From The Sunshine To The Snow: Remembering my friend - by Louise Garvey

I first met Tryphena on a project that a group from the African - Caribbean community participated in based at Nottingham Castle called From the sunshine to the snow. 

Our friendship developed as we worked together on the project. We discussed our journeys emigrating from the Caribbean to England. Tryphena told me she emigrated to England in 1952 age 19 years of age, whilst I was aged 16 when I emigrated in 1957. The group discussed how we felt leaving our families behind, our first experiences of the British winter, and the smoky chimneys from the endless sea of factories.

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Fill Gap Braiding with the Legacy Makers and Rachel Carter

Over the first phase of the project, Rachel has been offering free braiding workshops to encourage the local community to create braids that will become part of the new sculpture for Nottingham.

Fill Gap Braiding Kits - Over 120 Fill Gap Braiding Kits were created and posted out to Women living in Nottinghamshire. Asked to learn with Rachel via an online tutorial, the women could then select a handful of braids to return. These community braids will become part of the new sculpture.