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| DAEMON: | the guardian spirit of a person or place. |
| DOPPELGANGER: | the ghostly duplicate of a living person. |
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Now in it's 9th year, and with contemporary "terracotta army" of about thirty-five thousand figures
faces and fantastic images made to date at a variety of festivals throughtout 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.
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“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.
“Please thank your team for their wonderful work over the weekend. We couldn’t have done it without you!”
Kendal Arts International 2008.
“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!”
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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
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“We are very flexible and can work with you to fit in with your plans”: see Special Projects page."
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"Thanks for all your hard work, it was wonderful and fitted in just right! (Bestival)
"No 1 in the Top5 alternative Glastonbury experiences! (Undercover Magazine)
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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 ot 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).
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Previous Events
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2009
25th Apr, Riversmeet Arts & Heritage Festival, Christchurch, Dorset
9/10th May, BBC Headroom, Radio 1 Big Weekend, Swindon
29th May, Salisbury festival
30/31st May, Wychwood Festival, nr. Cheltenham
6th June, BBC Headroom, Strawberry Fayre, Cambridge
6th June, Salisbury Festival
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
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 July – 2nd Aug, Nozstock, Hereford
1st/2nd August, BBC Headroom, Nottingham Riverside Festival
7th-9th August, Glastonbury Children’s Festival
14th/15th August, Cropredy Fairport Convention Festival
13th-16th August, BBC Headroom, Belfast Maritime Festival
28th-31st August, Solfest, Cumbria
28th-31st August, Shambala Festival
5th Sept, Liverpool
6 Sept, Salisbury
12th/13th September 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
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2008
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May:
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16-18th May - Rocket Festival, Spain.
25th May - Oldham, Lancs
30th May - Salisbury Festival.
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June :
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13-15th June - Dublin Street Performers’ World Championship
18th June - Winchester
23-30th June - Glastonbury.
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July:
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6 July - Keynsham Music Festival
12-13th July - Dare To, Tollard Royal (nr Shaftesbury).
16-20th July - Latitude & Camp Bestival
8-11th July - Glastonbury Children's Festivals.
15-18th July - Bristol Children's Festival.
27th July - Gloucester Festival
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August:
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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
23th Aug - Oakham, Rutland
24th Aug - Loughborough
25th Aug - Castle Park, Leicester
29-31th Aug - Electric Picnic, Ireland
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Sept:
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4th Sept - Leicester, opening of Highcross workshops exhibition
5-7th - Sept. Bestival.
20th Sept - Radstock Arts Festival.
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2007
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May:
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26-28th - Dorchester Festival
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June :
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9th - Bracknell, South Hill Park CIAO Festival,
15-17th - Liverpool kids fest,
21-24th - Glastonbury (Theatre Fields & Green Fields),
30th - Southampton Young Carer's event.
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July:
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1st - 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,
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August:
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3-6th - 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 Aug, 1st & 2nd Sept. - Electric Picnic, Ireland.
31 Aug-2 Sept. - Kendal.
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Sept:
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1st - Manchester, New Islington Festival
7-9th - Bestival, Isle of Wight
22nd - Radstock for N.E.S.A.
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Oct:
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27th - Gloucester Tall Ships event
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 2001 / 2002: | Glastonbury Festivals. |
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