“A welcome that I’ve not felt in any group I’ve experienced anywhere else, new friends and new chances to try things I long thought were gone from my life. New meaningful connections that I can trace back to my first session. Continues to be an uplifting presence in my life and acts as the “self care” where even if I don’t want to go I always feel better for doing so.” — Alec

“Apart from being one of my favourite sessions to model for (and teaching me a thing or two from watching all the inspiring models you work with), it gifted me friendships, for which I'm ever grateful” — I

“I was in a very dark place. Reconfigure was one of the first steps I took to make time for myself and start healing… It is a deliberate act. Going to the space, engaging the artistic side of the brain; I find it grounding”. — P

“It isn’t a wee drawing class in my view - it is so much more than the sum of its parts. You have allowed me to rediscover things that I had lost, and I have got a little bit braver. I cannot thank you enough” — N

“Love the space and the atmosphere you create, it feels like stepping back in time and leaving the outside world for a couple of hours” — M

“…a beautiful bubble of calm creativity” — J

“Reconfigure should be on prescription! Joining these does wonders for my mental health, and my development as an artist since joining in 2018 has been life changing. I tell anyone who will listen how important these sessions are to me, and how much I've learned. Thank you.” — R

“At the beginning, it felt like I was not supposed to be there, but I ignored that feeling. I played invisible and stole glances at other people.

It felt like seeing things for the first time. Noting puffiness, smoothness, shapes, lines that had been hiding in plain sight from me.

It always feels like leaving everything behind, letting everything flow out of me. I feel no guilt for not trying to bring back my thoughts, and other people’s thoughts inside my head. Sometimes I cry, letting some dust of disappointment, longing, or pain find a way to sweep out from under the carpet like a muddy rivulet.

I feel free and committed at the same time... And it doesn’t matter what the mark I make is; the mark is all that matters. Other marks may hide it or build on it. Either is fine. I feel excited, sometimes overwhelmed, about the possibilities. And for once I feel curious about my limits – that might just be the secret ingredient to “my style.” It’s the thing that keeps changing, faster than I thought it was possible, faster than I even notice. I feel like I’m discovering the story and beauty of a body: how we are what we look like on the outside. Perhaps we need to put others on a pedestal to see that. I feel like my own body makes more sense to me now. It’s no longer something I fight, use and hide. Maybe one day I should put myself on a pedestal and learn about my visible secrets like I’m learning those of others.” — E