This mini-makers session was inspired by the current Melanie Smith exhibition at MK gallery, incorporating her themes of travel and foreign landscapes, as well as her compositions of different objects in pieces such as 'Orange Lush'. I first of all talked to the group about things that they might see on holiday - things like beaches, sunshine, shells and fish came up, as well as more unusual ideas like volcanoes, butterflies and tennis courts - and from this discussion, everyone drew their holiday picture. I then presented the group with a whole range of textured materials like bubble wrap, corrugated card, rice and wool, which they then used to collage their drawings with. The next stage, (or so I'd planned!) was to get everyone to paint their collages with thick paint and then turn them upside on paper to leave a textured print of their collage. However, some of the collages were so intricate and beautiful without the paint that I gave them the choice of painting or not. The ones that were printed came out fantastically, and the ones that were left as they were, were equally as beautiful. Sometimes you can do all the planning in the world and have a clear outcome in mind, but it is also so important to be flexible and allow those outcomes to change!
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