Way back when (July), I did a series of workshops at the Beaconsfield School, down in Buckinghamshire. I was lucky enough to be accepted to work with a textiles group/ teacher as part of Creative Partnerships. I was luckier still that this job actually turned into 3 seperate projects where I also got to work with a Gifted and Talented group and within their specialist Art inclusion centre: The Lemonwedge.
This post is about the Lemonwedge project. I thought it best to break the posts down into smaller managable chunks rather than cramming them into one long 'War and Peace' style epic.
This is the final piece once I sewed all the bits each student made together. It is now pride of place somewhere in the school. I hope the students feel proud of it because they did a fantastic job, I'm sure you will agree!
The students were all year 7, and working with me for a variety of reasons. I had a small group of 6, which was nice as there was a real chance for them to get to know each other and make new friends. I designed the programme to explore how to express emotions visually with an emphasis on mark making. We started the workshops by exploring how we might express different emotions using pattern and colour. I wanted them to learn that emotions are something different to everyone, and how we should respect that.
This post is about the Lemonwedge project. I thought it best to break the posts down into smaller managable chunks rather than cramming them into one long 'War and Peace' style epic.
This is the final piece once I sewed all the bits each student made together. It is now pride of place somewhere in the school. I hope the students feel proud of it because they did a fantastic job, I'm sure you will agree!
(SAD)
Students then chose an emotion to explore in more detail. They created a background using different mark-making techniques: stamping, mono-printing and rubbing (resist) - thinking carefully about the colours that they used. Once the backgrounds were done, they then created a lino printing plate and created a repeat pattern print on their backgrounds.
(HAPPY)
Some of them turned out great! And we only had one student stab themselves with the lino tools (and one teacher!) The students worked really well together, creating a collaborative piece to back the wall hanging and discussing and deciding the layout of the final piece.
(HORROR)
The textures are awesome! I really enjoyed working on this programme. I relished the chance to develop a more long lasting project (although not huge, it took place over a number of different sessions, each 2hrs long) - and I am very pleased with the effort and ability of my lovely students!
(JOY)
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