About Us

DAEMON: the guardian spirit of a person or place.DOPPELGANGER: the ghostly duplicate of a living person.
Now in it's 11th year, and with contemporary "terracotta army" of about forty thousand figures faces and fantastic images made to date at a variety of festivals throughout the U.K. and Europe, the workshops continue to astonish and delight wherever they go.
An unusual mixture of participatory workshop and exhibition, the
project creates a unique record of any event, big or small. We can
photograph self-portraits digitally and these can then be included on
festival websites - see our Gallery
Suitable for all ages and abilities, it is a great opportunity to get your hands dirty and surprise yourself. The main aim of the workshops is enjoyment and a chance to play freely
with the possibilities of self-expression: allowing the imagination to
take over.
A festival atmosphere is great for experimentation and enjoying the benefits of letting go.
“Thank you for taking part and bringing your fantastic ideas and creativity to marvellous muddy Larmer Tree 2009!”
“I just wanted to thank you and your team for coming along to both
the Play Day and the Finale Concert. It was excellent having you at both
events. I hope we can work together again next year.' Salisbury
International Festival 2009.
“A really big THANKYOU for your contribution to The Green at the
festival this year. You helped to make the festival a big success...”
Wychwood Festival 2009.
Sally Churchward on “ThisisHampshire.net” blog from Bestival: “We are
having the most festival fun ever! The side show of the event has to be
the “Daemon or Doppelganger” clay self-portrait workshop. We have just
re-created mini versions of our mermaid fancy dress costumes and
stretched artistic muscles that have been dormant since schooldays. Our
hands are now filthy!”

Some of the places we have worked at so far include:
Glastonbury
Bestival, Isle of Wight
Camp Bestival
Belfast Maritime Festival
Solfest
EXIT Festival, Serbia
The Larmer Tree
Roskilde Festival, Denmark
We are very flexible and can work with you to fit in with your plans: see Special Projects page."

"No 1 in the Top5 alternative Glastonbury experiences! (Undercover Magazine)

The workshops were inspired by Antony Gormley (the maker of the Angel
of the North) and his "Field" projects. We are aiming to provide
individuals with a chance to make a statement about what makes each one
of us unique in this crowded world. In a festival where we may be part
of a crowd of thousands, united in a common experience as an audience,
we each have our own story.
It is increasingly important to give voice to this individuality in a
society where we look to strangers as role models and are under immense
pressure to conform to idealised media images.
The workshops can give a meditative moment of therapeutic calm during a busy festival programme.
Primarily they are great fun, and a good chance for families and friends
to work side by side, without pressure, to create something tangible as
a memento of the day.
The results can be taken home at the end of the day, or be left to
join the touring "terracotta army" (we bring a small exhibition to each
event). We can take the figures away to be fired once dry, and they are
stored until the following year (or local potters are welcome to arrange
firings so figures can be left with the event).
Previous Events
2011
17th Feb The British Museum Great Court, Shabti workshop.
31st May Salisbury Festival Playday
2nd June Northampton Half-Term Events
4th June Salisbury Festival Finale
20-29th June Glastonbury Festival
10th July Leicester Mela,
14-17th July Latitude Festival,
28-31st July Camp Bestival, Dorset.
5-8th Aug Glastonbury Children's Festival.
25-28th Aug Shambala Festival
11th Sept Arts Fresco, Market Harborough.
2010
22nd/23rd May BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend, Bangor, N. Wales
1st & 5th June Salisbury Festival (Playday & Finale)
12th/13th June Cork, Ireland S.P.W.C
19th/20th June Dublin, Ireland S.P.W.C.
24th-27th June Glastonbury Festival
16th-18th July Guilfest/Latitude
25th July Gloucester Festival
30th Jul-1st Aug Camp Bestival, Dorset
31st Jul-1st Aug Traquair Fair, Peebles
4th Aug Harewood House, Leeds
7th Aug Andover Festival
27th-29th Aug Shambala Festival
4th Oct It Came From.., Blackpool
15th-17th Oct Festival of Desperation, Bristol, (Desperate Men's 30th Anniversary event)
2009
25th Apr Riversmeet Arts & Heritage Festival, Christchurch, Dorset
9/10th May BBC Headroom, Radio 1 Big Weekend, Swindon
29th May Salisbury festival Playday
30/31st May Wychwood Festival, nr. Cheltenham
6th June BBC Headroom, Strawberry Fayre, Cambridge
6th June Salisbury Festival Finale
13/14th June Street Performers World Championships, Cork
20/21st June Street Performers World Championships,Dublin
25-28th June Glastonbury Festival
4th July Warrington, Party in the Park
5th July Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza
17th-19th July Latitude, Suffolk
17th-19th July Larmer Tree Festival, Wilts.
18th July BBC Headroom, Southampton Mela
24th-26th July Camp Bestival, Dorset
25th-30th July Special Olympics, Leicester
31st,1st&2nd Aug Nozstock, Hereford
1st/2nd Aug BBC Headroom, Nottingham Riverside Festival
7th-9th Aug Glastonbury Children’s Festival
14th/15th Aug Cropredy Fairport Convention Festival 13th-16th August, BBC Headroom, Belfast Maritime Festival
28th-31st Aug Solfest, Cumbria
28th-31st Aug Shambala Festival
5th Sept Liverpool
6 Sept Salisbury
12th/13th Sept BBC Headroom, Thames Festival, London
19 Sept Bristol Festival
19 Sept Out There Festival, Gt. Yarmouth
26th September Radstock Arts Festival, Somerset
3 Oct Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, British Ceramics Biennial
10 Oct BBC World Mental Health Day workshops in Edinburgh, London, Portsmouth, Norwich, Swansea and Hull
2008
16-18th May Rocket Festival, Spain.
25th May Oldham, Lancs
30th May Salisbury Festival.
13-15th June Dublin Street Performers’ World Championship
18th June Winchester
23-30th June Glastonbury Festival
6 July Keynsham Music Festival
12-13th July Dare To, Tollard Royal.
16-20th July Latitude & Camp Bestival
8-11th July Glastonbury Children's Festivals.
15-18th July Bristol Children's Festival.
27th July Gloucester Festival
2nd Aug Ashby-de-la-Zouch )
3rd Aug Cedars Park, Cheshunt, Herts.
5th Aug West Sussex Scout Camp.
8-10th Aug Endorse It, Dorset
10th Aug Bristol Balloon Fiesta
13th Aug Market Harborough )
14th Aug Melton Mowbray )
15th Aug Coalville ) All Leicester Comedy Festival/Highcross events
23th Aug Oakham, Rutland )
24th Aug Loughborough )
25th Aug Castle Park, Leicester)
29-31th Aug Electric Picnic, Ireland
4th Sept Leicester, opening of Highcross workshops exhibition
5-7th - Sept. Bestival.
20th Sept Radstock Arts Festival.
2007
26-28th May Dorchester Festival
9th June Bracknell, South Hill Park CIAO Festival,
15-17th Jun Liverpool kids fest,
21-24th Jun Glastonbury Festival (Theatre Fields & Green Fields),
30th Jun Southampton Young Carer's event.
1st July Andover Summer Sounds Festival, Vigo Park
7th Tollard Royal, Dare To!,
7th Crawley
8th Keynsham music fest. Bristol,
13-15th Larmer Tree Festival.
13-15th Latitude Festival.
21st & 22nd Lovebox, Victoria Park, London.
21-22th Port Eliot Litfest, Cornwall
20-22th Eastern Haze, E. Anglia.
27th Portsmouth,August:
3-6th Aug Bristol Children's Festival.
9-13th Glastonbury Children's Festival
10-12th Bloom Festival, Dyrham Park, nr. Bath
21-26th Tribe of Doris event,
31,1st&2nd Sept Electric Picnic, Ireland.
31 Aug-2 Sept Kendal Mint Festival
1st Sept Manchester, New Islington Festival
7-9th Bestival, Isle of Wight
22nd Radstock for N.E.S.A.
27th Oct Gloucester Tall Ships event
2006
17 March: Willesden Green Library, St. Patrick's Day, London.
19-21 May: Rocket Festival, Spain.
27-28 May: The Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent.
11 June: The Pump House, Aldeburgh Festival, Suffolk.
1 July: Young Carer's Event, nr. Southampton.
2 July: Trafalgar Square Arts Day, London.
6-9 July: Exit Festival, Serbia.
13-16 July: Larmer Tree Festival.
30 July: Gloucester Festival, Family Fun Day.
1-6 Aug: Big Green Gathering, Somerset.
4-7 Aug: Bristol Children's Festival.
9-13 Aug: Footsbarn Theatre's 35th Anniversary Festival, France.
11-14 Aug: Glastonbury Children's Festival.
16-17 Aug: Alnwick Gardens, Northumberland.
19 Aug: Paignton Family Day, Devon.
28 Aug: Rawtenstall Arts Day, Manchester.
2 Sept: Manchester New Islington Festival.
2-3 Sept: Gardener's Weekend, Birmingham.
8-10 Sept: Bestival, Isle of Wight.
17 Sept: Greenwich Car Free Day, London.
2005
30 May: Stalybridge Splash, Manchester.
4-5 June: Garden of Delights, Manchester.
24-26 June: Glastonbury Festival.
25-26 June: Cardiff Children"s Festival.
26 June-3 July: Roskilde Festival, Denmark.
9 July: Hatherleigh Festival, Devon.
15-17 July: Larmer Tree Festival.
16 July: Winkleigh Festival, Devon.
29-31 July: WOMAD Festival.
29-31 July: Bristol Children's Festival.
5-8 Aug: Glastonbury Children's Festival.
6-7 Aug: Traquair Fair, Peebles.
3-7 Aug: Big Green Gathering, Somerset.
14 Aug: High House Hullabaloo,Purfleet.
12-14 Aug: Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
5 Sept: Robin Hood Country Park, Newark, Notts.
2004
18 May: Salvation Army Youth Club, Exeter.
27 May: Centre 69 Youth Club, Bath.
30-31 May: Bath Organics Festival.
5-6 June: Garden of Delights, Manchester.
25-27 June: Glastonbury Festival.
3-4 July: Cardiff Children's Festival.
16-18 July: Larmer Tree Festival.
23-25 July: WOMAD Festival, Reading.
23-26 July: Bristol Children's Festival.
30 July - 4 Aug:Glastonbury Children's Festival.
30 July - 6 Aug:Sidmouth Folk Festival.
2003
27-29 June: Glastonbury Festival.
18-20 July: Larmer Tree Festival, Wilts.
25-27 July: Bristol Children's Festival.
31 July - 4 Aug:Glastonbury Children's Festival.
17 Aug: Awaz Utoah Community Festival, Bristol.
2001 / 2002: Glastonbury Festivals.