Sunday 24 February 2013

OPEN DOOR - Textile Tales – Session 2


Today we asked the group to bring in a precious object and share their stories with everyone. Every object had a beautiful story. One participant spoke about a gold chain which was given to her by her mother, a necklace which is worn at all times, bringing her peace and tranquillity.  Another participant spoke about a precious scarf received from a close friend who is no longer with us, she holds onto her memories wearing this scarf.

As the stories developed, each participant went onto looking at their family tree going back three generations as well as forward into three generations. Many of the participants have grand children, as well as great grandchildren. We started to map this out onto paper.  This task certainly evoked some good memories for the participants!


We then began to decorate our family trees with leaves made from felt, hessian and threads.


Everyone's family tree was added onto the large tree, with each branch representing our different families.  Participants will continue next week with decorating the tree!










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