Cloth, Paint, Print: Inspired by Natural Objects
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The Blood Bag Project
What We Like About This Resource…. This project combines art and science in innovative and creative ways. It engages children with simple and more complex sewing skills, both hand and machine. The fact that a local artist collaborated on this project, bringing her own set of skills and experience is so valuable for any extended […]
Exploring A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Costume Design for Bottom
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Making Painted & Sewn Landscapes
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Which Artists: Tatyana Antoun
What We Like About This Resource…. “The research phase of a creative project can be presented in many different ways, and can even be an art form in itself. Here, Tatyana demonstrates how her sketchbooks became a medium through which she expressed her thoughts, refined her ideas and explored materials. We believe sketchbooks to be […]
Making A Banner At Woking College
What We Like About This Resource…. Working collaboratively towards a shared aim provides an alternative experience to working on individual projects. Creating together encourages listening, peer feedback and creative problem solving – all of which are hugely valuable in all areas of education” – Rachel, AccessArt You May Also Like…. Animal Habitat Mural Collaborative Public […]
Which Artists: The Life & Works of Madge Gill
What We Like About This Resource…. “The life of Madge Gill that Sophie Dutton recounts here gives us real insight into the challenges that Madge Gill experienced, and how these challenges would have been common among women at the time. When we study the work of Artists, it adds a rich context to our experience […]
Collage Streets
What We Like About This Resource…. “This project provides a real opportunity for children to engage with a range of different processes to produce truly individual final results. Jan Miller is an experienced teacher and connects her projects well with learning outcomes. In this case, children are encouraged to have a loose approach and to […]
Creativity Medals
See the Resource Used in Schools… What We Like About This Resource…. “The sentiment behind this resource idea is lovely and it provides an opportunity to really develop some fine motor skills as well as independence of approach. Taking ownership of the medal design means the sense of achievement is heightened beyond the children just […]
Which Artists: Rachel Parker
What We Like About This Resource “It’s really interesting to see the combination of hand and digital work in Rachel’s work, and particularly how her hand stitched embroidery is scanned before being used to create patterned products. We love that lots of Rachel’s work begins in sketchbooks and how this really underpins her creative process. […]
Which Artists: Cas Holmes
What We Like About This Resource…. “The sense of journey and feeling of movement is such an interesting part of Cas’ textile work here. We love how location and place is communicated through the variety of fluid and meandering textile marks used. Cas’ Romani background as well as early experience living in Japan make for […]
Gabby Savage-Dickson: Felting & Embroidering Sets
What We Like About This Resource…. “It’s really interesting to see how Gabby works across the different disciplines of textiles and illustration in her work, and you can see how the principles of each are present in these beautifully made felt sets. We enjoyed learning how she went between planning and making – showing that […]
Shakespearean Sock Puppets
How to make textile and wood sock puppets using Shakespeare’s Macbeth as inspiration.
Inspired! Psyche’s Resilience by The Fitzy Peters
Natalie Bailey shares the pupils’ Inspire journey and their response to the Renaissance painting of Cupid and Psyche by Jacopo Del Sellaio at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge as well as her reflections on the transformative impact that the project had on the children and how Art can support healing and wellbeing.