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A new lease of life for Mount Pleasant Retirement village planned for Sharrow
Views expressed in Sharrow Today are not necessarily those of Sharrow Community Forum. Contact Sharrow Community Forum on 0114 250 8384.
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Artist of the Month
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April - May 2013
Sharrow TodayBUILDING THE COMMUNITY’S VOICE
A major Retirement Village project is being drawn up for this landmark site in Sharrow. Our proposals will preserve the character of this much admired building, breathing new life into it, and delivering value as an as-set for the local community.
Our vision is a safe, comfortable HQYLURQPHQW�ÀOOHG�ZLWK�VRFLDO�opportunities, offering retired people a socially active, inde-pendent lifestyle with as much, or as little, care as required.
A range of one and two-bed-room apartments will be avail-able as rented, assisted, or full ownership, purpose-built and SHULRG�FRQYHUVLRQ��DOO�ZLWK�ÀQH�architecture and grounds.
A range of facilities will be pro-YLGHG�IRU�WKH�EHQHÀW�RI�UHVLGHQWV�and the local community, in-cluding meeting places, activi-ties, clubs, a drop-in centre, hair salon and restaurant.
A Healthy Living theme will en-courage not just a social but a physically and mentally active lifestyle too, with space for Ship Shape on site and activities in the grounds such as croquet, tai chi, food growing and cooking, and then eating!
At the same time, there’s al-ready a wealth of facilities in this locale for the residents to enjoy, all within easy walking or scoot-ing distance, so the connec-tions with the wider community work both ways. The concept of ‘lifetime neighbourhood’ is given a golden opportunity, or as one local worker put it: “Putting the elderly at the heart of the com-munity”.
The main Mount Pleasant build-ing was built as an 18th century mansion by John Platt, a Rother-ham architect of Wentworth Castle fame, for Francis Hurt Sitwell. Over the last two centu-ries it has had a variety of uses,
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By Mohammed Mahroof of Mark Jenkinson & Sons
UDQJLQJ�IURP�6KHIÀHOG·V�ÀUVW�OXQD-tic asylum to a Barrage balloon site.
As a listed building, its conver-sion into retirement apartments will be sympathetic to its pres-ervation and indeed allow cosmetic improvements to its façade and setting.
The Stables have a beam ceil-ing with a Grade two star listing, a feature we would like to see more on display, and the build-ing’s conversion into a restau-UDQW�DV�ZHOO�DV�RIÀFHV�ZLOO�IDFLOL-tate this.
7KH�+XE��RQFH�+LJKÀHOG�VFKRRO��is a more recent building and not listed, and will be demol-ished to allow for the new-build
extra care apartments and associated facilities. These have been designed in conjunction with a local housing association.
The grounds will be upgraded, with passive and active land-scaping.
We hope you like our ideas for this site, and that you think it is a good use of the buildings and grounds. We feel it would be an asset for the community and would improve the area, but we would like to hear your views.
There is more information on our dedicated website mountpleas-ant.sevenhills.co.uk, where you ZLOO�DOVR�ÀQG�D�IDFLOLW\�IRU�VHQGLQJ�us any queries or comments you may have.
Developer Sevenhills Estates Bo KhanConsultant Mark Jenkinson & Sons Mohammed MahroofArchitect Wireframe Studio Jamie Tingle,Q�DVVRFLDWLRQ�ZLWK�6KHIÀHOG�&LW\�&RXQFLO�DQG�.LHU�$VVHW�3DUWQHUVKLS�6HUYLFHV
If, whilst taking a stroll down
Abbeydale Road, your senses
detect the appealing aroma of
freshly baked bread then you
are probably in the vicinity of the
recently established Forge Bake-
house.
Our local, independent bakery
was set up by Ben and Martha
who met whilst studying together
at the School of Artisan Food,
near Nottingham.
After spotting the vacant premis-
es last year they used the op-
portunity to turn a course project
business idea into reality and start
making some real dough!
$IWHU�D�IHZ�PRQWKV�VSHQW�ÀWWLQJ�out the store they started selling
WKHLU�ÀUVW�EDWFK�LQ�1RYHPEHU��,W�KDV�EHHQ�WKHLU�ÀUVW�WLPH�UXQQLQJ�D�shop and dealing with customers
which has been a steep learning
curve in many ways. The growing
number of customers have been
positive and encouraging about
the business and often express
their gratitude for the fresh prod-
ucts they receive. Many are nos-
talgic and remember when fam-
ily members would bake bread
when they were younger!
There are now many regular
customers who live within walk-
ing distance of the shop and a
variety of products is offered to
try and accommodate different
tastes and budgets.
All of the produce is freshly made
on site and most of the bread is
sourdough which uses no com-
mercial yeast. It is called wild
yeast which is natural and grows
RQ�WKH�ÁRXU��7KLV�EUHDG�WDNHV�longer to make but has a lot
PRUH�ÁDYRXU�WR�LW�DV�D�UHVXOW��,W�LV�also a lot healthier as the gluten
is broken down more during the
SURFHVV�ZKLFK�FDQ�EH�RI�EHQHÀW�to people who are gluten sensi-
tive.
2UJDQLF�<RUNVKLUH�ÁRXU�LV�XVHG�LQ�many of the products and many
of the other ingredients are also
organic as Ben and Martha rec-
RJQLVH�WKH�EHQHÀWV�RI�SURGXFLQJ�products that are as natural as
possible. They also try to support
local producers and suppliers as
much as they can.
Their range includes plain, seed-
HG�DQG�ÁDYRXUHG�EUHDG�ZLWK�QXWV�and fruit. Also potato bread is
available which has become one
of their most popular products! In
addition, a small but varied selec-
tion of cakes and pastries are
also on offer as an extra reason
to pop in!
Ben and Martha now employ 3
more local people to help with
the business but they can’t be
sleeping late as baking starts
around 5.00 in the morning when
Sharrow TodayBUILDING THE COMMUNITY’S VOICE
Sharrow Today is a free community newpaper, with 3000 copies
distributed to local services, libraries, & residents every 2 months.
News and Editorial Team
Jonathan Roberts, Steve Fryer,
Connie Chapman, Charlotte Brazier
Sharrow CommuNiTy Forum
The Old Junior School, South View Road, Sharrow, Sheffield S7 1DB
Tel : 0114 2508 384
Email :[email protected]
Web: www.sharrowcf.org.uk
Supported by Central Community assembly
Sharrow Today is printed by www.quotemeprint.com 08451300667
If you have something to say, or have a comment to make about anything you have seen in this edition, or if you have
an event you would like to advertise, please get in touch.
Views expressed in Sharrow Today are not necessarilly
those of Sharrow Community Forum.
Contact Sharrow Community Forum on 0114 250 8384.
2 Sharrow Today April - May 2013
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Cllr Jillian Creasy �*UHHQ��� �������7HO�����������������RIÀFH�(PDLO��MLOOLDQ�FUHDV\#VKHIÀHOG�JRY�XN� � �����������������������PRELOH��Cllr Rob Murphy (Green) Tel: 0114 ��������Email: UREHUW�PXUSK\#VKHIÀHOG�JRY�XNThe regular monthly Green councillor surgeries are at
+LJKÀHOG�/LEUDU\��/RQGRQ�5G��������²������DP��WKLUG�6DWXUGD\Cllr Mohammad Maroof �/DERXU�� �������7HO�����������������PRELOH�(PDLO��PRKDPPDG�PDURRI#VKHIÀHOG�JRY�XN0RQWKO\�VXUJHULHV�DW�+LJKÀOHG�/LEUDU\����������������ÀUVW�6DWXUGD\��0DGLQD�0RVTXH�&RPPXQLW\�5RRP���������������ÀUVW�6XQGD\
The Councillors for Nether Edge ward are:
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Your local representativesin Sharrow and Nether Edge
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4.00 -5.00pm and 2nd Saturday of each month (except April and
'HF��EHWZHHQ�����������DP��3OHDVH�WHO����������������IUVW�WR�FKHFN�the dates and book your appointment.
most of us are still snoozing away!
They have future plans to start
serving loose leaf tea from the
shop for customers to take away.
They have also been getting
involved with the local farmers
markets and hope to increase
this and develop more within the
community.
They appreciate the variety and
vibrancy of the Sharrow area
and the other local independent
shops and people they have met.
The support they’ve received so
far has been much appreciated.
So, next time we’re in the mood
for some top notch bread let’s
use our loaves and head down to
the Forge Bakehouse!
Use your loafBy Alex Barber
232 Abbeydale Road S7 1FL Tel: 07583269323 www.forgebakehouse.co.uk
Your Local Bakery - Forge Bakehouse
Martha and Ben in the Forge Bakehouse
Au Revoir Jo By Steve FryerThis month we say goodbye to
local Sharrow resident, famous
actress, and stalwart member of
the Sharrow Today Editorial Team
– Jo Swain. Jo,with her husband
and son, are moving to France to
develop a cycling holiday enter-
prise in rural Burgundy.
Fourteen years ago Jo and her
husband Greg were house-
KXQWLQJ�LQ�6KHIÀHOG��,W�KDSSHQHG�to be the day of the Sharrow
Festival. They were so impressed
with the Festival and the atmos-
phere in Sharrow that they fell in
love with the area and bought a
house on South View Road.
They have been enthusiastic and
active residents of Sharrow ever
since and, for the past two years,
Jo has been one of the voluntary
editors of Sharrow Today – con-
tributing many articles and play-
ing a major role on the team.
Jo was brought up in Grenoside
and lived in Chapeltown as a
child. She lived in Scarborough for
several years, where her husband
worked, before moving to Shar-
row in 2000.
As an actress she has worked in
theatres up and down the coun-
try and in 2007 co-wrote a one
woman show – called Talking to
Space Hoppers - which she per-
April - May 2013 Sharrow Today 3
Sharrow People
formed at the Edinburgh Festival
to positive reviews. “Swain is en-
gaging to watch - weird, wacky,
outrageous and, most of all, a
lot of fun” ran one review. During
the festival the show was deserv-
edly nominated for an award.
Jo has had parts in many popular
TV shows including Coronation
Street, Waterloo Road, Emmerd-
ale Farm, Prisoners Wives, South
Riding, Shameless, The Royal,
Cold Feet, and Heartbeat. She
even played the part of Sheryl in
WKH������ÀOP�7KH�)XOO�0RQW\�
Jo and Greg have bought a
lovely old barn deep in the
French countryside – in a green
and pleasant part of Burgundy
FDOOHG�1LHYUH��,WV�D�EHDXWLIXO�DUHD�close to a canal and a number
of picturesque villages - an ideal
spot for cycling, boating, or walk-
ing. So they are busy converting
their barn into holiday accom-
modation for use as a base for
supported cycling holidays in the
area.
,W�KDV�EHHQ�JUHDW�IXQ�ZRUNLQJ�ZLWK�Jo on the paper and we wish her
and Greg (and Solomon) much
success in their new venture. We
also hope that moving to France
won’t stop them from reading
Sharrow Today!
For more information please contact Jo or Greg by email or on Facebook.
7KH�FDPSDLJQ�WR�NHHS�+LJKÀHOG�Adventure Playground at the
heart of Sharrow community life
continues.
A petition to save the playground
raised 2,500 signatures in a matter
of days, politicians and Council
RIÀFHUV�ZHUH�OREELHG�DQG�XS�WR�D�hundred angry and upset parents
and children came to a pub-
OLF�PHHWLQJ�DW�0DGLQD�0RVTXH�Community Centre in late Febru-
ary to oppose the decision to cut
staff hours at the playground.
0DQ\�SDUHQWV�KDG�WKHLU�VD\��DV�did lots of youngsters, all regular
users of the playground, who
bravely conquered their nerves to
tell the meeting what Adventures
means to them and to urge the
Council to think again.
Although the cuts to the Activity
6KHIÀHOG�EXGJHW��ZKLFK�IXQGV�WKH�playground) were voted through
LQ�0DUFK��WKH�HIIHFWLYHQHVV�RI�RXU�campaign has kept us in discus-
sions with the Council about staff-
LQJ�OHYHOV�IRU�WKLV�ÀQDQFLDO�\HDU��We remain hopeful these discus-
sions will result in opening hours
for 2013-14 which, though not as
high as in previous years, will at
least keep the playground viable
and allow us to put together a
plan for its long-term future.
0HPEHUV�RI�WKH�FDPSDLJQ�JURXS�are also attending meetings with
other agencies who could make
a contribution to the operation of
the playground as well as working
with other organisations, includ-
ing Sharrow Community Forum,
on short-term funding bids. We’re
also looking at how other ad-
venture playgrounds across the
country operate, particularly how
they keep themselves going in
the face of funding cuts.
The Council have made it clear
that with more government cuts
in the pipeline funding for Activity
6KHIÀHOG�LV�OLNHO\�WR�GHFUHDVH�HYHQ�further in future years and that
they think the only chance for
survival of the playground in the
long term is through some form of
community management.
This is something the group will
have to seriously consider in the
weeks and months to come, but
what a disgraceful state of affairs
that in 2013 much-needed public
facilities like our adventure play-
ground may have to rely on vol-
unteers’ time to keep them go-
ing. The scale of the cuts to come
makes it clear that we will need
wider, coordinated campaigns to
defend other vital public services
in the future.
,I�\RX�ZDQW�WR�NQRZ�PRUH�DERXW�the Friends of Adventures Group,
or want to be part of our cam-
paign you can email us or ring
Sharrow Community Forum on
2508384.
+LJKÀHOG�$GYHQWXUH�3OD\JURXQG���&DPSDLJQ�8SGDWHBy Tony Tingle
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4 Sharrow Today April - May 2013
Put your unused tools to good use By Andy Catling
Why I’m “Living below the line” By Jenny Collins
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Here’s looking forward to the next one (probably In November) – watch this space!
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The Sharrow Lantern Carnival 2013 2Q�6XQGD\��WK�$SULO�D�ODUJH�SURFHVVLRQ�RI�ORFDO�SHRSOH�DQG�ODQWHUQV�ZHDYHG�WKHLU�ZD\�IURP�0RXQW�3OHDVDQW�3DUN�WR�6KHIÀHOG�*HQHUDO�&HPHWHU\�IRU�OLYH�PXVLF�DQG�DFWV���2QFH�DJDLQ�LW�ZDV�D�KXJH�VXFFHVV�LQ�QR�VPDOO�SDUW�GXH�WR�WKH�KXJH�HIIRUWV�RI�/X�*RORE�DQG�WKH�PDQ\�YROXQWHHUV�LQYROYHG��3ULRU�WR�WKH�GD\�LWVHOI��ZHHNO\�IUHH�lantern making workshops were held from January to April attracting around 100 people each week. 7KH�ÀQDO�HYHQW�VDZ�RYHU������SHRSOH�JDWKHULQJ�ZLWK�WKHLU�ODQWHUQ�PDVWHUSLHFHV��SDUDGLQJ�WKURXJK�WKH�VWUHHWV�OHG�E\�D�VDPED�EDQG��7KH�SDUDGH�ZDV�DV�D�ULRW�RI�FRO-RXUIXO�ODQWHUQV�EDVHG�DURXQG�WKH�WKHPH�RI�¶5RRWV·�LQFOXGLQJ�QXPHURXV�DQLPDO�DQG�YHJHWDEOH�IRUPV�DQG�D�UDWKHU�VSHFWDFXODU�DUPDGLOOR�PDGH�IURP�ROG�&'V���7KH�DIWHU�VKRZ�SDUW\�ZDV�KHOG�DW�'HODQH\·V�0XVLF�%DU� Photographs by Steve Fryer.
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Party in the Park - 3rd March, 2013On Sunday, 3rd March, the Nether Edge Neighbourhood Group organised a Party in the Park. Hundreds of people got involved and came together at Common Ground on Machon Bank. Local residents, organisations and businesses all contributed to a brilliant afternoon. The many activities included: a children’s fashion show, a low cost café, den building, circus skills, massage, mini make-overs, henna and face painting, crafts and card making, book stalls, culture mapping, gardening, Alge-rian dance, music, lantern making, and bouncy castles.
If you would like to know more about Nether Edge Neighbourhood Group or would like to subscribe to their monthly newsletter, please go to www.netheredge.org.uk Photographs by Jacqui Bellamy, Pixelwitch Pictures.
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Personal Trainer Bea Jefferson DQVZHUV�\RXU�ÀWQHVV�TXHVWLRQV
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licious food on a tight budget
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ing skills, planning and careful
shopping.
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eating is to avoid highly proc-
essed food, takeaways and
ready meals and to cook your
meals from scratch whenever
you can.
Improving your cooking skills will
mean that you can make full
use of cheap seasonal vegeta-
bles, leftovers and inexpensive
cuts of meat.
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and family who can cook to
demonstrate their favourite
recipes; or contact Shipshape
at Sharrow Community Forum to
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such as seasonal vegetables –
but don’t be tempted by of-
fers on unhealthy ‘treats’ and
snacks – and never go shopping
when you’re hungry!
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the best value for money. We
have some great local shops in
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work.
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leftover pasta, rice or potatoes,
some tinned pulses, raw veg-
etables and a little olive oil.
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sugary snacks when out by car-
rying a reusable water bottle
and healthy snacks such as fruit
or nuts.
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product marketed as ‘healthy’,
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calorie’. These products may be
slightly better than the standard
product they aim to replace –
but the chances are that, com-
pared to home-cooked food,
they are not a good option in
terms of price or nutrition.
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‘super foods’ claiming health-
giving properties. There are a
number of very inexpensive
foods with proven health ben-
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penny, it’s tempting to buy the
very cheapest food you see in
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as good as the more expensive
alternatives. However, as the
recent scandal over horsemeat
has shown, some manufactur-
ers cut corners on quality and
nutritional value in an effort to
reduce prices.
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ents before you buy a cut-price
product. Remember that the
ingredients are listed in order of
quantity with the main ingredi-
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%UHDWKLQJ�QHZ�OLIH�LQWR�+LJKÀHOG�$GYHQWXUH�3OD\JURXQG By Lindsay Aitkenhead
Breathe! – Massage and Well-being Open Day, IXQGUDLVHU�IRU�+LJKÀHOG�Adventure Playground on Sunday 28th April, 10am – 5pm at Hagglers Corner, 586 Queen’s Road, S2 4DU.Breathe! is the second massage
and well-being open day or-
ganised by the Therapy Room
at Hagglers Corner. Building on
last year’s success, the second
edition of this relaxed event
will be used to raise funds for
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Pleasant, under threat from
council funding cuts.
Therapy Room manager and lo-
cal mum Eva Weltermann says:
“It is the unique atmosphere that
has drawn me to Hagglers Cor-
ner, a relatively new community
space, which brings together
artists, therapists, local residents
and small creative businesses.
After coming to England from
Germany 15 years ago, the
vibrant Sharrow area and the
communities around it have
always had a special appeal to
me.
The team at the Therapy room
want the local community to
come and get involved, and
help save the nearby Adventure
Playground as a special place
to play and meet people. Part
of this is to buy new equipment,
to replace some of the man-
made structures like the big rope
swing, which has been a popu-
lar feature at the playground
for a many decades – and not
only with the kids! It has been
taken down in preparation for
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ered too dangerous for an open
access playground.
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thing equally good or better in
its place, perhaps a swing that
could easily be erected when
staff are available.”
$W�%UHDWKH��WKH�ÀYH�PDVVDJH�therapists who work in the Ther-
apy Room will be giving tasters
of personally tailored, thera-
peutic massage and donating
their takings to the equipment
fund administered by the local
group “Friends of Adventures”.
For them, the ethos of the
Therapy Room and the one of
the Adventure Playground go
hand in glove: providing room
to explore, breathe, raise body
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about yourself.
Introductory Hatha and Iyengar
Yoga classes for adults, and a
dedicated children’s yoga class,
will be held in the beautiful yoga
space. Visitors will enjoy stalls
and workshops run by the arti-
sans and craftspeople of Hag-
glers Corner, including crochet,
scrap craft for children, face
and hand painting. And the Kaf-
ÀK~V�FDIp�LQ�LWV�UHWUR�ERKHPLDQ�glory will be open for coffee and
cakes.
Entry is free, but there may be
a small charge for workshops.
Massage tasters will be £10 for
a 25 minute table or chair mas-
sage. What’s even better is that
The Therapy Room manage-
ment will double what is taken
on the day, to send the Friends
of Adventures’ equipment fund
off to a good start. See www.
WKHUDS\URRPVKHIÀHOG�FR�XN�IRU�further details, and put the 28th
April in your diaries to Breathe!.
For further information, please
contact Lindsay Aitkenhead:
Phone 07784 468956
Email lindsay@therapyroomshef-
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Artistic ability can be learnt: 12 Sharrow Today April - May 2013
Artist of the month: Caroline GaytorCaroline Gaytor has come a long way from playing with buttons in her grandma’s tins. Since graduating from Leicester University in 2003, the com-munity arts practicioner has delivered a wide range of projects with children, teenagers, adults, families and disa-EOHG�SHRSOH�LQ�WKH�6KHIÀHOG�DUHD��
Caroline works with groups like Don-caster Community Arts (DARTS) and Art in the Park, across a variety of dif-ferent disciplines, including: mosaics, textiles, sculpture and printmaking, to make art accessible for everyone.
“I love my job,” she grins as we meet at the Old Junior School’s cafe in Shar-URZ��7KH�ORFDWLRQ�LV�SDUWLFXODUO\�ÀWWLQJ�since, together with local artists, Caro-line is currently planning a weekend of creative art activites and an exhibi-tion as part of the Sharrow Community Creatives event, which will take place at the school in May.
“The Old Junior School is an important hub for the community and for crea-tive opportunities in Sharrow,” Caro-line explains. “What I love about the school is that people actually use it: they are taking part in all of the differ-ent activities, so there is a really excit-ing community vibe.
“There are so many amazing events in Sharrow, such as the recent Lantern Carnival, and it’s brilliant that some-where like the Old Junior School can help bring people of all ethnicities and abilities together. The exhibition will al-low everyone to get involved with the DUW�VFHQH�LQ�6KHIÀHOG�µ�
Whilst Caroline works across a range of disciplines, her specialism is mosa-ics – and it is this art form that inspires her the most. Citing playing with her JUDQGPD·V�EXWWRQV�DV�KHU�ÀUVW�UHDO�taste of art, she says that mosaics ap-peals to her because she “likes the concept of putting things together.”
In a recent project with Heatherwood Special School in Doncaster, Caroline worked with all the children in the school who have severe learning and physical disabilities. Each class cre-ated its own series of sensory inspired mosaics to form outdoor educational resources that provide stimulation and opportunties for creative play.
The concept of creating functional mosaics is something that Caroline is keen to explore and develop - she believes that it is important to select materials that people can respond to; a concept she also implemented when working with the Broomhall Visual Improvement Project and the
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Caroline’s most recent mosaic work is based around incoporating mural work and mosaic, and tends to favour the direct method of mosaic as this tends to be the simplest method in a workshop setting. This involves creat-ing a paper based design which is then cut out as a template from ma-rine ply wood, and a colour scheme and materials are chosen. The base is sealed and scored and the tiles and materials are then glued. Once com-pletely dry, grout is applied over the top of the deisgn and then removed in layers with a damp cloth to reveal the piece beneath.
For Caroline, inspiration can be found in the simplest of places. “There is an endless source of inspiration that can be drawn from the things that we see every day, whether it’s freshly painted JUDIÀWL�RU�WKH�JUDSKLFV�RQ�WKH�EDFN�RI�a cereal packet,” she says.
“One of my favourite pieces is ‘Field for the British Isles’, by Anthony Gorm-ley. It’s made from thousands of tiny FOD\�ÀJXUHV�WKDW�VWDQG�WRJHWKHU�DQG�seem to be staring at the viewer. It’s such a clever idea. Strong design ideas appeal to me: I think that’s why I like mosaic art, as it is essentially made RI�LQGLYLGXDO�HOHPHQWV�WKDW�ÀW�WRJHWKHU�to make a complete design.”
“When I’m in a workshop, I know I’m in the right place when people say they can’t draw or they’re not creative enough. My work is all about offering a wide range of creative opportunities that think outside the box and don’t necessarily rely on drawing skills. I be-lieve that artistic ability can be learnt; it’s all about your perception of it.”
As part of the Sharrow Creatives project, Caroline will be installing a series of mosaics for an open art ex-hibition at the Old Junior School. The free event will showcase and promote artists of all backgrounds within the Sharrow community. There will be an opening night on the 18th May from 7.30 pm – 10pm where there will be entertainment, refreshments and the opportunity to meet the artists. The ex-hibition will be shown on Sunday 19th May from 11am to 3pm.
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