It is always a joy visiting Molly’s field Cae Ysgubor, even when you mess up the timings and arrive late! I joined the group sat in the circle, and we were discussing natural cycles of life and loss.
I was tasked with recording the some of the students‘ poems and haikus that they had written in their story books, with a very professional student Sound Assistant.
More clay was gathered from the stream to create more models and artefacts. It was raucous, so I recorded in the makeshift shelter with the door closed. Each student narrator came in and sat in the arm chair to record their poems and haikus. I was impressed by the level of confidence with which people delivered their lines, with little if any hesitation. The biggest problem was getting the levels right on the phone!
Outside, the students took to painting their dried clay creations from the previous week. There was so much beautiful work happening, with every piece unique and special.
There was a lunch break (“All food tastes better outside”!) and time for a break. A couple of students found a Tent Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) by the mini pond, which was very exciting. One of the students asked Molly:
Can we go and play now?
to which she replied
I insist that you play!!
At the end of the session, we gathered all the painted artefacts together and put them together on Molly‘s painted backdrop, to great effect.
Diorama of painted clay artefacts on naturalistic backdrop
And then we sat in our circle to close.
Oriel Gallery
Clay making
Modelling clay & recording poems
Painting the clay
QR Poem Oriel Gallery
QR codes for each of the recorded haikus and poems, takes you straight to the MP3s
