Photo by Karen at Make/Shift
Dare to Dream
Derbyshire Makes Festival - Heanor
5th/6th April 2025
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
derbyshire makes festival - Heanor
What a brilliant weekend. Heanor market place was buzzing with fun, connection, creativity and positive energy.
I had a blast running Dare to Dream, the mass participation element of Derbyshire Makes: a chance to stitch hopes and dreams for the future using sustainable fabrics from the Play & Recycling Centre - Derby.
We were blessed with gorgeous weather, and it was lovely to see Heanor create, play and stitch together.
A MAKEFESTO!
Young maker
First stitches
All roads lead to Derbyshire
Dare to Dream - tolerant people
Generations
Stitcher from Portugal
Friendship
"Friendship is so important, a smile, a friendly nod can mean so much. Don't be afraid
to talk to someone, you might be the only person they connect with all day."
Friday, 4 April 2025
derbyshire makes festival - heanor - dare to dream
YESSS! I'm all prepped for the Derbyshire Makes Festival - Heanor this weekend (5th/6th April), programmed by Make/Shift 🖐️🪡🧵
'Dare to Dream - Inspired by Heanor's rich textile and making heritage join artist Karen Logan and create a unique hand stitched textile patch to share your stories and hopes for the future. Pin your precious patch to the Dare to Dream repurposed pillowcases and take a selfie. At the end of the festival the patches will be stitched to the pillowcases to create stunning flags showcasing hope in Heanor. Let's fly the flag for Derbyshire!'
FREE. Drop-in, no booking required. All materials provided.
Scrap fabric from Derby Play & Recycling Centre
Cotton reels & threads from my stash & Derby Play & Recycling Centre
Dare to Dream map - research on the manufacturing history of Heanor & Langley Mill - will anyone recognise names & faces?
derbyshire makes - dare to dream 💭
Pillowcase from a Heanor charity shop
Thrilled to share that I'm one of six selected artists working on Dare to Dream, a project inspired by Derbyshire's history of innovation and textile heritage. Dare to Dream invites people from across the county (and beyond!) to create flags from fabric scraps and found materials to share powerful statements of possibility, hope, aspiration and radical thinking.
Dare to Dream is part of Derbyshire Makes, a new, three-year programme of cultural activity across the county - an inspiring celebration of making in all its forms. It launched in late March 2025 in Chesterfield with the free Derbyshire Makes Festival, an annual event taking place each spring across six distinct local Hubs. The Hub locations are Chesterfield, Heanor, Cromford, Glossop, Bolsover and Swadlincote.
Thursday, 13 February 2025
draw derby - 3 years
After a fabulous three years I've handed over the hosting of Draw Derby into the safe hands of DD regulars Jenny Stevenson and Tom Burley. They had a super January 2025 gathering last month and I look forward to updates @drawderby, please give them a follow on Instagram 🙂
For 2025 dates and to book a free place - see eventbrite.
A huge thank you to Jenny and Tom for stepping forward in their busy lives to keep DD going, I really appreciate that.
I'm spreading my wings and have become Draw Derbyshire. I'm not actually sure what this will look like or become - lets see... I have a new sketchbook, so there's a start. My intention is to share drawings and drawing related thoughts and ponderings and any creative activities I run with a drawn focus or element.
Final sketchbook throwdown hosting Draw Derby - December 2024
horizons - self portrait/photography/collage
Taking a moment to reflect on my recent self-portrait/photography project inspired by Maria Rivens at St Martins Horizons 6th Form last term.
It was an absolute pleasure to offer starting points and invitations to the young people, then stand back and be amazed by their ideas, sensitivity and creative confidence.
Below are works in progress: drawing, photography, collage, masks.
Students who have given permission for their work to be displayed will be showing at Young Format - Schools In Residence at FORMAT25 in Derby March 2025 - can't wait!
Thank you Derby QUAD for asking me to lead this project.
Monday, 2 December 2024
movers & shakers community fund
Amazing news! My application for the first round of MAKE/SHIFT Movers & Shakers Community Fund was successful!
My project - People, Place and Plants celebrates the power of plants and is inspired by the varied native and medicinal herbs taking root around Heanor Market Place, part of the sites recent update. People, Place and Plants engages local people with place through observational and expressive drawing and the creation of herbal tea blends and artwork inspired by the site. I’m curious to see if memories of local plant folk-law could be sparked and what we will share and learn.
Click on the links for more information about Make/Shift and the fund. Applications will open for the Spring 25 round of funding on Wednesday 19th March 2025. Details on how to apply will be available nearer the time.
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