ART IN MIND

Welcome to ART IN MIND a creative arts project for Inside Out CommunityArts in Mental Health.

Over the past 10 years Inside Out Community has established an innovative and effective Arts in Mental Health Resource covering Ipswich and the srrounding area.

Our aim is to offer people a creative pathway to a more sustained state of wellbeing, meaningfulness and a sense of social inclusion through the arts.



Friday, 27 January 2012

Session Two at Felixstowe Library

The library is a wonderful resource for stories and ideas for characters for shadow puppets.  Picture books for children contain beautiful illustrations that can be used to conjure a character into being.  We spent the first session exploring the wealth of material held within in the library and watched the first part of the stunning film 'The Adventures of Prince Achmed'.  This film was the first, feature-length, animated film in the history of cinema.  It was made by Lotte Reiniger, a pioneer in silhouette puppets, in Berlin between 1923 and 1926.  It is a truly magical film and well worth watching. We also made sketchbooks to work in and began to design characters.

The second session was spent in developing puppet ideas in sketchbooks and making then from black card.  Below are the beginnings of puppets and scenery.... and a completed puppet.


Owls .... S F

more owls ..... S F
and penguins: M P
Sketchbook Page: P. Bowman
Scenery Sketch : Colleen

Puppet Design: M N



A shadow puppet: 




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