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Branch Weaving – Weaving the Stories of our Lives In my Art for Wellbeing weekly group, we have started to try out branch weaving. I have been interested in weaving for some time, and wanted to try out a weaving activity with a group that didn’t involve individual looms. Sticks and branches were the perfect…
Things that I Love Have you ever taken the time to think about the things that you love? Really think about them? Most of us go through life noticing things in our lives that we’re not so happy about, and perhaps don’t spend enough time appreciating the fabulous things that we all have …. family,…
How to Make SunCatchers In our Art for Wellbeing groups, we always combine making beautiful works of art with our discussion about mental health and wellbeing. During this session, we talked about negative bias and how much easier it is to focus on the more negative aspects of our lives, especially with all the dreadful…
I’ve been running art for wellbeing workshops recently with Cwm-Ni Iach and Community First, aiming to improve participants emotional and mental health, using creative techniques. In both groups, we’ve used the space and time to talk about how creativity can help us to explore our emotions and provide an outlet for difficult feelings, as well…