Creativity Cruise

Creativity Cruise - 2015

June 29th - July 6th

This summer's Sculpture Course in Turkey has undergone a bit of a "Sea-Change" ...

I'm still combining workshops with a beautiful boat cruise - along the south west coast of Turkey, on a large luxury boat - but this year there'll be a variety of workshops on offer each morning, rather than just Sculpture.

I've opened the doors (or lowered the gang-plank rather) to various other teachers who like the idea and want to join me.

This is primarily as a result of my recently acquired MS - and the difficulty I'd find in running a whole week's course on my own - but its also because its actually a really nice idea!

None of us will be charging any Tutor Fees, we'll be offering our services just for the love of it.
So the cost of the Course will actually be £200 cheaper than it has been before.
The only cost will be that of chartering the boat and your air fare of course.

Altogether there'll be 6 Artist/Teachers and places for 6 lucky guests to join us.

The workshops will include:
Sculpture, Group Harmony-Singing, Yoga, Meditation and Creative Writing.

Bookings are taking place now and the boat is beginning to fill up so if this is something you'd like to come on, you'd better get  your oar in fast!

There's a full page on my website - which gives all details of the boat and accounts of past cruises.

Website address is: www.katenewlyn.com

(please note I use my full name for my web address as opposed to an abbreviated name for my personal email address)

The Sap which Flows Through Leave and Wing

Beneath this foreign sky,

Beside this foreign shore,

I lie on stones which hold me,

Warmed by my blood, they mould to me.

Ancient rock now pounded to a pearl

Whispering songs of Immortality.

Share with me your secrets,

Tell me of the force which courses through you,

Sing to me the song that once we naturally knew,

Of sap that flows through leaf and wing.

Sing to me again your songs of immortality.

Because I think I know now,

Think I'm learning to un-learn and free

The force which drives the sun and sand and sea,

To recognise again the tune

That hums through all of us in sweet simplicity.

Invisibly and quietly it moves,

Unheard, unnoticed and unseen

Until one day, we may, if we are still enough,

Awaken to the voices of the sea

And so, along with stone and leaf and wing

We find that we already know

The song that sings of Immortality.

Crow High - Freedom

FREEDOM

Sculpture and Poem 

by Kate Newlyn ~ July 2014

A tumble of red roofs at dawn,

Rose tiled against a wakening sky,

Ribboned and ribbed

With finger-prints of vapour

Like the map of a child.

I live with birds now.

Free.

And though I've “heard them singing, each to each...” *

I have no doubt they'll also sing to me.

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Over there, a fellow fledgling swallow

On a wire,

She'll learn to read these maps now too

And I shall follow.

Out of the mire,

The grey-ginnell'd,

Tunnel-tight, light-lack

At my back,

And into the gentle blue.

Here, crow-high,

I've learned to fly again,

And in the wide-sky'd innocence of dawn

I am re-born.

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Footnote: * quotation taken from T.S Eliot's: The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock  

I'll be publishing a book later on this year - a collection of sculptures and poems.
If you'd like to see a few of these images meanwhile though, go to my website: http://www.katenewlyn.com/

Turkish Cruise~Course Testimonials

Neil's Testimonial

"What an incredible experience! My wife and I booked this trip - with no prior experience of sculpture and, to be honest, with a far greater interest in just enjoying a relaxing gulet cruise in the gorgeous Gocek region of Turkey. The gulet and the area both met our considerably high expectations, providing a luxury sailing experience in one of the world’s most beautiful locations... but Kate’s ability to deliver a fantastic course far exceeded our expectations. 

Not only was she able to take two complete novices and have us creating works of art in no time at all, but it was totally absorbing - and a great antidote to the pressures of modern living. 

As well as being educational, Kate expertly facilitated the bonding of the group and in no time at all we went from "mucking about with Plasticine" to singing, dancing, midnight swims ... and more ... (possibly aided as well by a glass of wine or two!) 

All in all it was a fantastic holiday with truly lovely people - where do I sign up for next years trip?"

Neil Emery                                                                            

Commercial Manager, Women’s Healthcare

Neil and Sally

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Jane's Testimonial

"For some of us, sitting on a beach for a week can be an uneventful trial; for others trailing around museums and historical sites can be too much of a good thing. So what a fantastic find this holiday was for me.  

Cruising around the islands of Turkey's turquoise coast on a beautiful boat, whilst learning ~ in a very relaxed fashion ~ how to sculpt. 

What could be better? 

Sitting atop under the awnings, a lovely breeze to make the heat enjoyable, with wonderful scenery all around.   Add to this, lazy afternoons after a delicious lunch, with the boat moored in beautiful inlets.  Here we could swim from the boat, paddle a canoe, windsurf or read a book on the deck.  

Evenings were a delight, with spontaneous music making and dancing, before retiring to our en suite cabins ~ or as I did on the last night, sleeping on deck under the stars. All utterly delightful "

Jane Geeson

Enamel Artist

Jane working on her seated figure

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Clare's Testimonial

"Thanks for organising such a fabulous trip!
The combination of sun, relaxation and sculpture - in between swims and reading - worked really well.  And the boat was lovely, with plenty of room for everyone to have their own space as well as sit around and chat together. The whole thing was both great fun and highly inspirational.

Can’t wait to do it all again!"

Clare Dunkley

Turkish Holiday Lets.  Restoration and Holiday Investment.

Clare helping Yilmaz

All details of this year's Couse/Cruise is on the website: http://www.katenewlyn.com/

Turkish Cruise-Course (a few pics ... more to come)

Our first workshop

Simple stylized figures, with drift wood to inspire, collected by us all from swims to the shore line.

Sculptures developing

drawing inspiration from the shape and texture of the drift-wood

Emma
and her "Lady of the Rock"

Silver Surfer - by Sri
Aluminium foil and wire

Figure Sculptures
by Neil, Hanna and Emma

Medallions
Inspiration for each of these images emerged from memorable incidents which occurred in each of the bays we visited.  Some humourous, some just beautiful, these delicate pieces will either be worn or used to create mobiles.   

The Gang
plus Captain Yusuf, at the back, and Deckhand/Steward, Ersoy centre left.

Ersoy and Yilmaz under sail 
~ literally ~

Shindig with the crew

Neil windsurfing

Sri bringing some flowers back from the shore



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All details of Courses are on the website: http://www.katenewlyn.com/