Here are some more photos from the Dearne Community Arts’ Festival, showcasing the different talents on show over the past two days.
Pat’s beautiful cross-stitch paintings and hardanger:
Jackie from the Salvation Army practising cake decorating and some examples prepared earlier by another volunteers:
Paintings and poems:
Aerial view of Stuart White’s wood-turned items:
Local history and art combined in this display about the Bolton-on-Dearne war memorial:
An example of JuliaArts’ skilled painting:
Craft items galore (cushions and story cushions by Aw Sew Lovely):
A knitted memory blanke by Carol Gratton:
It’s wonderful to see the diversity of creativity in our local community. Paul reminds us that we are a body with different parts and each person has a role to play (see Rom 12:3-7). I was very struck by a quote I read reccently, which said, ‘What if we were created to be creative?‘ I firmly believe that we are made in God’s image and that He is a creative God… and that as a result of this, we are made to be creative too. There is so much scope for how that creativity can take shape, but it has been a privilege to see so many people’s creative works over the past two days.