Workshop Twelve!

I visited the Somers Clinical Research Facility (CRF) at GOSH again last week. With the help of play specialist Stephanie Lockwood I interviewed some of the young people who were coming in for the day. I met some very imaginative individuals who were bursting with ideas and used their hands to create wonderful artworks and draw sections of the final animation about hand washing.

Maisie had red finger nails........

Emily had purple finger nails and told me how she liked to use her hands to make mud pies in the field at school with her best friend. Emily and her friend sometimes make mud pies in the rain. She has illustrated this for us in this drawing.






















William created these microorganisms. I think the Diplogerminator looks terrifying.

James (age 8) had the wildest imagination of all. He created a whole species of bug that were broadly called the 'Jerry's'. These bugs may look friendly, but watch out! You can't see them, but they can see you. The Jerry's can shoot other bugs with blue lazers that come from their eyes. One hour in our world is like 60 days in Jerry time. 

I couldn't begin to describe the amount of well thought out detail that had gone into creating James' new world of microorganisms, but I hope to use some of our discussion in the animated film.