with reference to Anglian cross carvings and to the Addingham
burial memorial stone :
21st April 2007 - an most informative and enjoyable practical workshop on stone carving led by Fiona Bowley. "A really fun day - learned so much and enjoyed every minute".
Fiona has held a further two more stone carving workshops especially for children, on Thursdays 20th and 27th September 2007. Reports about these events to appear here.
Fiona has been commissioned to produce a representation in stone reflecting and celebrating the Christian TimeLine in Addingham, and to mark the re-burial of our Saxon ancestors.
and in
preparation for the Feast
"Illuminating the Word" : a series of four
workshops, led by Derek Law, following the Golden Thread from
the establishment of the monastic system to the arrival of the printed
word.
Session 1 was on November 3rd, and covered the establishment of the Monastic Scriptorium tradition, the background to the production and use of Bibles and other Christian works. It explored the use made of finished bibles and how the evolution of modern learning has descended from this huge collection of manuscripts. The workshop involved practical explorations of the production of a manuscript Bible, including practical experiments with letterforms, feathers, eggs, calfskins and hand ground inks.
Session 2 was held on Saturday 23rd February 2008, a workshop on Printing, the Church and the Mind of Man 1400-1560, which explored the events leading to the invention of paper and the production of the first printed books at the time of William Caxton.
The Inauguration of the Village Trail for the Christian Time Line was on Sunday 8th July 2007. A leaflet called Discovering Addingham's Churches has been produced and is available from all churches, the library, the Post Office and other venues (or you can see a version here). It incorporates all existing Church buildings and buildings with church or chapel links in the past, with maps of the route for a walk around the village.
