By Paula Briggs

In the summer of Spielberg’s BFG, I thought it would be fun (and a sculptural challenge) to make some really large jewellery, so following on from our sketchbook work based upon observational and experimental drawings of gemstones, children aged 8, 9 and 10 from the AccessArt Mini Art School spent a happy couple of days creating their own supersized rings!

We started out with some sketchbook work – not so much to design on paper prior to making – but to get our creative juices flowing…

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Many thanks for teenagers at AccessArt’s Experimental Drawing Class and their parents as well as teachers from Garden Fields JMI School, St Albans for inspiring this post.

Happy sketchbooking and have a wonderful summer!

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