Nature and creativity project for schools and families
Find out about insects, birds, fish, beetles and butterflies.
Create your own nature inspired designs using templates by artist Melanie Tomlinson and Somerset Art Works.
Share your colourful creations on our community blog, where our panel of artists and conservationists will select their favourite designs.
Winning designs will be professionally printed on weatherproof aluminium by Melanie Tomlinson and returned to you for spectacular outdoor display.
FREE to take part in this beautiful nature and creativity project. There is no age limit for participation, open to all!
We hope that this project will encourage observation and learning about nature whilst also developing design and creative skills. We’d love as many people as possible to take part in a collective, community activity and share designs via our online gallery (project blog). We also have an exciting competition for designs to be selected by professional artist and conservationist judges, these winning designs will be printed on metal by artist Melanie Tomlinson and returned to you for outdoor display.
Teachers – contact Beccy Swaine who will provide support and advice to help your classes take part in this ready-made nature and creativity project for the summer term beccy.swaine@somersetartworks.org.uk
Share your colourful creations on our community blog athomewithnaturesomerset.wordpress.com and social media.
How to get involved
Download templates https://athomewithnaturesomerset.wordpress.com/templates/
Find out more about insects, birds, fish, beetles and butterflies – using the links provided.
Create your own nature inspired designs using templates by artist Melanie Tomlinson. You can use pencils, paints, felt tips, collage or anything you have to hand to add colour to your design.
Share your colourful creations on our community blog athomewithnaturesomerset.wordpress.com and social media.
Our panel of artists and conservationists will select their favourite designs.
Winning designs will be professionally printed on weatherproof aluminium by Melanie Tomlinson and returned to you for spectacular outdoor display.
How to share your images and enter the competition to have your design selected by our judges and printed by Melanie Tomlinson:
Choose any one of these options.
If you’d also like to tell us a bit about yourself, your design and nature inspiration, we’d love to hear from you.
1 – Email a good quality photograph of your design and a bit about yourself to admin@somersetartworks.org.uk
2 – Post a high quality photograph on your/your family member’s social media and tag in Somerset Art Works using the details below
Facebook – somersetartworks.page
Twitter – @SAW_Somerset
Instagram – @somerset_art_works
3 – Send us your original design or a colour photocopy in the post to: At Home with Nature, Somerset Art Works, Town Hall, Langport, Somerset TA10 9PR
4 – Schools – if your teacher has invited you to take part in this project please send your teacher your original design/ high quality photograph as specified – your teacher will pass your design on to Somerset Art Works to share online and enter the competition.
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KEEP SENDING US YOUR DESIGNS – FINAL DAY MONDAY 20 JULY
We will reshare our favourite designs. Submission of images/text grants permission to Somerset Art Works to share your designs on social media/ the project blog. Please only include faces, names, location etc if you give permission for these to be shared online – otherwise focus on the design only in photographs. We will crop the templates so names/contact details do not show.
Keep your original design safely if you are not sending it directly to us. If your design is selected for printing we will need to work from your original design.
Nature and Creativity Project for Schools and Families 