volunteers at a facility in Teignmouth that has activities for people with dementia. She shows them how to use clay- as they do hand building, She says it is like rolling out pastry which most of the ladies can relate to. They make name plaques and pinch pots and after a few weeks these items are fired in the kiln. Then she helps them glaze/ paint the pots and they are fired again and they can take their plaque or pot home with them. Apparently pottery is very therapeutic and a good activity for older people with dementia. award winning Award winning Painter and potter, Jan, will be exhibiting with her friends this year at TAAG in Teignmouth
Keith helps the rangers in many ways, up cycling furniture for the guest houses and making coasters from sycamore branches to sell at the National Trusts gift shops. Paula helps in the gift shop as well as making Christmas decorations for Greenway House
Fernly Tout
loves wood working intarsia and also wood turning. Intarsia is a woodworking technique that uses varied shapes, sizes, and species of wood fitted together to create a mosaic-like picture with an illusion of depth. ... After selecting the specific woods to be used within the pattern, each piece is then individually cut, shaped, and finished.
Virginia is a painter and potter based in Kingsteignton. Here in Devon Virginia regularly uses natural materials to give texture and colour to her pots and pictures. She is an active member and Secretary of Newton Abbot Art Group.
