Make your own decorative tiles and get inspiration on community action
Come along to the Eden Café, St Austell, to make your own decorative tiles, in a free workshop led by Bodmin Moor-based artist Jenny Beaven. The sessions will take place in a in White River Place on Saturday 2 and Sunday 17 July.
Visitors can make tiles to take home as well as contribute to a large installation to go on display at the Eden Café. They can also hear Jenny tell the fascinating story of Cornish china clay and its unique qualities.
Another free event kicks off on the evening of Wednesday 13 July at the Eden Café, when guest speaker Sue Hill, co-founder of Wildworks theatre company, will talk about how local celebrations can help regenerate communities. She’ll be drawing on her recent time spent with the actor Michael Sheen, Welsh National Theatre and hundreds of people in the community of Port Talbot, Wales, working on a collaboration of the play ‘The Passion’. The event runs from 6.30 – 8.30pm.
The event is the first in a series of Café Conversations which offer a chance for the people of St Austell and the clay areas to come together and talk about positive community action.
Both the tile-making workshops and Café Conversations are part of the St Austell Live programme, funded by a £60,000 grant from Cornwall Council to attract more people to the town centre. The series of events is part of the £9.5 million Eco-communities Programme of Development awarded to Cornwall Council by the Department of Communities and Local Government.
Please check our Café page on the Eden website to see what else is on offer.
How to book for the tile-making workshops:
The tile making workshops take place in a temporary studio space opposite Costa Coffee in White River place, St Austell. They are suitable for anyone aged 12 or over and participants under 16 should be supervised. Please book ahead as there are a limited number of spaces for each class: staustelllive@edenproject.com; 01726 818738.
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