Creative Competition
What Rockingham Forest means to me
In the summer of 2024 Rockingham Forest Vision held a competition for local people to express, through any creative medium, what Rockingham Forest means to them. We are very pleased to display the winning entires here - and thank you very much to everyone who took part.
For those needing a little help or inspiration we organised five free short creative workshops led by local artists featuring Photography( Hannah Carter-Orton), Clay (Lisa Lovett), Collage (Carole Miles), Paper Sculpture (Phiona Richards) and Woodland Art (Chuck Middleton).
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The workshops were delivered in partnership with practitioners who are part of the Heritage Impact Accelerator programme. Click the logo or follow this link to learn more about their work.​​
Jacob Fox
Age 6
"One of my favourite things to do is go foraging for mushrooms in the forest"
Emi Bohling
Age 10
"Nature is your imagination".
Martin Izzard
"His Majesty the Purple Emperor watches over the ancient forest from his lofty perch amongst the oaks and sallows, waiting for a beautiful female partner."
Robin Garnett
"Although only minutes from where I live, I only recently discovered Old Sulehay Forest.
It is well-named, for you quickly feel its age: time stands still here.
While soaking up the atmosphere of eons, it was this tiny detail that I felt captured its ancient magnificence, standing solidly, observing us as but a passing nuisance."
Comfort Amponsah-Boateng
Age 10
"I made a bunny
( something I saw at West Glebe forest )
It's sitting in a bush with leafs."
Suzanna Love
"Rockingham Forest made out of foliage from Corby woodlands."
Adela Savin
Age 7
"Rockingham forest symbolises the life of our beloved town."
Paislea
Finch-Gilchrist
Age 8
"Colourful leaves in the woods."
Chuck Middleton
Debbie Johnson
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I have created a sculpture using an old worn out shoe & old Christmas decorations to represent the forest spirit or Green Man. He watches over us and the forest folk and animals and wards of evil spirits. His eyes are seed pods, his nose is moss He is surrounded by leaves and decorations glued onto the old brown shoe.
Our forests are the most important natural element of our country. They give us oxygen and support our wildlife and nurture the soil. They give us shade from the sun and the rain and its leaves speak a language all of its own.
