Conversations in Colour - Session 10

In this, our penultimate week, we finished typing up pieces that are going to be displayed at the exhibition on the 10^th July.  We practiced some voice exercises and our readings for the performance.  A treat is waiting for those who attend!  Between performances, we also chatted about how nerves are normal when it comes to public readings but how exhilarating the experience of sharing our words publicly can be.  

One participant told us the effect the sessions were having on her.  ‘I have started using words since this project began.  I’ve even finished my first full length story.’  And this is what strikes me as one of the biggest successes of Conversations in Colour – in addition to the group pieces, so many of the women have been taking what they have learnt away with them and writing breathtaking pieces at home.

Upstairs in the studio, the steam was rising from our efforts to finish everything on time!  Ironing, stencilling, printing and lino cutting, fabric felt tips and button sawing, embroidery and 

sequins gluing, there was no stopping us! 

We all wanted our carry bags to be the most authentic pieces, truly representing the beauty of our beings.  Let us show them what we are made of - with bags like these, the weight of the world will be as light as a feather!