Teign Contemporary is a group of artists and poets working in a very special part of South Devon. Our love of one particular route, from Dartmoor to the Teign Estuary and Teignmouth, inspired a recent project Unearthing TEMPLER WAY. Now we have a new exploratory project, HALDON Traces, and we are investigating the fascinating Haldon Hills. There is a wealth of history, mystery, geology and mythology, not to mention the tiny and barely visible inhabitants of the forest floor. Contemporary Markmakers have been meeting for over 20 years, and the Teign Poets also. We overlap in work and friendships, supporting ourselves and each other. This is a very special part of the country. And we are very proud of that. We are delighted to be researching and working our new project as we walk, sketch, write, collaborate, workshop, exhibit and perform our work. We learn together, bringing new ideas to the group and experimenting collectively. Sitting around an enormous table we have been known to mark a section of suitably enormous paper, then change position and mark a new area with paint or collage or words. And link the pieces together with colour and line, stretching over to invade someone else's masterpiece. It teaches us not to be precious or afraid. A mistake cannot be rectified but it can grow into something else entirely. Sometimes something magical.