Stockwell Festival

Local Nomad helped out Access Events at The Stockwell Festival today, what wonderful day thanks to all those involved!

For more pictures of the whole event check out the Facebook page -


http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155168697899394

Birkby Nursery School's Art Week and Green Day

Local Nomad had a fantastic week at Birkby Nursery, have a look at the fun we had in the photographs.

On the first day we made our own paint from raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries and spices. We had large bowls and used spoons and potato mashers to squish the fruit and get amazing natural colours. We used our natural paints to paint pieces of driftwood beautiful colours. 

On the second day we explored colour even further by dying huge pieces of white fabric. The playground turned into a multicoloured painting! We hung the fabric to dry on the fence and the bright colours looked magnificent.

On the third day we experimented with sculpture, the children used clay and the painted driftwood to create their own unique fantastic forms.

On the last day the school had a ‘Green Day’ and parents were invited to come into the school. We created an installation outside using all the work the children had made over the last week. Parents, families and other staff from the school came to have a look at what we had made and investigate what the children had  told them so much about. Working with the parents and the children we used sticks, ribbon, wool, plastic bags and beads to create weaves and some very impressive and delightful hangings. 

Greenfield's Kaleidoscope

We arrived at Greenfields Nursery with an overflowing car full of recycled materials. The morning was spent painting, cutting, sticking and threading using tissue paper, cellophane, plastic bottles and CD cases to create reflective surfaces and collages.

After lunch we brought in a huge tunnel we had made from recycled bike boxes, lined with tin foil. Using the large collage the children had made we created a giant kaleidoscope, the children experimented with torches and explored the new environment.

It was a brilliant day; the children loved the tunnel and the sensory experience. We hung their beautiful reflective collages from the window to let the multicoloured light stream in.

Have a look at the photographs from our day!

Local Nomad do Changing Rooms!

Before            

                                                          
                                                                              After!

With the help of the guys at Fortuna house we put up the photo’s in the dining room, I think it looks great! Certainly adds some life to the room.

'Drawing with Light'

Yesterday Local Nomad ran a photography workshop at Fortuna House in Bournemouth, Fortuna House is a hostel for homeless young people. The dining room was well in need of a bit of colour and life – so the idea was to create some artwork for the walls.

We experimented with LED’s, torches and coloured filters in a dark room to create some very cool light graffiti. Have a look at the photographs!!

The session went really well, and the young people's photographs will soon be up in the dining room and they will certainly add some colour! 

Information Packs Coming Soon!

Exciting news we have just received our brand new business cards and we are designing some sculptural information packs filled with everything you need to know about us, and the wonderful things we offer!

To order a pack for your school or organisation please email us at localnomad@hotmail.co.uk

Bubble wrap takes over at First Friends!

Following the 'Painting with Puddles' workshop we came inside and created the ‘Bubble Wrap World’. We arrived armed with a car full of recycled materials and multicoloured bubble wrap to make our own little world inside the nursery. We created a pink fabric square in the centre of the nursery to create our world in. Outside the fabric square the children waited with anticipation to take a peak inside. Whilst we were setting up, we could hear the children talking. Their imaginations were running wild as to what they thought was inside, one little girl couldn't resist poking her head in. When we were ready we told the children to take their shoes off before entering, they couldn’t wait to see what we had made. To enter our world the children had to crawl underneath the fabric, once inside they bounced around enjoying new materials, sounds and forms. We had many different materials including foam, torches, pieces of plastic and old wool reels overflowing into our world. The children had a fantastic time experiencing and experimenting in this new environment.

We gave the children a digital camera to record the experience through their own eyes, they took some beautiful photographs.