Clay Self-Portrait Workshops   Home About Gallery Info Links Contact Us   DAEMON: the guardian spirit of a person or place. DOPPELGANGER: the ghostly duplicate of a living person.     Now in it's 7th year, and with contemporary "terracotta army" of about twenty-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.     Some of the places we have worked at so far include:     Glastonbury     W.O.M.A.D.     The Garden of Delights, Manchester     Rocket Festival, Spain     Bestival, Isle of Wight     EXIT Festival, Serbia     The Larmer Tree     Roskilde Festival, Denmark     "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)     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).     Previous Events 2007 May: 26-28th - Dorchester Festival June : 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. July: 1st - Andover Summer Sounds Festival, Vigo Park 7th - Tollard Royal, Dare To!, 7th - Crawley (details t.b.c.), 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 (details t.b.c.), August: 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. Sept: 1st - Manchester, New Islington Festival 7-9th - Bestival, Isle of Wight 22nd - Radstock for N.E.S.A. Oct: 27th - 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.     Home About Gallery Info Links Contact Us   Daemon Or Doppelganger © All rights reserved 2008