Flat Yet Sculptural? Drawing, Collage, Construction
By Paula Briggs
Following on from a previous session in which children aged 7, 8 and 9 used the grid method to scale up simple drawings, in this session the children developed their drawings through collage and construction to transform them into sculptures.
To Begin
Follow the method described here to scale up simple silhouette drawings. We used sheets of corrugated cardboard. Children used a marker pen to create a single black line around their drawings.
Prior to the session I used a photocopier to enlarge engravings by George Cruikshank (illustrations for Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens). I have always been attracted to the power and diversity of mark making in engravings, and enlarging the imagery helped isolate and abstract the marks.
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Margaret Tolland
March 12, 2015 @ 8:20 pm
Great work, I have used the same idea of collage with textures with jewellery shapes – pacific inspired jewellery. I photocopied tapa cloth, shell textures and the children created cone and disc shapes to collage and assemble in a neclace piece. The textures created a wonderful effect.
Paula Briggs, AccessArt
March 13, 2015 @ 8:56 am
Sounds wonderful Margaret – do you have any photos? Best wishes
Paula