Name: All For A Medal, Chapter 14 by Our Health Journeys
Duration: 8 min 33 s
Description: Colleen Williams (01.02.1931 - 20.01.2024) was a New Zealand nurse who began her training in 1949. Later in life, she self-published a book of her nursing memories. The book is being read by her daughter Laura Horrocks.

Explore the fish scale fabric and the articulated Koi carp. Take deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth.

Smell the scent of the pink lotus flowers.

1. Articulated figure of a carp

Use the kaleidoscope lens to explore the dish.

Try twisting the viewer from side to side to make the patterns dance.

You can use the kaleidoscope lens to explore lots of other objects on the trail.

3. Shunsai

As you handle the blue glass nuggets, smell the cool, clear scent of peppermint.

Use the coloured torches to shine a light onto the sculpture – green works especially well – and play with the glass nuggets. 

Try different distances and look at the piece from different sides.

4. Amorphous Contact

Cup the rice bowl in your hands and feel the temperature of the porcelain, its thickness and weight.

Stroke the calligraphy brush on your skin, try using it to write your initials on the palm of your hand.

Smell the Oolong tea.

6. Blue ceramics

Unwrap and explore the pottery shards. Try using the coloured torches to explore the pottery inside the cabinets.

Take a rest on the bench and smell the lavender.

5. Red glazed ceramics

Colleen Williams (01.02.1931 - 20.01.2024) was a New Zealand nurse who began her training in 1949. Later in life, she self-published a book of her nursing memories. The book is being read by her daughter Laura Horrocks.

All For A Medal, Chapter 14

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