JOSIE VALLELY
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I am a Scottish artist and designer based in Glasgow. My key area of interest is in collaborative projects that explore place, narrative and participation. My work encompasses painting and drawing, installation,  print and delivery in the community.  Learn more about my approach and interests in this blog section of my website. For a more frequently updated insight into my practice please follow me on twitter @josievallely

Make your own nature journal

7/28/2015

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As part of the RSPB Garden Wildlife festival, we spent Sunday in Kelvingrove Park with some intrepid nature explorers! We were making our own nature diaries- perfect for record everything we were spotting during the Kelvingrove Bioblitz!
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Maryhill Integration Network 

7/24/2015

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Me and Cadi had a brilliant time working with the Women of Maryhill Integration Network to produce artwork for their 'Celebrate & Share' event- part of Refugee Festival Scotland 2015.

We really enjoyed the afternoon outside in the Many Hands Community Garden, with lots of new faces joining us for the first time to celebrate this great festival.

We spend two weeks working indoors first- making bunting using stamping and textile techniques. Then we moved outdoors on the day to create some mosaics!

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Busy making the mosaic leaves!
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Finished!
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The glasgow wildlife garden festival

7/24/2015

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"The Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival has launched its programme for 2015, offering over 70 exciting events at sites around the city from July 1-31.

This year’s festival leaflet features a design by Glasgow artist Josie Vallely depicting wildlife including house sparrows, water voles and hedgehogs. The striking graphic was created using digital collage techniques, and patterns created in community workshops held at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum."

As you can see from the picture below, this piece of work made me very jolly.
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I got involved with the garden festival project after seeing the opportunity advertised. I've always been a member of the RSPB, and they are one of my favourite organisations, so I was excited to apply for the role. I have done some drawing for RSPB Scotland before, at their Big Nature Festival at Hopetoun house, so it was great to be able to get involved again. Aside from art and design, nature is the most important thing to me, and I love being outside and exploring Scotland's wildlife, so it's a dream job to get to draw sparrows, water voles and bats! I think it is really interesting the RSPB have decided to get an artist involved in the festival, and I think it helps bring the nature all around us alive.

For the leaflet, I decided to work on a striking, graphic image based on digital collage techniques, using patterns created In community workshops inspired by the RSPB Glasgow priority species: house sparrows, pipistrelle bats, hedgehogs, bumble bees, water voles, and swifts. The workshops took place on a busy afternoon in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, where we created textures painted with paintbrushes crafted from nature. Have you ever tried painting with a pine cone? It's messy!

After the workshops I took all the work that was produced and scanned it into my computer. I drew lots of animals, plants and shapes, and then I used all of the different patterns and drawings to create a patch-worked collage of critters, which echoes the rich variety of wildlife and spaces in Glasgow, as well as paying homage to the ‘homeliness’ of the festival.

I hope it encourages people to get wrapped up in the nature on their doorstep!

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    I work on lots of different kinds of projects and sometimes it can be hard to keep track of what I up to!

    Learn more about my approach and interests in this blog section of my website.

    Get in touch for a chat any time!  

    i.am.josie@gmail.com
    www.josievallely.com

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