Creative Tea Blending Workshop @ Grove Park Community Group

Grove Park Community Group

268 Baring Road, SE12 0DS, London, England, United Kingdom

A Little Cup Tea Co.

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About Me:I'm George, the man behind A Little Cup! I am an artist and tea mixologist, moulding the 2 disciplines within both my own and public group work. My main interest is in different forms of communication and how each can inform the other, for example how words can inspire a colour; image; flavour; movement. These languages form our individuality as each response is personal. As a gay man who has struggled hugely with confidence and expressing my own individuality, it has been incredibly important for me to run events where I can not only pass on my creative knowledge, but make spaces where others can be comfortable expressing themselves, where they will feel accepted and supported.My focus for the last 3 years has been on creating safe, social, environments for the public in which to be creative, mainly through the offering of tea and flavour blend infusions. Where I act as the host, the teas and infusions provide inspiration for making artwork.I have endeavoured to encourage imagination, using flavour as a starting point for drawing, painting and movement exercises. We as groups think about how one sense (language) informs the other and allows us to develop our own individual communicative code, through mark making and gestures.About A Little Cup:I started making teas and offering them out when I was studying art at university. During this time I found myself feeling very lonely, and I found that inviting people to have a cup of tea with me was a great way to meet new faces. I saw how this environment encouraged collaboration and feelings of support, safety and kindness. Tea saved me during a very difficult period, through its positive effects on conversation, community and creativity. I was inspired by this simple offering, and I want to share what tea has given me with you!I have made it my mission to produce a selection of blends that put people, wellbeing and creativity at its heart. These teas are hand-blended with ingredients which are both uplifting and energising (without the need for lots of caffeine) and others that soothe and calm. My hope is that we can start to build a bigger community of creativi-tea, a little cup at a time!Blending teas isn’t the end of the story… I am running workshops that merge tea blending and art. These sessions will aim to bring people together through the joy of imagination, a little cup at a time! Join me, won’t you!I’ll finish by paraphrasing a Roald Dahl quote which hugely inspired me (and the title!) -“A little nonsense now and then is relished by our wisest friends”