Spend a relaxing afternoon with Elizabeth Willow learning how to create beautiful hand-folded origami birds and forms to suspend from a hanging mobile.
The workshop will be a calm and meditative session, the perfect antidote to life’s fast pace. Elizabeth says, “It is such a calming practice, and so magical to fold something out of a sheet of paper.”
Origami is a fascinating process, where square sheets of paper can be folded into a vast array of three-dimensional structures. Starting with simple shapes, then moving on to more complex forms, we will fold a flock of paper birds and insects. These can then be suspended from a twig, piece of driftwood or other found material, to create an elegant mobile that gently moves in the air, making patterns of light and shadow.
“All you need is a piece of foldable paper and an idea in mind, and sooner or later something delightful will evolve.” – Robert Harbin
Before the workshop, please meet at the front of the main Bluecoat building where a member of Display Centre staff will greet you. Please note that Bluecoat Display Centre and The Bluecoat building will not be open to the public at the starting time of the workshop.