An Art Walk in the Forest of Dean

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BBC

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Sara Rickard takes groups of local people on a walk through the forest to write, draw and take photographs and simply observe their surroundings. Canopy Arts was set up during Covid when the artists who live in the forest found themselves especially isolated and now runs monthly or fortnightly walks for both seasoned artists and walkers who want to be creatively inspired by the magical atmosphere of this part of the world. Sharon who moved there a year ago is fascinated by what she calls the edgeland that this area is. Sandwiched between the River Severn and the River Wye, the Forest of Dean is actually in Gloucestershire but sometimes feels as though it should be in Wales. It has a long history of free mining and Foresters are traditionally independent in spirit. Clare taps into her own artistic side and joins the group painting with feathers, writing about the landscape and rubbing gravestones.

Producer: Maggie Ayre

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0:14.0	He just flew out into Devoid and he was gone.
0:17.0	How did it all go so wrong?
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0:33.4	First on BBC Sounds.
0:36.4	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:41.2	Right, I'd like to welcome you on Canopy Creative Walk at Park End this morning.
0:47.0	Just a couple of things about health and safety, because I'm a volunteer for Canopy and I don't
0:51.5	really want to have to take an ambulance out.
1:02.0	That's the voice of Sarah Rickard and she is an artist, a former teacher and she's also a very keen walker. I've come to the Forest of Dean, a massive area of woodland that lies between the River Seven and the River Wye.
1:09.0	So it is in Gloucestershire but it is west of the River Seven, borderland, as it's known.
1:17.7	Everyone's got a notebook in their hands.
1:21.7	Ah, no, I'm just a notebook and a pencil to give you.
1:26.7	Oh, to give me, right.
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