Sweet Fanny Adams in Hyperspace Eden

Some participants needed help from their parents…

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The Yorkshire round of workshops were run by Creative Artworks and PuppetLab. Two weeks were spent at Tang Hall Community Centre, teaching attendees the rudiments of puppet making and puppetry. The themes and characters of Sweet Fanny Adams were used as inspiration.

For the duration of the podCasting project, every Monday we will post photos from the York workshops (we have begun posting photos from the other workshops on Wednesday and Friday).

To begin with, here is one of our favourite puppets, which is reminiscent of that found in Angela Carter’s story, ‘The Loves of Lady Purple’.

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The story of Sweet Fanny Adams in Eden was familiar to many in Pitlochry. The original theatrical version of the story was performed in the Scottish Plant Collectors Garden in 2003.

Edinburgh based company Creative Artworks led the workshops at Pitlochry School over 2 weeks in June 2005. The 10 year olds in Primary 6 at the school explored the story’s main character Lily, based on butterfly collector Margret Fountain, and Little Red Riding Hood. Scenes from her life (including some new stories imagined by the children themselves) were carefully illustrated on clay-and-cardboard butterflies.
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Artist Nikki Sheen worked with six students from Bradford College, in their first year studying a Fine Art degree course. Nikki worked with the students during the first week of July.

The themes chosen to work on were portals, doorways, outside spaces, abandonment and disquiet. The story of Sweet Fanny Adams was a background feeling, more than a theme.
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