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Forest School Sessions, Outdoor Learning, and Art in Nature:
​Woodlands (and beaches!) are a wonderful setting for young people to develop their practical skills, boost resilience and creativity, while taking care of themselves, each other, and their environment. 

A woodland gallery of drawings done by children at Forest School, with home-made charcoal burnt on the camp-fire, frames made with with lashed twigs. Arisaig, 2012
Tree spirit forged with natural clay from the forest floor, Family Bushcraft Weekend, Sussex 2013
Drawing Trees Workshop
Meeting a tree.
Forest-floor art inspired by native species, Crathes Castle, 1995
Learning to use sharp tools safely, Forest School 2011
Whittled items
Creating "storyboxes" - book-boxes decorated with natural materials, containing natural treasures that are keys to a story, Forest School 2011
Forest mobiles, wind chimes and instruments. Lochaber 2012
Charcoal making at the forest school campfire, 2012
Charcoal making in progress.
Building a nest for a forest creature. Lochaber 2012
Text and images © Alison J Durbin / Wildwood Arts    2014-2022
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