Something that’s been in my mind for a while, and today we finally got around to making our own kaleidoscopes from scratch. They seemed...

We’re making the most of the spring flowers, by preserving them to make chains of natural sun catchers. Using our wire-twisting skills...

We were using the photography process of cyanotype print making today, which creates ‘blueprint’ images. I had already made the cyanotype...

We’re really loving the longer evenings- hard to think that we needed the greenhouse lights on until quite recently. We used some...

Beautiful day at the allotment- we set up a camp in the wildflower area, and had a fabulous afternoon of crochet, and knitting! Very...

We had a visit from a group of students from Derby university, who were interested in alternative settings for education. We used bowsaws...

This was our first after school session where we didn’t need the greenhouse lighting- it’s definitely spring! And we used our first...

An interesting art session- we were talking about how craft can be used to protest and to raise awareness, big conversations! And we...

This is our last session at the plot before half term- although we do have a very special, off-site session in two weeks…😁 This week...

One of the lovely things about winter after-school sessions is being able to see the stars. We sometimes use a free star chart app to...

Our after school session definitely felt spring-like…not only was it (a bit) warmer, but there was lots of birdsong. We had one indoor...

Our textile projects are developing nicely- this week, we were looking to create three-dimensionality. With a lovely pile of assorted...

We were using our wet-felted pieces from last week to develop more complicated textile pieces. With lots of fabrics to choose from, our...

We had plenty of work to do in this week’s after school session -which is how we like it, as it’s pretty cold after the sun has gone...

We started off the term by learning about wet-felting. Quite a good activity for a very cold day- using hot water, and needing to do very...

You can see our talented young artists’ work on the Crow Wood Facebook page, but here’s a quick summary of the sessions before Christmas!...

We’re going to be doing a series of wire sculpture sessions in our home education art group, and we started off creating trees!

We had a fabulous start to this term’s art sessions at the allotment! We used elderberries as the basis for watercolour paint, which was...

This week’s after school session was so lovely and warm- we thought that autumn had come to stay, but apparently not! Delicious dinner of...

We have been collaborating with Air Arts at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) for a number of years, exhibiting work as...