Set Design

Welcome to AccessArt: Set Design

Felted and Embroidered Yellow Living Room by Gabby Dickson

Enjoy making models and maquettes as a way to explore set design, linking 3d making to literature, music, film and animation. 

Resources can be adapted to suit a variety of age groups, themes and contexts. 

Dip Your Toes Into Set Design!

Explore these sample resources to help introduce set design to your learners

Set Design with Primary Aged Children

"The cave felt safe after being outside."

Charcoal Cave

Rachel T charcoal cave adding scale figure

Introducing Set Designing – Exercises to Respond to Text

Eloise builds up her scratch model

Explore Set Designers

Explore set design for theatre, animation and photography

Rae SMith

Set of War Horse

NEGATIVE SPACE BY TINY INVENTIONS

Negative space by Tiny Inventions https://vimeo.com/238590794

Rosie Hurley

Mr Hoppy Model by Rosie Hurley

Explore Construction Materials

Experiment with different materials to create sets that fit different narratives

Explore Paper

Hexagonal Paper Weave by Naomi Kendall

Explore Foamboard

Foamboard construction

Explore Cardboard

cardboard Construction by Paula Briggs

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