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Natural Learning Oxford Natural Learning Oxford are Emma Williams and Kate Castleden, offering high-quality and thoughtful creative activities for adults and children

Let this be a lesson! Keep better records of what you enter for open calls and art prizes!I'll let you know if I make th...
14/07/2026

Let this be a lesson! Keep better records of what you enter for open calls and art prizes!
I'll let you know if I make the short list with any of my works!
Thanks and
Always lovely to know that someone has seen and liked/responded to my work ❤️





The end of the summer term It's been great fun to teach my regular classes and the mixed media for adults course. Here ...
30/06/2026

The end of the summer term
It's been great fun to teach my regular classes and the mixed media for adults course. Here are a few examples. Best viewed with sunglasses 😁




15/06/2026

We are raising money for The Brain Tumor Charity and the Amber Phillpott Trust.
The price of a coffee will help us reach our targets 🙏🏼links in bio ❤️





Bees and Trees!Awesome work created by the pupils and young people at Oxfordshire Hospital Schools.Based on the veteran ...
13/06/2026

Bees and Trees!
Awesome work created by the pupils and young people at Oxfordshire Hospital Schools.

Based on the veteran trees and rare species of honey bee found at....
Artworks will be on display in the Stables Cafe during the summer holidays ( I will post dates later 😉).

The young people were so focused on creating their artworks, they embraced the process and were totally 'in the zone'.





The Brilliant is celebrating 100 years of helping local kids get outdoors and get wild and messy. My kids have both ben...
06/06/2026

The Brilliant is celebrating 100 years of helping local kids get outdoors and get wild and messy. My kids have both benefited from residencies here. They had their annual Ffennell festival today, bit damp, but that didn't put anyone off!

Top tip: you can still make sun prints when it's grey and pelting down, just protect your prints under a sheet of plastic.

Check out their web site for other events throughout the year. https://hill-end.org/news/bushcraft-saturday/
Link also in bio.

We also had live music and the side to keep us entertained




I finally remembered to get a picture of me at our exhibition! I'm standing in front of my new long scrolls inspired by ...
08/05/2026

I finally remembered to get a picture of me at our exhibition! I'm standing in front of my new long scrolls inspired by neolithic rock art and walking the Ridgeway.

The final image is me in my son's Yayoi Kusama installation at school!

Find 5 talented artists in St Nic's church, Abingdon. on until 5 pm on Saturday.





An intense 4 hours this afternoon! But we are ready and raring for We are open at St.Nicolas Church Abingdon, 10-5, 2-9...
01/05/2026

An intense 4 hours this afternoon! But we are ready and raring for
We are open at St.Nicolas Church Abingdon, 10-5, 2-9 May, but only 2-5 on Sunday ⛪

I'll give you a better tour of the works tomorrow!


Definitely an 'OUTSIDE JOB' Adding inks to cyanotype prints.Thanks to George the concrete tortoise for stopping these la...
21/04/2026

Definitely an 'OUTSIDE JOB'
Adding inks to cyanotype prints.
Thanks to George the concrete tortoise for stopping these large pieces flapping in the wind 🐢

One of them might be ready for ... Let's see...

Find me (Emma Williams) at St Nicolas Church, Market Square, Abingdon. 2-9th May, venue 23.





This is Day #1 of our Ridgeway walk for charity, and we made it!We'll be walking the National Trail for two good causes...
18/04/2026

This is Day #1 of our Ridgeway walk for charity, and we made it!
We'll be walking the National Trail for two good causes: The Brain Tumor Charity and the Amber Phillpott Trust.
If you feel like donating a couple of quid to help us achieve our targets, it would be much appreciated. For reference, we are both 'mature' women, passionate about the great outdoors and snacks in equal measure. No, we are not walking it all at once, it's nearly 87 miles long, but we will be doing our best. Today we walked the Overton Hill to Osbourne St. George leg, that's 9 miles. A fair effort!

Links in bio to out Go Fund Me pages ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Another long one! See its partner at The Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize this weekend, I'm exhibiting as me: Emma Williams.Thi...
17/04/2026

Another long one! See its partner at The Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize this weekend, I'm exhibiting as me: Emma Williams.
This piece is inspired by neolithic carved stones. The lovely dark blue is courtesy of indigo pigment.





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