As part of our Gems in the Dune project and with our community artist Sian Hughes, this workshop took place outdoors on the beautiful Sefton Coast near Liverpool.
Gems in the Dunes
Sand dunes are wonderful places, but they are very fragile. The dunes of the Sefton Coast, stretching from Southport to Seaforth, form the largest undeveloped dune system in England. They are home to some real gems, including one of our rarest reptiles, the colourful Sand Lizard, and the scarce Natterjack, a charming little toad. There are also many other special plants and invertebrates, all depending on the dunes.
The Trees of Fountains Abbey
Ancients of the Future Event
'THE TREES OF FOUNTAINS ABBEY'
Celebrating Ancient Trees - Banner Making and parade
Ancients of the Future Event
'CELEBRATING ANCIENT TREES – BANNER MAKING AND PARADE'
Come-a-wassailing
Barberry Carpet Moth Event
'COME-A-WASSAILING '
To fly adventurous
Black-tailed Godwit Event
'TO FLY ADVENTUROUS'
Walking Art Workshops
Gems in the Dunes Event
'WALKING ART WORKSHOPS'
Buckthorn Bash Workshop
Gems in the Dunes Event
'BUCKTHORN BASH WORKSHOP '
Outdoor Porcelain Workshop
Gems in the Dunes Event
'OUTDOOR PORCELAIN WORKSHOP'
Outdoor Cyanotype Workshop
Gems in the Dunes Event
'OUTDOOR CYANOTYPE WORKSHOP'
Drawing from Nature
Colour in the Margins Event
'DRAWING FROM NATURE '
Discover, Create, Value
Colour in the Margins Event
'DISCOVER, CREATE, VALUE '
Poetry with Linden
Colour in the Margins Event
'COLOUR IN THE MARGINS, IN WORDS'
Poetry art discussion
Cornish Path Moss Event
'POETRY ART DISCUSSION'
Wild at 'art on the heath!
Dorset's Heathland Heart Event
'WILD AT 'ART ON THE HEATH!'
Banner and wall hanging making workshop
Field Cricket Event
'BANNER AND WALL HANGING MAKING WORKSHOP'
Long ears and narrow heads
Grey Long-eared Bat and Narrow-headed Ant Event
'LONG EARS AND NARROW HEADS'
Ladybird spiders creative workshops
Ladybird Spider Event
'LADYBIRD SPIDERS CREATIVE WORKSHOPS!'
Poetry and drawing
Lesser Butterfly Orchid Event
'POETRY & DRAWING'
The Last Ditch
Little Whirlpool Ramshorn Snail Event
'THE LAST DITCH'
Grasslands Art
Limestone's Living Legacies Event
'GRASSLANDS ART'
Pine Marten Box Making
Pine Marten Event
'PINE MARTEN BOX MAKING'
Fans of the Forest - guided walk
Roots of Rockingham Event
'FANS OF THE FOREST – GUIDED WALK'
Cabinet of Curiosity
Shifting Sands Event
'CABINET OF CURIOSITY'
Lantern making
Shifting Sands Event
'LANTERN MAKING'
Victory Wood Heritage Open Day
Shrill Carder Bee Event
'VICTORY WOOD HERITAGE OPEN DAY'
Willow Tit Anthology of poems
Willow Tit Event
'WILLOW TIT ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS'
Lanhydrock
Ancients of the Future Event
'LANHYDROCK’S ANCIENTS'
Sound of the field
Field Cricket Event
'SOUND OF THE FIELD'
Outdoor Porcelain Workshop
As part of our Gems in the Dune project and with our community artist Sian Hughes, this workshop took place outdoors on the beautiful Sefton Coast near Liverpool.
Walking Art Drawing and Painting
Walking Art Workshops – Art along the Sefton Coast with Sarah Jane Richards
Sand Lizard Modelmaking
Faith showed us how to make the lizards, starting by making a wireframe, which we then covered with old newspaper to make the body shape, held in place with parcel tape. Working from images of sand lizards Faith helped us to get legs, tail and body size and proportion as accurate as possible.
With a wireframe, we were able to bend the legs and toes to shape. Then the fun part, we decorated them with a mix of recycled snack wrappers and coloured sticky tape to create some that looked pretty lifelike, to those with more artistic patterns.
Buckthorn Bash Workshop
As part of our Gems in the Dune project, our community artists Sarah Jane Richards and Sian Hughes led participants along the Sefton Coast and showed how they could help by managing habitat through buckthorn clearance.
All project artwork
Exploring Gems in the Dunes through community artworks.
The Art of saving species
Browse all artworks.