Text – Space – Place
We have started our new project at Strandtown with a new group of children. Our theme for this project is Text – Space – Place. See images for our first session based upon ‘text as object’!
We have started our new project at Strandtown with a new group of children. Our theme for this project is Text – Space – Place. See images for our first session based upon ‘text as object’!
This week we worked on developing a map of our local area. This will be used to locate our buried shards. In the studio I started with some images taken from google and also some images of old maps. The … Continue reading
This session explored the shard and how it is used by archaeologists and historians to construct history. Due to the physical properties of ceramic the material is hard to destroy and as a consequence pieces are often found during excavations … Continue reading
Exploring clay as printed image.
The two recent sessions have been focussed on the the butterfly – it was chosen for its short life span and yet the preserved butterfly appears in museums and collections and appears in the work of many artists. We started … Continue reading
Follow the link for a short video clip of the head beginning to dissolve. https://vimeo.com/87499509
In the studio and classroom this week we created miniature portraits in clay which were then placed with glass jars and plastic bottles – these were then covered with water and the process is being documented by myself and the … Continue reading
Images of pupils work
We all learnt a new word today! Transmogrification ‘To change into a different shape or form’. We all started with a clay cube which was drawn and shaded on paper. The clay cube was then slowly deconstructed and each pinch … Continue reading