The idea is to show the incredibly diverse interests, ideas and talents of Hatherleigh residents at the Hatherleigh Festival 2025, through a sketchbook project.
The sketch book can be filled in any way you like: from botanical watercolours to song lyrics, poetry, cartoons, collages, political journalling, recipes, cut it up and stick it back together again …. Return to it every week or fill over several months or a long weekend.
If you would like to use the sketch book traditionally as your own place for drawings and ideas, or with your family or a friend to work on a project, or completely random acts on each page – It really is up to you.
We welcome group or club projects and you can fill more than one.
We will all use the same style sketchbook – it is an A5 book with 140g Seawhite paper and a black cover. 40 pages (20 sheets) You can buy one from me, the Pottery, or the Post office, for £2. If you wish to remain anonymous that is ok – but you will have to tell me (I’ll keep it quiet) so I can make sure you get it back! And please don’t include deliberately offensive material.
Sketchbooks will be displayed on tables running the length of the upstairs room in Old Schools.
Your finished book will need to be delivered in late June for the Festival exhibition, after which you can take it home – or possibly loan it for a small touring show.
If anyone would like to loan an artist’s sketchbook to show at the exhibition, we would be very happy to include a display of those too.
Over 12’s please.
There will also be a construct your own bespoke sketchbook/journal/notebook workshop as part of Hatherleigh Festival.