting people and learning about their homes or work places. Sculptures and baskets become part of other peoples lives and their story for many years to come. I am currently working on several that will be given as gifts by the purchasers, among them a bee for a beekeeper.

Making in the Museum

One of the best places to source willow in the Fens is Holt Island, St Ives. Very close by is The Norris Museum where I will be teaching how to make plant supports for gardens in the area. This workshop is for both beginners and those who have made with willow previously.

Holt Island Heritage Open Weekend

Sunday 16th September I will be taking part in Holt Island Heritage weekend, St Ives, Cambridgeshire. Hoping for good weather and lots of meetings with basketmakers and answering questions from potential basketmakers and maybe do some basketmaking. There will be workshop booking forms and items for sale.

New workshop dates and venues

I am excited to run my Basket Making and Sculpture willow workshop at Brakehill Lodge Farm, near Thetford on November 17th, booking is already filling up so there are bound to be lots of interesting projects to hear about.

Open Greenhouse

The Greenhouse workshop in the Bishops Garden, Ely will be open on June 10th 2p.m. – 6p.m. as part of the NGA Open Garden Scheme, come and see what is made here, there will be items for sale or to commission and details of next seasons workshops. Click on the link for more information about the garden

miniatures

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Polli:Nation project workshops

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Workshop introduction

Giant Apple for Apple Day

The workshop at Isle of Ely Primary have resulted in a wonderful Giant Apple for Ely’s Apple Day on Saturday 21st October

The whole school took part, everyone learned how to manipulate willow. we are all very proud of the result!

Booking Commissioned Workshops

Commissioned workshops are designed in consultation with individuals, groups and communities. Jane has experience teaching groups with a wide range of ages and abilities, including family workshops, youth work as well as curriculum based training courses. Jane also works with other artists and practitioners including environmentalists, local historians, performers and storytellers. See examples of workshops and projects

Contact Jane@FrostArt.co.uk or call 07967 088 348 for more information

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Book group workshops or one to one sessions on dates and venues of your choice, please go here for more information. I have experience of leading workshops in a variety of settings both in UK and abroad with people of all ages and abilities.

For information about exhibitions and project work see my blog

Art Science installation

Working with OuseLife artists and teachers from local schools, children made sculptures and installations for Ely Cathedral Science Festival 2017. The workshops I worked on were Recycling and Colour theory, using bicycle wheels with bottle tops to raise awareness of the amount of plastic in the environment.

Spirals and wheels of colour hung between 6 and 10 metres from the clerestory of Ely Cathedral and provided a fabulous opportunity to reflect the colours in the cathedral’s stained glass. Both will exist for centuries, glass will return to sand but plastic will never become part of a healthy eco-system, we need to be so careful of the materials we choose to make with.

colour theory in practise — Bottle top Colour spiral

Recycling plastics

Flowers, insects and other creatures made using plastic containers and lids. A workshop for all ages to highlight the variety and extent of plastics in household use.

Work with Arts and Minds at Anglesey Abbey

Inside-Out, a large scale collaborative project with Arts and Minds and families at Anglesey Abbey which resulted in a sculpture trail in the extensive gardens and work being placed at all levels, including in the Mill Lode and high up in trees