The Great Mother: Personal and collective exploration through doll making Part 3 of The Great Mother Series
Drawing on the work of Susan Rowland1 we will engage with a Jungian Arts-Based
Research (JABR) approach to create a doll symbolising the Great Mother archetype.
JABR integrates creativity, art-making, and psychological inquiry into a transformative
process that dis-members and re-members old forms of knowing and being,
transforming art-making into a bridge between the individual and the collective
unconscious. Your doll will be stitched and painted and adorned.
Through the four stages of JABR—paradigm, preparation, process, and projection—we
will consider the archetypal framework, prepare through reflection, and embrace
spontaneity and synchronicities during the creative process. The completed dolls will serve as autonomous entities, embodying the energy of the Great Mother while oKering
personal and collective meaning.
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Brief Overview:
PLEASE BRING:
• No experience is needed. ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED.
You may wish to bring ‘special’ items to incorporate into your doll — this can be
special fabric, jewellery, shells, beads, feathers, buttons, ribbon, small stones,
crystals, or even secret things to be hidden inside the doll.
• A journal for reflections of both your personal experience of the Great Mother
and how She emerges in your clinical practice.
• A lunch to eat at the venue. You will be able to break for lunch in your own time
and as your creative process allows. Tea/CoKee and fruit will be available.