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A fascinating and educational 4-5 week social prescribing creative project located in the historic Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds – kindly funded initially by the St Edmunds Trust.
Each week explores engaging – and often hidden – aspects of the site's nature and history and introduces a variety of creative, artistic techniques, including drawing, painting, poetry, collage and photography.
The project is led by experienced and knowledgeable artists and environmentalists.
Participants learn to identify trees by their twigs, bark and leaves – and then go on to create artwork inspired by the variety of forms.
Photographic exploration of the different stones and carvings within the Abbey's walls and ruins leads to absorbing drawing...
...and creative writing – imagining what they’ve seen over one thousand years and the stories they could tell...
Stone Souls
Abbey stones
Hold tales of the untold
A rich tapestry of thoughts,
Echoes and patterns
and times ancient by.
Of weathered landscapes
Broken angel wings,
Jumbled thoughts
and crumbling terracotta
Secrets lie beneath.
Of drifting monks
And whispering clouds
Beneath us lies
Hidden skulls
The stone souls.
Abbey Tales Book
A book is available with a selection of line drawings and poetry from our Abbey Tales project for mindful colouring in – or simply to enjoy.
See our shop section for where to buy.
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