Permasculpture course to begin shortly venue to be confirmed

PermaSculpture

There are already many artist at work who embrace ecologically sound and sustainable methods of working examples such as Andy Goldsworthy..David Nash..Wolfgang Laib.. Makoto Azuma..

Paul Vilinski...Mark Coreth... Richard Long... Heather Jansch

To name but a few...Just Google any of these artist by name!.

Not just using junk in interesting ways but looking for sustainable ethical methods of both sourcing materials and producing art works that promote environmental issues and celebrate nature and landscape.

Discover techniques that are used in traditional craft such copiceing hedge laying, basket making bodgeing etc. Avoid unnesessary use of power tool and toxic chemical based materials!

Examples of materials we may use to explore and express  ideas

• Wood, the most readily available and greenest of all materials. Can be found in Parks and Wood land, Skips, or drift wood from the beach.
• Paper. paper mache, paper laminate Paper can be made from almost any cellulose based material and is incredibly versatile .
• Clay including sourcing clay from our surroundings such as London Clay. We will look at ways of recycling clay and other materials to avoid waste wherever possible.
• Stone carving in indigenous sustainable stone such as Clunch and Polyphant
• Waterfalls and fountains
• Withy work basketry techniques
• Assemblages of natural materials and found objects
• Fabrics that are based on natural or recycled fibres such as hemp and wool
• No limits to imagination and ideas..No limits to materials that may be used for art!

Are our future creations destined to be smaller? more ephemeral? less valuable? more functional?What is the function purpose of  permasculpture in a greener world..if our works are designed for recycling what impact will these choices have on art markets and the establishment?
Get away from your computer. Get out in the environment. Do something real!