It was a real privilege to work with a great team of people on Sonic Landscape. This is hopefully a first step on an exciting creative journey that will continue into next year. If anyone wants to go on working with us here at Lanternhouse please do just visit us anytime. We’ve got other exciting opportunities coming up over the autumn so keep checking our website. A big thanks to everyone.
Emma @ Lanternhouse.

Saffron Speaking:
I’d just like to say a big Thankyou to all of the Lanternhouse and the Art Team, I had rather alot of fun doing the workshop reguardless of the illness that pursued it. Regretting not being able to make the last day but I had alot of fun learning drum beats with Criag, Big Thanks and take care

Hey all that have been on sonic landscape. It’s Craig here. I just wanted to say what an amazing experience I have had during my 3 days with you all. I am now back in Manchester and after a MAMMOTH 14 hours sleep thought it about time I spoke of the experience up there with you. Its been truly inspiring working on this project with so many young people all up for learning about how art works. Believe me when I say the adults and artists have all been on a learning curve too. It was a real shame that a lot of people got ill and didn’t make it to the final day but if its any consolation to you younger people at least 4 adults were taken down by our mysterious bug too and missed the last day so don’t feel too gutted you missed it and there will be more opportunity to experience further projects. It’s just left for me to say if you get any opportunity what ever the art form in the future have a go and if you don’t see any opportunities then go out there and try and seek some out. Good luck to you all i wish you all the very best and hope to visit you again soon. Craig

Absolutely exhausted after an amazing, exhilarating and very intense 3 days. Big Hallo to everyone who got ill – WE MISSED YOU! Hope you are feeling better, please let us know how u are getting on. BIG THANKS to everyone who made the project happen and worked so hard – the young people, the artists, the youth workers and the Lanternhouse staff – ur all stars and look forward to the next phase of the project and working together again x Sara

Hey It`s Sophia Im Gutted I Cudnt Make The Last Day I Was I`ll id Just Like To say how much i have enjoyed my 3 days at the workshop/latern house it has opened my eyes to all sorts of different experiences i wud lyk to thank sara,bob,crystalize,fern and craig for all there idea thankyou xxxx

my 3 days at lanternhouse was cool because i made new freinds and i did a lot of new and intresting things but i got a bit frightened. by mandy allen

Selection of Toms Photos – Day 2

Well done Tom for taking some fantastic photos of the second day of the Sonic Landscape workshop, njoy

Saffron’s Recollection of the day:

Once again, like yesterday day we assembled at the Lantern House at 10am regardless of the complaints from the workshop contestants of the “Early” rise and as if we were living in some strange world full of dejavu, we once again played violent games.
After a brief run into town we set off to Bob’s workshop where I was fortunate enough to have Simon as a human meat shield so I wasn’t splashed by cars driving past.
Upon our arrival and after being fed, which I thought somehow resembled a zoo at feeding time in slow motion. The group was split into 3 sub-groups, one group was ushered off to the yurt for some word art, The other group skipped off to the techno-tent and the last group, Which also happened to be the group which I was apart of, Stayed shop inside bob’s workshop. We collected 8 pipes from Bob’s off-limits section from the back of the workshop, carried them back and laid them in a large heap on the floor of the workshop. It made a rather humorous CLASH sound if you just so happen to drop the pipes. While the rest of the workshop continued to create some bizarre midget death trap, Craig taught me some wonderful basic drumming skills which seemed to be tricky due to my rather bad hand-beat coordination.
The drumming continued until my left hand started to ache in which I decided to take a break and investigate the contraption the rest of my group had been putting together.
The Creation was some sort of pipe based house with various objects suspended from thick string. I am led to believe it’s for hitting purposes, except upon the drumming trail I some how managed to put a rather small dent in the milk pail shaped object…
We also had a lot of random people running around blinding us all with flashes of light, Apparently 150 photos worth of flash blinding light, Lovely… My optician shall be most please when I go back for an eye re-test…

Today I learnt that Craig had been drumming for 10 years; He originally started off with a drum kit for 15 years but prefers African drumming due to the pop culture destroying any drumming originality. I also learnt that Craig has a group of people that all do African drumming and Bob intends to take his bike sculpture to festivals. I also discovered Crystallize is a particularly easy person to scare…

(P.s. Today’s post is smaller than yesterdays but I’m darn tired!!!)

Animation Day 1

Here are some stop frame animations that we made with objects that we found in the workshop and with hands and chalk on a blackboard as an exercise to learn how to use istop motion.

The Singing Ringing Tree

This morning I forgot to say that this lovely sculpture in Burnley was designed by a woman – Anna Lui.