In this session the team worked with rapper and artist Liam ‘Kritikal’ Powers to explore methods of lyricism which they could apply to their own stories about recovery. It was a lively session and some really powerful writing began to emerge. They will work with Kritikal again in the next session where they will be developing their powerful and profound words into poetry, ready for the production stage of the project.
Here you can see the process unfold as the team smash out their striking and powerful series of canvases using stencil art.
As the project gained momentum, it was time for the group to turn their ideas from concepts into a striking series of colourful canvases conveying the recovery journey. The team used their previous discussions around experiences of addiction and recovery as the backdrop to a series of images using various paint pens. They each took a role in the aerosol spraying of their previously designed stencils which take viewers through the various changes along the recovery journey.
The final concept for the groups series of art work revolves around the different stages of recovery. The teams ideas revolve around their interpretation of the recovery journey which is broken into 5 stages. Below is a series of words that the group felt represented each stage of the journey.
Broken. 
Desire.
Self Belief.
Action.
Freedom.
Seeds of Active Recovery 