Exhibition in Wool Felt by the children of Maynooth Educate Together Wk1
An Exhibition of work by the children of Maynooth Educate together National School, facilitated by local Artist Tamzen Lundy.
This work was made possible thanks to the Artist in Education Bursary awarded to Tamzen from Kildare County Council and the Kildare Arts service.
Tamzen undertook a series of 6 workshops starting with two “creativity and wellness” workshops with the Teachers and SNAs and then moving into the ASD unit and mainstream classes.
The children and teachers experienced felt making, the oldest form of textile creation in the world. Using wool- a fully sustainable and biodegradable material we used the wet felt making technique. This is a very sensory experience, it is active, it takes a lot of rubbing and rolling with soapy suds and water.
The children explored the school values, Respect, Responsibility, Honesty, Kindness, Inclusivity and Co-operation, creating banners and embedding these values by talking about them as we created. The ASD unit created funny face portraits and 3rd class made reversible bookmarks, knowing that the work would be displayed in the local community library.
The central part of the exhibition is a wool felt interpretation of the Maynooth Educate together logo, which was designed by Tamzen and gifted to the school a decade ago.
This work was made possible by the Award of: Artist in Education Bursary 2025- thanks to Kildare County Council and Kildare Arts Service.
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