The Butterfly House is here! It's
been exciting coming and seeing it being constructed, and finding out
more about the reasons behind its construction, and it's great to see it finished and ready for the public to interact with.
As well as the house, old local photographs lined the unit walls. Kelly left notebooks handy for visitors to jot down names and locations if they spotted any familiar places/faces on the photographs. I saw lots of the visitors to the space seeking out old friends and family members, and trying to identify classrooms and schools. There was a photo walk around the mill too, for people to capture modern images of the area.
Cath Ford ran a lantern making workshop in the space, and lots of houses and buildings of all shapes were created in the session. The finished ones were filled with battery operated tea light and fairy lights...and placed inside inside Butterfly House.
The space inside the Butterfly House acted as a mini cinema, with old film footage projecting onto the inner walls... and it looked really magical in there, especially once the lanterns had been added to the space.
Kelly
held a variety of events over the course of the week which included
singing, decorating the house with images, storytelling, performances and even clog
dancing! A choir came from the Calico Group to sing in the space, and it was their very first public performance! They sounded fantastic, and received a good welcome from the crowd of residents and mill users.
Ex Emmerdale actress Ursula Holden-Gill entertained the crowd with her brilliant storytelling, clog dancing and singing... with funny and engaging local tales.
