Wave Bowls
By Paula Briggs
During the final session of the summer term, at the AccessArt Art Lab for ages 10, 11 & 12, I decided it would be nice to try a shared project.
I had in mind we would create some kind of co-created vessels, part inspired by ceramics by Grayson Perry, and loosely based around a holiday theme as the summer holidays came closer, but I had no clear idea what the outcome would be.
What emmerged was a bizarre but strangely rewarding series of objects which somehow captured elements of all of our previous sessions this term (including making architecture with foamboard, drawing faceted gem stones & exploring the geometry of chickens). There were times during the session when I really did wonder what we were doing, and if it would work, and then right at the end the pieces came together, reminding me of the beautiful ways in which creativity works, if we can be open enough and take a few risks along the way. This post shares our process.
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Sharon Gale
July 11, 2017 @ 10:51 am
What a wonderful project this is. In fact, this is what I will to do in my art club when we return in September.
Dawn
October 10, 2017 @ 12:40 pm
I modified this a bit and had kids apply the concepts of basic color theory as part of my curriculum for my 7th graders. The skills they acquired during this project were great and the end results were fabulous. Thanks for sharing.
Sheila, AccessArt
October 11, 2017 @ 11:25 am
Thank you very much for letting us know and I’m sure Paula will be thrilled to hear that the post inspired such a wonderful response. We’re very keen to develop some posts about colour theory and colour – so if you have some good photos and feel in the spirit of sharing, then please – do send them to sheila@accessart.org.uk and we can see how to take it from there. many thanks again for your comments.
Best wishes Sheila #TeamAccessArt
Louise Mackuin
July 15, 2021 @ 10:52 am
Ill be using this idea in summer school this year. I love the collaborative aspects