Camp Creative 2015
01 Feb 2015
On Thursday 8th January I loaded up the station wagon with glass, lead and tools from Australian Stained Glass Supplies in Leichhardt and headed North the next day toward Bellingen. I was booked to teach a group of 7x students the basic craft of leadlighting, aiming to instill a passion for stained glass; by the end of 5x days solid work I think I achieved that aim. Everyone enjoyed themselves and seemed to be pleasantly surprised by what they made during the week.
Our Classroom (Morning of Day Four)
Cutting underway
Glass all cut
Cutting underway
Glass all cut & laid out
Cutting in progress
Finalising design
Leading up
Leading up
Soldering
Checking for accuracy
Selecting glass
Cutting in progress
Laying out the glass
Morning of the Final Day
Completed work
Completed work
Completed work
Completed work
Completed work
Completed work
Camp Creative is held in Bellingen every year, with the whole town getting behind it. Around 1,000 students participate in everything from Chinese Calligraphy through Saxaphone and Drumming to making a fountain out of bamboo cut from the surrounding bush. Many students come back year after year, taking on different skills each time or pushing their previous course to new heights.
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