The Great Train Tapestry: Phase I – Workshops

How do great artists become great?  How do they prepare for creating new work?  What research lies behind their ideas? Where do they get their inspiration?  Come and join Lisl Ponger’s facilitated free workshops where we can find the answers together, as we make the first leg of our journey towards creating the Great Train Tapestry

Friday 29^th September (12:30)

Gathering knowledge.

• 12:30 – Meet at Hundred Heroines Museum for a field trip to the Steam Museum, Swindon

Saturday 30^th September (10:00 – 17:45)

Gathering knowledge

• 10:30 – Meet at Hundred Heroines Museum for a photo walk, looking for evidence of where the railway used to run through Gloucester.
• Lunch Break
• 14:30 – 17:30 – Review and selection of images from the field trip and walk.

Sunday 1^st October (10:30 – 15:45)

• 10:30 – 12:30 – Personal Projects – bring along some of your work for feedback from Lisl and the group
• 13:30 – 15:30  – Experiment with print types, different fabrics, stitching techniques etc. to add to the pool.

Against the backdrop of the Pool of Collective Knowledge, we will discuss and vote on the end-product – what will the Great Train Tapestry look like? (Note: This will not be the final visual content – that will be decided later in the project.  This vote will be around the practical and material angles to ensure we’re all heading in the same direction.)

Between the workshops, there will be the chance to travel around the local GWR stations with Lisl, as well as a visit to the Steam Museum in Swindon, to make photos, sketches, record sounds and anything else that contributes to the Pool of Collective Knowledge.

• Lunch, refreshments, all materials, train tickets and entry to the Steam Museum will be provided.
• Open to women and non-binary identities.
• The workshops are free, but to guarantee a place, booking is recommended.