Preparations for The Big Draw workshops

                 'The viewer is as much a part of the art as the 
                 artist is - it grows in meaning, importance and           
                 joy when it stops being the precious object by
                 one person and becomes something available  
                 to and created by everyone' (1)           

(1)  Davidson, M. Contemporary Drawing - Key Concepts and Techniques. Big Drawings (2011) New York:  
Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 124.
(Quote refers to the artist Sol Le Witt).

Edge Arts Projects are running a series of workshops for young people in October for The Big Draw, and they are taking place at the Institute for Creative Leather Technologies at The University of Northampton. 

Our workshops are a mixture of experimental drawing and shoe making using recycled materials. As part of the workshops we are also including a tour of the Institutes Tannery and a talk from a member of the Northampton shoe industry. 

We have been busy preparing for the workshops and wanted to share some photos of what we've been up to!