By Paula Briggs

In this session children helped create an art installation using art materials suspended from wires, in hommage to our regular art classes for children aged 7, 8 and 9. Children then made studies of the installation – using continuous line drawings and then graphite and soft pastels, resulting in beautiful and dynamic sketches.

Creating the Art Installation

We began by presenting some of the art materials that the children had used over the previous weeks in a new context – hanging from a series of wire strings, attached to chairs. The idea was to create a characterful and intriguing display which would promote careful looking.

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“Faith’s work creating sculptures using recycled or discarded plastic is really beautiful, and exceeds expectation of what we might consider scrap plastic being able to do. The processes she uses, particularly with the dancing figures, are all easily accessible to a school setting, with tape, card, wire being relatively inexpensive and simple to use. Delivering an Art project using waste plastic has cross curricular links with other subject areas, particularly PSHE and Geography where children may be learning about the environment and how to protect it” – Tobi, AccessArt.

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