5th May 2017 Aim: To listen to the children express their perception of faith and belief that are a key theme within the artist’s practice. Much of my work centres on the exploration of belief, faith, purpose and community. … Continue reading
April 10th 2017 Aim: To plant an outdoor willow dome that will grow with the children as they journey through primary school. 7.30am I was heading to Belfast travelling on a coach on a beautiful sunny day. I had with … Continue reading
April 7th 2017 Aim: To test out how we can plot out an outdoor dome. To complete the cuboids and begin to talk about the religious sacraments made. I must have one of the most interesting jobs ever. Unlike … Continue reading
31st March 2017 Aim: Create our self-portraits from what we look like both on the inside and outside. We were not actually doing Cubist style self-portraits but as the self-portraits are going to become the side of the cubes I … Continue reading
March 9th 2017 Aim: To really look at the proportions of the face. To sit still and observe rather than get inside of things – not moving the furniture about! I decided for sessions 8 & 9 we will not … Continue reading
23rd February 2017 AIM To rebuild the dome that would demonstrate a better example of stability and structure. Begin a ‘cube’ project using a team approach and offer an individual expression. I had been rereading the children’s journals from the … Continue reading
20th January 2017 AIM To get to know the children and the Ms Harriot a lot better. Introduce more complex construction in the classroom whilst the artist was there. I was quite excited about meeting the children in person in … Continue reading
9th December 2016 AIM To explore our construction ability by building small scale constructions in 3D as individuals and classroom size constructions as a group. I would have to think about the word I choose to use ‘small’ scale. For … Continue reading
2nd December 2016 AIM To explore our construction ability by building bridges linking our community maps together. I set the children a task last week to draw a building they could see from their house or school, in as much … Continue reading
25th November 2016 AIM To explore our immediate environment within a community context. My overwhelming experience of this session is that in the final 30 minutes the children were too busy to stop and chat about what we were doing. … Continue reading