Last Saturday we were treated with the visit of Liz Lake, an individual whose quiet creative brilliance and modesty continue to strike me just as much now as they did when we first met as interns at the Bread and Puppet Theatre in Vermont, USA. Liz creates worlds, creatures and narratives through print-making, namely lino-cuts, and I've seen her bring these to life via incredible shadow puppetry performances too. But today she arrived to lead a small group of workshop participants on a storytelling journey through the folk tale of Baba Yaga.
After a telling of Baba Yaga in the storytelling den, by yours truly, the group began to map out key moments of the story and decide which ones each person wanted to develop further. There followed an hour of the most contented silence I've ever witnessed, as each participant drew out there scenes and began to carve their lino cuts.
And now to the printing.....
Liz introduced us to a simple way of 'animating' still images - by turning them into a story bunting chain! And with that she was off onto her next adventure.....
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