Plinth People: Sculptural Self Portraits

By Paula Briggs

In the AccessArt Art Club for ages 8, 9 and 10, we’ve started a body of work (sculpture, collage, painting, drawing) which is loosely autobiographical. The idea is that by the end of the term, the children will have each made several small artworks based upon their own likes, dislikes, etc., and the children will then make a cardboard suitcase which will both house these collections and provide a pop-up gallery for each child.

This week, we started by making autobiographical sculptures.

Elspeth hugging "Lavvy" — Elspeth hugging “Lavvy”

Preparation

To access all content, I would like to join as…

An Individual

Creative practitioners, educators, teachers, parents, learners…

From £3.50

An Organisation…

Schools, Colleges, Arts Organisations: Single and Multi-Users

From £42

AccessArt is a UK Charity and we believe everyone has the right to be creative. AccessArt provides inspiration to help us all reach our creative potential.

See This Resource Used In Schools…

Y4 Whitchurch Primary school

Wadebridge Primary School

Year 4, St Michaels Community Academy
Year 5/6, Kaikorai School

Miniature Matchbox Museums by Anna Linch

Street Drawing: Exploring Vanishing Points with Masking Tape

Teenagers Make Small Sculptures: Exploring Felt-Making and Transforming Materials

Paper Sculptures: Dipping Objects in Paper Pulp

Dragons & Birds in Eggs: Hidden and Revealed

Inspired by Google Earth: Making

Exploring Materials: Merino Wool and Water and Making Felt

Exploring Materials: Plaster and String

Printing Patterns on Jewellery Pieces

Inspired by Google Earth: Drawing

Flat Yet Sculptural? Drawing, Collage, Construction

See This Resource Used In Schools…

Dean CE Primary School
Greenlands Community Primary School, Preston, Year 6.

Year 5, Cathedral Primary School, Bristol

Exploring Three Dimensions with Lego: Drawing and Collage

Exploring Materials: Clay and Water

The Friendship Tower by Rachel Scanlon

Transformation Project: Snippets of Inspiration

Megan Boyd

Scottish Fishing Fly Maker

In a cottage in northern Scotland, Megan Boyd twirled bits of feather, fur, silver and gold into elaborate fishing flies — at once miniature works of art and absolutely lethal. Wherever men and women cast their lines for the mighty Atlantic salmon, her name is whispered in mythic reverence, and stories about her surface and swirl like fairy tales. With breathtaking cinematography and expressive, hand painted animation, Kiss the Water adheres to and escapes from traditional documentary form, spinning the facts and fictions of one woman’s life into a stunning film about craft, devotion, love, and its illusions.
Enjoy the preview of Kiss the Water below – the film is sure to inspire.