Emma Denby

KHL WOODWORK INDUCTIONS Workshop Facilitator Working with KHL Community Workshop, these sessions were built around creating a basic skill platform for the people of Corby interested in utilising the practical elements of KHL Workshop. Starting with an overview of basic tools used in woodwork, the sessions continued with participants using these tools to practice measuring,…

Fermynwoods Contemporary Arts ARTIST IN RESIDENCE WORKSHOPS Based in a cottage deep within the woodlands of Fermynwoods, this residency was directed towards providing creative workshops for high school students working towards their Bronze and Silver Arts Award. The first week involved taking the students out into the woodland to explore how faces and characters could…

CONNECTIONS PUBLIC ART COMMISSION As part of Salford Quays light night in 2022, I worked in collaboration with artist Gemma Wood to create Connections, a community project and light installation made for the festival, Lightwaves and GLOW. We ran a group of engagement sessions in the Blue Peter Garden at Salford Quays and RHS Bridgewater…

DARK SKIES, WILD SEAS ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Taking place at YHA Lands End in Penzance, Dark Skies, Wild Seas was a group residency exploring the surrounding area’s ancient sites and coastal walks. Ran by Mayes Creative, it gave a chance to develop our practice For me, this was the perfect opportunity to apply my fascination…

Sculpture Building and Casting KHL, Corby Community Workshops ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Commissioned by the arts organisation Made with Many, this residency included utilising the fantastic workshop space and facilities recently built in Corby, Northamptonshire. Participants could come in for as little or as long as they wanted to feel inspired, make drawings of their ideas,…

SIRENS Emerging from the earth and forming the configuration of the Pleiades (The 7 Sisters) constellation, Sirens invites you to walk amongst the circle of stones and experience the transcendental voices of Amies Freedom Choir. Moving through the stones, your close presence is echoed by a melodious response, flowing your encounter onto another… and another…

MAKE IT HAPPEN RESIDENCY/COURSE

Haus A Rest – Issue 27 ‘The Tiny Issue’ FEATURED ARTIST “People have a real love of looking at small worlds – something inside them is innately attracted to that ‘miniature’ realm.” ~ John Lasseter As part of the 27th issue of the Haus a rest’s zine ‘All Things Tiny’, I exhibited one of my…

ALLIED WATERS Commission for Sowerby Bridge High Street Heritage Action Zone Working with Sowerby Bridge and its local community, I created this sculpture based on the interaction between local towns and their access to the network of canals and Rivers along the Calder in West Yorkshire. Using a map of the Calder as a start…

ALLIED WATERS PUBLIC ARTWORK COMMISSION Commissioned for the series of events taking place in Sowerby Bridge over the Jubilee celebrations weekend by High Street Heritage, this sculpture was a response to the brief ‘Future Heritages’. As a response to the waterways and canal infrastructures that wind through the towns of West Yorkshire, the form was…