Category Archives: Health & Well-Being
Do scars ever heal? Or do they make you stronger? I’ve been working on my art practice for my MA Arts Practice (Arts, Health & Wellbeing) this afternoon, and thinking about this. It’s my final year at University of South Wales and time for my major project. Emotional and physical pain changes you and you…
I was recently asked to deliver a four session Creative Journaling workshop for Cwm-Ni Iach at Dove Workshop, Banwen, Neath. Cwm-Ni Iach (or Healthy Company) aims to support people to improve their mental and physical health and well-being. During the four sessions, participants had an opportunity to try out lots of different creative journaling techniques to…
Walking on Eggshells My inspiration to experiment with eggshell art: After visiting the Ivor Davies Silent Explosion exhibition in the National Museum Cardiff earlier this year, I was particularly interested in Davies’ Picasso influenced paintings that he made during the mid-1950s. This was when he experimented with adding broken eggshells to his painted surfaces. Working…