Argyle, Elaine

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Clay Transformations: transforming lives through mutual recovery

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Argyle, Elaine and Winship, Gary (2015) Clay Transformations: transforming lives through mutual recovery. In: 21st International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference, 17-18 Sept 2015, Manchester, UK. Access from the University of Nottingham repository: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30961/1/CT%20poster.pdfCopyright and reuse: The Nottingham ePrints service makes this work by researchers of the University of Nottingham available open access under the following conditions.This article is made available under the University of Nottingham End User licence and may be reused according to the conditions of the licence.  For more details see: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/end_user_agreement.pdfA note on versions: The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher’s version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription.For more information, please contact eprints@nottingham.ac.uk  CLAY TRANSFORMATIONS:                               TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH    MUTUAL RECOVERY Elaine Argyle and Gary Winship, School of Education, University of Nottingham BACKGROUND: Clay Transformations is one of several projects within a wider research programme called  ‘ƌĞĂƚŝǀĞ Practice as Mutual ZĞĐŽǀĞƌǇ ?.  All investigate the way in which creative practice can establish and connect diverse communities and promote  ‘ŵƵƚƵĂů ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌǇ ?.   Mutual recovery extends the concept of recovery beyond one focusing only on mental health service users to include those who work with them and the wider community.   It also encourages diverse means of promoting mental health and well-being, particularly through involvement in creative practice.  AIMS: Clay Transformations has aimed to evaluate the impact of attending clay workshops on diverse groups of participants and the way  in which this  attendance promoted  ‘ŵƵƚƵĂů ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌǇ ?.  With this aim in mind, the project ran 24 workshops in three eight week blocks.  METHODS: A total of 42 voluntary participants took part in the workshops including artists, practitioners and mental health service users. The evaluation of the workshops adopted a mixed methods approach including participant observation, focus groups, 1-1 interviews and reflective logs.  The Secker Social Inclusion Measure and the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) were also completed by participants during the first, middle and last session of each block of workshops and 6 months after the sessions ended.                   Argyle, E. and Winship, G. (2015) Creative practice in a group setting, Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 19 (3), 141-147 Argyle, E. (2015) A Potter's Day: Clay Transformations, Ceramic Review, March issue, 272: 79 Project artists Clay workshops were run by two artists. Stephen  Jon (left) specialised in clay sculpting and mask making  and Sandy Bywater (right) was a more traditional  ‘ƉŽƚƚĞƌ ? ? Exhibitions of work Workshops were followed by two exhibitions of work at The Institute of Mental Health,  University of Nottingham (left) and at Rufford Abbey Country Park, Nottinghamshire (right). 0102030405060Baseline Mid term FinalSecker(short)WEMWS(long)QUANTITATIVE FINDINGS Baseline midterm and final well-being measures  (n=29) showed an average ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚŝŶƉĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂŶƚ ?ƐƐŽĐŝĂůŝŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶĂŶĚƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂůǁĞůů-being during the workshops .   Follow-up measures (n=15) taken 6 months after the workshops ended showed that these improvements had been partly sustained (Secker  36.7; WEMWBS 48.4) with average well-being still exceeding baseline levels .    Average well-being scores (n=29)  THE INTERVENTION  Contact  details: Elaine.Argyle@Nottingham.ac.uk  Project website: http://www.claytransformations.info/ QUALITATIVE FINDINGS All participants claimed to ŚĂǀĞ ?enjoyed ?ƚŚĞǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐŽƌĨŽƵŶĚƚŚĞŵ ?ƚŚĞƌĂƉĞƵƚŝĐ ? ?Within this theme,  five separate issues emerged:  Being in a group  ?/ ?ǀĞŶŽƚŝĐĞĚƚŚĂƚďĞĐĂƵƐĞǁĞƌĞŚĂǀŝŶŐĂƐŚĂƌĞĚĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĂŶĚǁŽƌŬŝŶŐon the same tasks, that does kind of help in getting to know people ? The diversity of group participants appeared to facilitate these processes:  ?/ƚŚŝŶŬŝƚ ?Ɛgood for our mental health to have that mix rather than a ŚŝĞƌĂƌĐŚǇ ?/ƚŚŝŶŬŝƚĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞƐƚŚĞƉŽǁĞƌƚŚŝŶŐƚŚĂƚĐĂŶďĞĂŶŝƐƐƵĞ ? The features of working with clay  ?/ƚŚŝŶŬǇŽƵĐĂŶũƵƐƚƉŝĐŬƵƉƐŽŵĞĐůĂǇĂŶĚƐƚĂƌƚƉůĂǇŝŶŐĂƌŽƵŶĚǁŝƚŚŝƚwhereas having a blank bit of paper in front of you can be a bit more ŝŶƚŝŵŝĚĂƚŝŶŐ ? The process of creative practice  ?ŽŵŝŶŐƚŽĞĂĐŚƐĞƐƐŝŽŶŚĂƐŐŝǀĞŶŵĞŵƵĐŚŶĞĞĚĞĚ ?ƐƉĂĐĞ ?ƚŽƌĞůĂǆ ?switch off from my anxiety and be creative.  Being in a group has been ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵůƚŽŽ ? The outcome of creative practice  ?/ŚĂĚŶĞǀĞƌƚŚŽƵŐŚƚŽĨŵǇƐĞůĨĂƐďĞŝŶŐĐƌĞĂƚŝǀĞŝŶĂŶǇŵĂŶƵĂůƐĞŶƐĞ ?Being able to say that I liked how a finished piece looked was an ƵŶĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚĚĞůŝŐŚƚ ? The potentially sustained and lasting impact  ?/have to keep doing this and maybe even other art forms as well.  It has been hugely beneficial, more than I ever imagined at the start, a poor, agitated creature, willing myself to leave and never return ?  CONCLUSIONS While involvement in creative practice can be beneficial in itself, these benefits can be enhanced if this practice takes place within a group ƐĞƚƚŝŶŐ ?ŚĞůƉŝŶŐƚŽƉƌŽŵŽƚĞƉĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂŶƚ ?ƐǁĞůů-ďĞŝŶŐĂŶĚ ‘ŵƵƚƵĂůƌĞĐŽǀĞƌǇ ? ?However, the efficacy of these interventions must be proven if appropriate funding is to be maintained.   In this respect, questions still remain on the   ?ƚŚĞƌĂƉĞƵƚŝĐ ?ŝŵƉĂĐƚof being in a group on one hand and in engaging in creative practice on the other as well as on the relative benefits of different forms of creative practice and the optimal way in which these benefits can be sustained in the longer term.   

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Argyle, Elaine and Winship, Gary (2015) Clay Transformations: transforming lives through mutual recovery. In: 21st International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research Conference, 17-18 Sept 2015, Manchester, UK. Access from the University of Nottingham repository: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30961/1/CT%20poster.pdfCopyright and reuse: The Nottingham ePrints service makes this work by researchers of the University of Nottingham available open access under the following conditions.· Copyright and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners.· To the extent reasonable and practicable the material made available in Nottingham ePrints has been checked for eligibility before being made available.· Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way.· Quotations or similar reproductions must be sufficiently acknowledged.Please see our full end user licence at: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/end_user_agreement.pdf A note on versions: The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher’s version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription.For more information, please contact eprints@nottingham.ac.uk  CLAY TRANSFORMATIONS:                               TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH    MUTUAL RECOVERY Elaine Argyle and Gary Winship, School of Education, University of Nottingham BACKGROUND: Clay Transformations is one of several projects within a wider research programme called  ‘ƌĞĂƚŝǀĞ Practice as Mutual ZĞĐŽǀĞƌǇ ?.  All investigate the way in which creative practice can establish and connect diverse communities and promote  ‘ŵƵƚƵĂů ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌǇ ?.   Mutual recovery extends the concept of recovery beyond one focusing only on mental health service users to include those who work with them and the wider community.   It also encourages diverse means of promoting mental health and well-being, particularly through involvement in creative practice.  AIMS: Clay Transformations has aimed to evaluate the impact of attending clay workshops on diverse groups of participants and the way  in which this  attendance promoted  ‘ŵƵƚƵĂů ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌǇ ?.  With this aim in mind, the project ran 24 workshops in three eight week blocks.  METHODS: A total of 42 voluntary participants took part in the workshops including artists, practitioners and mental health service users. The evaluation of the workshops adopted a mixed methods approach including participant observation, focus groups, 1-1 interviews and reflective logs.  The Secker Social Inclusion Measure and the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) were also completed by participants during the first, middle and last session of each block of workshops and 6 months after the sessions ended.                   Argyle, E. and Winship, G. (2015) Creative practice in a group setting, Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 19 (3), 141-147 Argyle, E. (2015) A Potter's Day: Clay Transformations, Ceramic Review, March issue, 272: 79 Project artists Clay workshops were run by two artists. Stephen  Jon (left) specialised in clay sculpting and mask making  and Sandy Bywater (right) was a more traditional  ‘ƉŽƚƚĞƌ ? ? Exhibitions of work Workshops were followed by two exhibitions of work at The Institute of Mental Health,  University of Nottingham (left) and at Rufford Abbey Country Park, Nottinghamshire (right). 0102030405060Baseline Mid term FinalSecker(short)WEMWS(long)QUANTITATIVE FINDINGS Baseline midterm and final well-being measures  (n=29) showed an average ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚŝŶƉĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂŶƚ ?ƐƐŽĐŝĂůŝŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶĂŶĚƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂůǁĞůů-being during the workshops .   Follow-up measures (n=15) taken 6 months after the workshops ended showed that these improvements had been partly sustained (Secker  36.7; WEMWBS 48.4) with average well-being still exceeding baseline levels .    Average well-being scores (n=29)  THE INTERVENTION  Contact  details: Elaine.Argyle@Nottingham.ac.uk  Project website: http://www.claytransformations.info/ QUALITATIVE FINDINGS All participants claimed to ŚĂǀĞ ?enjoyed ?ƚŚĞǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐŽƌĨŽƵŶĚƚŚĞŵ ?ƚŚĞƌĂƉĞƵƚŝĐ ? ?Within this theme,  five separate issues emerged:  Being in a group  ?/ ?ǀĞŶŽƚŝĐĞĚƚŚĂƚďĞĐĂƵƐĞǁĞƌĞŚĂǀŝŶŐĂƐŚĂƌĞĚĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĂŶĚǁŽƌŬŝŶŐon the same tasks, that does kind of help in getting to know people ? The diversity of group participants appeared to facilitate these processes:  ?/ƚŚŝŶŬŝƚ ?Ɛgood for our mental health to have that mix rather than a ŚŝĞƌĂƌĐŚǇ ?/ƚŚŝŶŬŝƚĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞƐƚŚĞƉŽǁĞƌƚŚŝŶŐƚŚĂƚĐĂŶďĞĂŶŝƐƐƵĞ ? The features of working with clay  ?/ƚŚŝŶŬǇŽƵĐĂŶũƵƐƚƉŝĐŬƵƉƐŽŵĞĐůĂǇĂŶĚƐƚĂƌƚƉůĂǇŝŶŐĂƌŽƵŶĚǁŝƚŚŝƚwhereas having a blank bit of paper in front of you can be a bit more ŝŶƚŝŵŝĚĂƚŝŶŐ ? The process of creative practice  ?ŽŵŝŶŐƚŽĞĂĐŚƐĞƐƐŝŽŶŚĂƐŐŝǀĞŶŵĞŵƵĐŚŶĞĞĚĞĚ ?ƐƉĂĐĞ ?ƚŽƌĞůĂǆ ?switch off from my anxiety and be creative.  Being in a group has been ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵůƚŽŽ ? The outcome of creative practice  ?/ŚĂĚŶĞǀĞƌƚŚŽƵŐŚƚŽĨŵǇƐĞůĨĂƐďĞŝŶŐĐƌĞĂƚŝǀĞŝŶĂŶǇŵĂŶƵĂůƐĞŶƐĞ ?Being able to say that I liked how a finished piece looked was an ƵŶĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚĚĞůŝŐŚƚ ? The potentially sustained and lasting impact  ?/have to keep doing this and maybe even other art forms as well.  It has been hugely beneficial, more than I ever imagined at the start, a poor, agitated creature, willing myself to leave and never return ?  CONCLUSIONS While involvement in creative practice can be beneficial in itself, these benefits can be enhanced if this practice takes place within a group ƐĞƚƚŝŶŐ ?ŚĞůƉŝŶŐƚŽƉƌŽŵŽƚĞƉĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂŶƚ ?ƐǁĞůů-ďĞŝŶŐĂŶĚ ‘ŵƵƚƵĂůƌĞĐŽǀĞƌǇ ? ?However, the efficacy of these interventions must be proven if appropriate funding is to be maintained.   In this respect, questions still remain on the   ?ƚŚĞƌĂƉĞƵƚŝĐ ?ŝŵƉĂĐƚof being in a group on one hand and in engaging in creative practice on the other as well as on the relative benefits of different forms of creative practice and the optimal way in which these benefits can be sustained in the longer term.   

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