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Enjoying a moment of satisfaction after a job well done.

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All the collaborators have their names included in the finished mosaic.

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Food tastes lovely after working hard!

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The splendid result of our collaborative efforts in its entirety!

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We started our assembly part of the mosaic making process on the 28th of June.

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Tiles with names ready to be fired.

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Oak leaves ready for firing.

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Week 9                                           27mar-31mar

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Week 9                                           27mar-31mar

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Made tiles from clay to be fired and used in the finished mosaic. ​

Planning of a barbecue and mosaic making day in June.

Calling to Ballagh project with the collage for them to hang on their wall.

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Collaborative drawings.

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Collaborative drawings drawn to everyones favorite music.

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Action drawing to music.

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The collage all finished with the contributing artist's names at the bottom.

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Working on the collage to be used as a basis for mosaic.

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I felt excited for the main workshop of the project to go ahead this week.

It worked very well to have the background painted up loosely for the collage mosaic pieces to go onto.

The workshop went well, with all participants enjoying themselves and staying focused for two hours.

We did the mosaic first and then collabarotive drawing to music.

Delighted to have set a date for us to meet again in June to do the actual mosaic in the garden and have a BBQ.

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Week 8                                                  20mar-24Mar

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Week 8                                                  20mar-24Mar

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Tasks​

Planning workshop for this Friday to include making a collage and action drawing to music.

Painting up a background design on recycled cardboard and getting collage pieces ready for workshop.

Bying treats for participants.

Calling to the Ballagh project on Monday and Wednesday to chat about upcoming workshop.

Friday workshop 10 am - 12 noon.

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Looking forward to next week as it feels like a long time since the last workshop.

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Some inspiration for the workshop next week when we will make a collage.

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Thinking about how to incorporate elements of drawings into the mosaic.

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Planning a longer session for the 24th of March.​

I need to include a break so the participants can keep their energy up.

I cut out a lot of pieces from the movie posters for the collage.

I got a piece of recycled card from the supermarket for collage.

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I was happy to find that the group had been doing some drawing during the week for the project.

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The workshop on Friday had to be cancelled as the group had other commitments. It will be included as part of a longer session next time.

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Some nice colours here for the tree, sky and leaves of the planned collage.
Week 4.

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These are great for collages as they have the image printed on both the front and the back.
Week 4.

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Week 5                                             25 feb-3mar

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Week 5                                             25 feb-3mar

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Tasks​

Workshop from 10 am to 12 noon on the 3rd March.

Action drawing to music.

Working on the designs for the mosaic.

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A slower week.

It felt good to have a week without too much going on with the workshops. I am planning to make a few cardboard frames for the participants so that they can each frame a part of the collectve drawings.

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Week 4                                              20feb-24feb

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Week 4                                              20feb-24feb

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Planning the workshops for the next two sessions 0n the 3rd and the 24th of March.

Went to the Cinema and got old movie posters for the planned collage on the 24th of March.

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Please find some more information about the Ballaghaderreen Communty Garden here.

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It has been just over a year since the Ballaghaderreen Community Garden was started. We are very happy and privileged to be part of the committee and to have followed this endeavour from an early age. We wrote about the starting up process in this post, about a year ago.

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I started to investigate how to get the ATU insurance documents on Monday this week. It took longer than anticipated to find out about the procedures, and in the end, on Thursday afternoon I was grateful to get the help of two lecturers to get all the documents in order for the workshop Friday. If I do this again I will allow more time for this procedure. I was so happy when the workshop could ge ahead, as I did not want to dissapoint the participants.

The actual workshop was great. Four of the participants were present and we all walked to the Garden in the sunshine. We did a walk around the Celtic Oak spiral to get rid of any worries and problems and to pick up positive energy and invite good things into our lives. We also had a chat about the place for the mosaic and the project in general.

Action drawing to music was a good way to just enjoy the drawing process. I am looking forward to the next workshop in two weeks time.

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Happy to be presented with a folder for the project. Week 2.

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Glass mosaic pieces. Week 3.

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Action drawing with crayons to music. Week 3.

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The group gathered in the Gazebo. Week 3.

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Week 3                                              13feb-17feb

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Week 3                                              13feb-17feb

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Tasks​

Sorting out Insurance, Garda Vetting and the Off Campus Risk Assesment Form.

Drawing up and handing out Photo Consent form.

Visit to Garden to see the space where the mosaic is going.

Action drawing with crayons to music, moving around the table clockwise.

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Visit to the Garden and walking the Oak spiral. Week 3.

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Tasks​

Email conversations between Ballagh Project and Myself in relation to the proposed design project. ​

Gathering relevant materials, paper, crayons, and coloured pencils.​

Planning first meet up.​

Researching photo consent rules.

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The Design will be based on the Oak tree. Ballaghaderreen, Bealach an Doirín, meaning the way of the little oak grove. Week 1.

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I think this project will build confidence and give participants a feeling of belonging to the community.

It was a fun process to plan the workshops.

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The Gazebo in the Ballaghaderreen Community Garden where the Finished Mosaic is going. Week 1.

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I am feeling very excited about this project. All participants are happy to go ahead with the design process.

There is a lot to plan before next week in relation to Garda vetting, Insurance and redrafting the photo consent form the Ballagh Project sent to me.

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Week 2                                              6 feb-10feb

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Week 2                                              6 feb-10feb

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First meet up Friday 10th of February, 9.30-11.30 AM. ​

Introduction to the project and materials.​

Discussion on timeframe, we will meet up two or three more times, on Friday Mornings.​

Drawing session to try out the pencils.​

Discussion about photo consent form and insurance.

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Presenting the project to the group. Week 2.

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Participants trying out the colouring pencils. Week 2.

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Tasks​

Bisque firing of ceramic pieces for mosaic. ​

Glazing all pieces and firing again.

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Pices glazed and ready for secong firing.

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Finished pieces, ready for the wall in June.

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I feel grateful that the project will live on as a collaboration and look forward to the Barbecue and tiling day we have planned for the 28th of June. When I started out the workshop was only going to be for the design aspect, but to now have it extended into larger is humbling and satisfying.

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Cats out in the sunshine. Part of the collaborative drawing workshop.

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Name tiles added to the roots.

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25 june-1 july

Tasks

Day of starting the mosaic in the gazebo.

We had a BBQ lunch and lots of fun in the process.