wonders of wood...

Tuesday the 13th Nov introduced the group to working with greenwood in our wood workshop. using collected branches from the site, we used craft knives, a hand axe and....vegetable peelers to whittle our branches into teeny tiny totem poles.
After all agreeing the power of the doodle was mighty, we got out the paints and adorned our wood whilst musing over life's little details - finding common ground over many a thing...

as everybody's subconscious began to take over, we talked about Yayoi Kusama and her influence on contemporary culture

Totem poles and tribes...

no doubt this influenced our painting and prompted many an afterthought on mark making... (click on the images for links)

our final result coming soon.....