Supersized Jewellery

By Paula Briggs

Supersized jewellery!
Supersized jewellery!

 

In the summer of Spielberg’s BFG, I thought it would be fun (and a sculptural challenge) to make some really large jewellery, so following on from our sketchbook work based upon observational and experimental drawings of gemstones, children aged 8, 9 and 10 from the AccessArt Mini Art School spent a happy couple of days creating their own supersized rings!

We started out with some sketchbook work – not so much to design on paper prior to making – but to get our creative juices flowing…

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