A Thousand Sheep

HELP NEEDED TO COMPLETE PROJECT! Please come along to the farm anytime between 10am – 3pm on each Saturday in January to help Laurence complete the work for her 1000 Sheep installation. You will be dyeing wool and making wool bundles (no experience necessary). Tea and coffee is provided – a very pleasant and relaxing way to spend a few hours on a Saturday and learn more about Laurence’s work – come along and help if you can. Call Laurence on 01722 340161 or email her at info@laurencerushbyart.co.uk with any questions. Laurence will also be at the farm some weekdays – call for details. THANK YOU! Please note that due to snow tomorrow will be done at home so please call me if you want to come along.

Wana Be part of it? Wherever you are going next, take a spindle with you a spin for 1000 sheep, take a picture and send it to me! Join forces and we will get there: Spins so far of Facebook; 1. River Bourne Community Farm 2.Cosy Home, of course. 3. At Clarendon Junior School, Tidworth 4. At Wellington Academy, Tidworth 5. Spinning in Calais with the Mulberry Dyers 6. Queuing for the shuttle on my way back from Calais 7. Spinning in the Shuttle 8.Spinning at the Sarum Airfield, coming back from making 300 bundles and wishes  with Clarendon school children 9. Spinning at Linkenholt Countryside Centre 10. Spinning at the Winchester Gate, public house , Salisbury 11. Spinning at Heathrow Airport, on my way...? 12. Spinning at the Vatican Follow the next ones on Facebook! The Best Spin before Christmas will win a free natural dyes workshop! A few photos to proove it;

Here are the next few dates for you to get involved; Thursday 15th of November 10 to 2.00 Monday 19th of November 19.00 pm onwards ;   Special MOVEMBER session; " If you can't grow it, come and make it!"(see facebook photo or blog on http://athousandsheep.blogspot.com) Come and make a bundle and help fundraise for Movember; Held at Winchester Gate pub, Rampart Road Tuesday 20th of November 10 to 3.00 Wednesday 21st 10 to 3.00 Thursday 22nd 10 to 2.00 Saturday 24th 10 to 3.00 Wednesday 28th 10 to 3.00 I would be grateful if you could email me if you wish to attend , so I can prepare materials accordingly. Please bring a lunch. Tea, coffee and biscuits are on me!

Wool week has been a crazy time, jumping from one workshop to another... We have made over 300 bunldes in the Clarendon Junior School, in Tidworth, project supported by the Tidworth Area Board,  and made another 100 in Wellington Academy, Tidworth. We also managed to create another 20 Bundles with the recovering soldiers of Tedworth House who came to help me at the farm last Monday, as well as manage to wash another load of wool. Finaly, we have made another 40 today at the farm with another 3 volunteers, to launch our Movember challenge; " Can't Grow it? come and make it!(see photos) I look forward to see you at the farm during Movember ; Wednesday 7th from 10am   at River Bourne Farm, Saturday 10th at the River Bourne Farm 10.00am to 1.pm, Monday 19th from 7.00pm at the Winchester gate with Yarn It group , and more dates to be confirmed. If you have a group of youth or adults motivated to help, please contact me as I can come to you to make many more bundl...

Wool Week has come fast and I would like to share with you all the events I will be taking part in in order to progress in the making of 1000 sheep. In preparation to Wool Week, I have travelled to Calais to work with Debbie Bramford from the Mulberry Dyers; In a couple of days, we madder dyed more than 25kg of wool (half of the total wool needed) in her gorgeous Self created  Dye House.  (see images) Wool Week Events; Monday 15th of October , I will be running a full day of natural dye workshop in Clarendon School, Thanks to the support of Tidworth Area Board. I will then return to the school on the Wednesday 17th to make 300 bundles of tied up wool with all the children of the school. The bundles will include wishes, thoughts, prayers...from the children. Tuesday 16th of October Drop in spinning workshop at the Craft Club, Salisbury Arts Centre; Come and learn to spin and make part of the 1000 sheep installation with me. Drop spindles and wool provided...

Join me in the 100 odd places to spin challenge. As part of 1000 sheep, I will be creating events and spontaneous spinning moments before Christmas. If you wish to join me, send me your spinning pictures on the blog, on email, on Facebook, on Twitter... The best location will win a free space on a natural dye workshop in January. SPREAD the word!!!