Emma's Diary

It's the second week of the Just Bling project and the necklaces are looking fantastic! Have a look at the gallery to see what we've been upto this week. It is fabulous to see so many parents, children and young people working together to create these spectacular, giant pieces of Bling. I especially liked the cute plastic ladybirds you can see in the picture above. An excellent start was made on the final necklace in the set today which will be made from material and rubber. We will be continuing to work on and hopefully putting the finishing touches to it tomorrow from 10am - 12.30pm and 1-3pm and then the work created in the workshops will be exhibited this Friday (19th August).

Emma's Diary

We had a fabulous first week at our U.R.B.A.N and Arts Development open workshops in John Frost Square! Thanks to Stephanie Roberts for bringing her Urban Mosaic Project to the Shop for the week. Here's the link to Stephanie's facebook page if you would like more information about her wonderful work!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Stephanie-Roberts-mosaic-artist/161356537229843

So this week I'm really excited about the start of the BLING project which will be running from our shop at 21-22 John Frost Square for the next 2 weeks, Monday - Friday 10.30 until 4.30 pm*.

Artist Vicky Wilson, The National Museum of Wales and Newport Youth service are working together to provide open workshops in Junk Jewellery making in which children can create beads/items that can be attached together to form giant necklaces which will be on display downstairs. You can add to and watch the necklaces grow as the two weeks progress! I can't wait to add something pretty and funky to the chain, what will you add? The possibilities are endless!

Vicky will also be running specialist masterclasses in jewellery making for older children and teenagers. These must be pre-booked and all creations will feature in an exhibition at a National Museum of wales venue later in the year before they are returned! How exciting? The chance to make some Bling and an exhibition!

Keep an eye on our Facebook page and the website for photos, comments and updates about the workshop at the end of the week!

Emma's Diary

The hard work has begun to transform some of the Empty Shops in Newport into gallery and workshop spaces and i'm very excited! As you can see from the photographs in the Gallery Behind the Scenes section, 21-22 John Frost Square needed a lot of work and Thanks to some wonderful people who spent many hours with a lot of White paint, we are now well on our way to providing you with a venue in which to express your creativity!