Lino printing
I have now run quite a few lino printing workshops for both MKAC and through the New Bradwell Windmill Project; Milton Keynes Council.
Art and Wellbeing for Young People Early 2025
Weekly sessions held at Milton Keynes Arts Centre over five weeks. For 11-13 and then 14-16 year olds. The sessions were for young people who had issues around mental health. I designed and delivered all sessions. We made flipbooks and zoetropes to understand the basics of animation. The young people then had two session to produce the frames for our AR animated poster. They we able to use a range of materials and mediums to do so including painting, charcoal and collage. The end result was a fully working AR animated poster. The AR side was done by my talented friend Sam Guilmard.
Milton Keynes International Festival 2025
This idea was then further developed into a workshop for International Festival in Milton Keynes. It was based around a similar premise of a bird flying but this time of a paper dove to tie in with the festivals main theme. I therefore had to develop my knowledge on animation further. I produced a model to use for stop motion animation and from that produced the frames for the workshop.
We had 150 participants take part in the workshop, their art work was scanned and added to the animation live so they were able to take their art away with them. We decided on the name of Community Animation Project going forward.
The Bletchley Big Street Eat 2026
Sam and I worked with Milton Keynes Arts Centre again in 2026 to continue our community animation project. I was asked to produce an animation of a gender-neutral figure walking while carrying a flag and wearing a carnival mask.We then ran a drop-in workshop at The Bletchley Big Street Eat, where participants decorated and coloured the animation frames. The completed frames were scanned and assembled into an animation during the event.
Big Park Hangout 2026
I was asked by Milton Keynes Arts Centre to produce a looping animation of a Newt larvae swimming, this required me to learn about animating a wave and how I could take that concept and apply it to the wriggling body and tail of a Newt Larvae. I spent quite a while getting to grips with this. I dont think the final outcome is perfect by any means.
SOFEA sessions
I designed and led 5 art sessions for SOFEA MK. It was part of the work they do with young people who have been excluded from or refuse to go to school. We met weekly in Kiln Farm and I had a different art activity for them to try their hand at. This included paper mosaicking, metal embossing, Lino printing, still life painting on canvas and a Halloween themed pumpkin painting session.
Scarecrow Workshop
I was tasked by MKAC to design a scarecrow making workshop for young children.