REGISTERED CHARITY 1080802
The little village of Terrington is situated between York and Malton, nestling in the Howardian Hills, 3 miles west of Castle
Howard. Its has a lively population of around 400
inhabitants, a shop, post office, school, independent school and a lovely new Village
Howard. Its has a lively population of around 400
inhabitants, a shop, post office, school, independent school and a lovely new Village
A group was formed in 1997 to promote participation in and support for creative and performing arts in the village. Named Terrington Arts, its activities have included acting and dance performances, ceramic and mosaic workshops, the foundation of a local history group, a village choir and a textile group. The textile group chose the name "Tiefrung", an old English word meaning "picture" and from which the village name is thought to have been derived, possibly because of a mosaic picture in a Roman Villa nearby.
Terrington Arts received an Arts for Everyone Grant from the Lottery through the Arts Council for the Tiefrung Project which was led by Angela Hayward of Rural Arts North Yorkshire, who has been an inspiration!
Getting Started
The Tief rung Group decided they wanted to work on a project to both mark the Millennium and to decorate a large blank wall in the new Village Hall. They wanted to include as many people as possible, so it was decided to make twelve banners - one for each month of the year. The background of each was a colour appropriate to that month and the lightweight cotton fabric was painted to the chosen colour with fabric dyes.
Each banner reads independently, illustrating Village events from that month, but when all twelve are viewed together a bigger picture emerges.
The sun is shown at different heights in the sky on each banner, rising to its zenith in the summer months. At the top of each banner is a picture
from the history of the village and a map of the Parish runs across all twelve.
Once the design had been finalised, details began to be filled in. A digital camera was used to take photographs aroplied and machine embroidered.
As well as modern images, it was decided that old photographs should be included so one day all villagers were invited to bring their pictures for all to see. The pictures were spread out and people were asked to identify past inhabitants and events. The morning stretched into the afternoon and great fun was had in this voyage of discovery.
Selected photographs were scanned into a computer, printed out onto photo transferable paper and then applied to the background. Thus images of old Terrington were interwoven with those of the village at the end of the Twentieth Century.
Working together
Workshops were held throughout the year and as people learned new techniques they incorporated them into the banners. Dyeing and painting, using digital images, felt making, silk velvet devoré and stumpwork were all new skills learned and used and each participant found their own strength.
There was the lady who produced very detailed hand embroidery, stitching fishes, birds and butterflies including an superb heron. The butterflies were so neat on the back that it was possible to leave the wings free, giving a 3D effect. There was the retired art teacher who, once he had been shown how to use the sewing machine, produced wonderful machine embroidery, working happily away until the bobbin thread ran out. Once it was refilled, he set off again and ultimately his picture of the men of the village playing cards in the pub is one of the highlights of February.
here was the farmer's wife who got carried away with the silk devore technique making a cornfield whilst others used the same technique to make delphiniums and some very rich holly leaves.
Some people made 3D snowdrops, Christmas roses and daffodils, others layered organza to represent hollyhocks and flowers from a Site of Special Scientific Interest were carefully recorded and accurately reproduced.
Children made fungi, food for the August picnic and one 8 year old boy made a stencil of a tractor and plough which he then painted, stitched and applied to a field made of felt. Another boy worked similarly to produce a combine harvester like his Dad used.
People whose abilities were limited either physically or mentally, some of whom had not been out for years due to illness were included and a core group still meet to stitch together each fortnight. They are hoping to work more peices to celebrate the Millennium as there are still plenty of blank walls left in the Village Hall!
In all 80 people worked on the banners, aged between 3 and 88 years old. It was a marvellous opportunity for villagers to learn new skills, make new friends and acquaintances and to work together towards a common goal and it is pride that they take friends to see this mammoth piece of work and say ' I did that bit!'.
Terrington Arts received an Arts for Everyone Grant from the Lottery through the Arts Council for the Tiefrung Project which was led by Angela Hayward of Rural Arts North Yorkshire, who has been an inspiration!
Getting Started
The Tief rung Group decided they wanted to work on a project to both mark the Millennium and to decorate a large blank wall in the new Village Hall. They wanted to include as many people as possible, so it was decided to make twelve banners -
Each banner reads independently, illustrating Village events from that month, but when all twelve are viewed together a bigger picture emerges.
The sun is shown at different heights in the sky on each banner, rising to its zenith in the summer months. At the top of each banner is a picture
from the history of the village and a map of the Parish runs across all twelve.
Once the design had been finalised, details began to be filled in. A digital camera was used to take photographs aroplied and machine embroidered.
As well as modern images, it was decided that old photographs should be included so one day all villagers were invited to bring their pictures for all to see. The pictures were spread out and people were asked to identify past inhabitants and events. The morning stretched into the afternoon and great fun was had in this voyage of discovery.
Selected photographs were scanned into a computer, printed out onto photo transferable paper and then applied to the background. Thus images of old Terrington were interwoven with those of the village at the end of the Twentieth Century.
Working together
Workshops were held throughout the year and as people learned new techniques they incorporated them into the banners. Dyeing and painting, using digital images, felt making, silk velvet devoré and stumpwork were all new skills learned and used and each participant found their own strength.
There was the lady who produced very detailed hand embroidery, stitching fishes, birds and butterflies including an superb heron. The butterflies were so neat on the back that it was possible to leave the wings free, giving a 3D effect. There was the retired art teacher who, once he had been shown how to use the sewing machine, produced wonderful machine embroidery, working happily away until the bobbin thread ran out. Once it was refilled, he set off again and ultimately his picture of the men of the village playing cards in the pub is one of the highlights of February.
here was the farmer's wife who got carried away with the silk devore technique making a cornfield whilst others used the same technique to make delphiniums and some very rich holly leaves.
Some people made 3D snowdrops, Christmas roses and daffodils, others layered organza to represent hollyhocks and flowers from a Site of Special Scientific Interest were carefully recorded and accurately reproduced.
Children made fungi, food for the August picnic and one 8 year old boy made a stencil of a tractor and plough which he then painted, stitched and applied to a field made of felt. Another boy worked similarly to produce a combine harvester like his Dad used.
People whose abilities were limited either physically or mentally, some of whom had not been out for years due to illness were included and a core group still meet to stitch together each fortnight. They are hoping to work more peices to celebrate the Millennium as there are still plenty of blank walls left in the Village Hall!
In all 80 people worked on the banners, aged between 3 and 88 years old. It was a marvellous opportunity for villagers to learn new skills, make new friends and acquaintances and to work together towards a common goal and it is pride that they take friends to see this mammoth piece of work and say ' I did that bit!'.
