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The Artisan’s Institute – Young Weavers – TH.CARS2 Archive

Castlehead High School

Castlehead High School

 

Participants/consultant: Castlehead HS, Mary Russell School, Auchenlodment PS, Paisley Museum/Gillian Lewis

Feb-Mar 2020

In collaboration with Paisley Museum’s Looms in Schools initiative, professional weaver Gillian Lewis began to deliver the Artisan’s Institute – Young Weavers project in February 2020.

Acting as a weaving mentor, Gillian worked with staff and pupils at Auchenlodment Primary School, Castlehead High School and Mary Russell School, helping them learn how to use frame looms and a 4 shaft table loom and supporting them to realise their own creative weaving ideas.

After initial success, unfortunately this project had to be curtailed due to Covid-19. Gillian subsequently created the We are Weavers learning resource for schools in collaboration with Paisley Museum which was publicly available for anyone to use.

 

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