Milestones - Clay Bead Art Therapy

Milestones - Clay Bead Art Therapy

  • Ages 18+

A two-day Art therapy workshop to support you through challenging life transitions and milestones by exploring wild clay bead making.

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By Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre
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Date and time

July 5 · 10am - July 6 · 4pm GMT+1.

Location

Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre

Broadway Southbourne BH6 4EW United Kingdom

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 14 days before event

Agenda

Saturday
Sunday

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

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Your Milestones

Group Sharing ~~~ Current significant milestone – presenting issues and challenges ~~~ Identify learning from past milestones ~~~ Recognise Supporting People ~~~ Celebrate strengths

Lunch (not provided)

Please bring along a packed lunch (there is also a café very close by)

Bead making

Demo and introduction to tools ~~~ Participants make their beads representing supportive: Learning, People, Events

Reflection

Participants reflect on their insights and experiences of the day

Grounding

Guided walk to clay harvesting site ~~~ Connection to ancient site and ancestors’ milestones ~~~ Ancient history of personal adornment

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 day 6 hours
  • Ages 18+
  • Paid venue parking

A two-day workshop to support you through challenging life transitions and milestones:

These could be graduation, parenthood, retirement, age milestones, new career,

  • Recognise and learn from past experiences to transform your future
  • Identify and celebrate your strengths
  • Redefine your identity as you reach life’s significant milestones

You will be invited to make individual clay beads that represent important events, significant people, and your valuable strengths. Threaded together, you will be supported to create a unique timeline, promoting your understanding of the grand design of your life. You will return home from the weekend with a fired, wild clay necklace representing your life and insights.


"Your life experiences are like beads on a string ... some beads shine joyfully, while others are dark and heavy"

The workshop is centered around the Hengistbury Iron Age roundhouse. You will use locally sourced wild clay and traditional clay-making and firing methods. Connect with the ancient timelines of this special environment, which has seen over 12,000 years of people observing their milestones.

We will offer you the opportunity to reflect on your lives so far and their significant milestones over the course of two days.

Using natural art materials and clay sourced from Hengistbury Head, we will offer a safe space to think and share about these events and your learning from them. This will include celebrating your strengths, skills and lessons for the future.

We will do this through guided walks, group art making and sharing. Firing the beads within the on-site kiln will draw upon the transformative power of the Summer solstice.


Please bring a packed lunch for each day, there is also a cafe nearby.


Your Practitoners


Below are links to other websites that may be of interest

Link to the Community Outdoor Art Therapy Service, co-founded by Simon and Tanya:

COATS


Link to Simon's Art Therapy website:

You and Art Therapy


Poem Collection written by Simon:

Natural Hysteria


Sliding-scale pricing

We are offering a sliding-scale pricing system for a limited number of tickets to promote accessibility and community involvement. We will never ask you to justify your choice, but if you can, please consider selecting the 'supporter' or 'comfortable' option to allow accessibility for lower-income participants.

We rely on the honesty and good judgment of participants to contribute fairly. Thank you!

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need to bring anything?

Please bring a packed lunch (there is also a cafe nearby).

What are the timings of the event?

It is a two-day workshop: Saturday 10am to 4pm and Sunday 10pm to 4pm

Are dogs allowed?

Unfortunately, dogs are not permitted in the visitor centre or event area, but guide dogs are exempt from this.

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Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre
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The Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre offers a wide range of Green heritage events covering wildlife, ecology, conservation, endangered crafts, ancient technology and living history. Through our robust programme of talks, walks, workshops and demonstrations, we hope to bring the natural world to life for the 1.2 million visitors who come to Hengistbury Head every year. The site is protected as a Local Nature Reserve, a Site of special scientific interest and a Scheduled Monument.