Tall Skinny
Teenagers working with Melissa Pierce Murray used thin wire to make works with a strong presence. They began by looking at examples of works by two contemporary women artists including Phyllida Barlow and Rebecca Warren.
Sculpture in Primary School
‘Meet and Make’ Teacher CPD Event and Resource Share
See how teachers, museum educators, the local scrap store and arts organisations were brought together for a making session inspired by Brilliant Makers at Arbury Primary School, Cambridge with year three teacher Eilis Hanson.
Santa comes in all Shapes and Sizes: Yr 3 Make Bouncing Santas!
A fun end of term project that would also be perfect to do at home – making model Santas with character! Jan Miller share a process to make 3D model Santas using simple materials and processes. This activity can be used with children aged 7 to 14 (any KS, 2, 3 children).
Simple Casting Techniques – by Melissa Pierce Murray
Artist Melissa Pierce Murray led a series of workshops for teenagers exploring a variety of casting techniques.
Hand Casts
In this post, artist Melissa Pierce Murray, shows, step-by-step, how teenagers made modroc casts of their hands.
Clay Moulds
In this post, artist Melissa Pierce Murray, shows, step-by-step, how teenagers explored plaster casting by making simple clay ‘waste moulds’ and then moved on to making simple ‘two piece moulds’.
Alginate Casting
Artist Melissa Pierce Murray introduces teenagers to the process of casting with non-toxic and fast-setting alginate.
Japan – Ceramics Inspire Painting and Painting Inspires Ceramics
Jan Miller shares a class project that uses the work of a contemporary Japanese ceramicist to inspire vibrant paintings in a variety of materials. The children then used their own art to design ceramic vessels.
Japan: Making Sushi – Recycled Style!
Inspired by research into Japanese culture, children explored the potential and limitations of paper and recycled materials, learning through play and experimentation to make 3D forms. The outcomes of this process were used to inform work created in a second medium of clay, using kitchen equipment to shape the clay and add textures.
Modelling the Head in Clay Part 4 – Features
This is the final post in a series of posts following teenagers modelling a clay head over a term with artist Melissa Pierce Murray. In the final session of the series: Modelling the Head in Clay, we look at how to form the features: eyes, ears, mouth. We look at ways to finish and embellish the form using hair, clothing or inventing horns. In the class we talked about how the muscles attach to the bones, and how the skin smoothes over the surfaces.
Modelling the Head in Clay Part 3 – Skull
This is the third post in a series of posts we concentrated on creating a solid armature and clay foundation for our clay heads. In this post This post is the third in a series of posts following teenagers making a clay head over the course of a term with artist Melissa Pierce Murray. Here they concentrate on developing the shape of the cranium and forehead, the structure of the eye sockets, cheekbones, jaws and teeth.
Modelling the Head in Clay Part 2 – Preparations
This post looks at two preparations for making a clay head: drawing to help us learn to see the form in the round, and taking measurements from life.
This is the second post in a series of resources showing how teenagers modelled a clay head over the course of a term.
Modelling the Head in Clay Part 1 – Armature
Making a Steel or Wood Armature is the first in a series of f resources showing how teenagers modelled a clay head over the course of a term.
Pimp That Snack! Large Scale Food Sculptures
Art educator Anne-Louise Quinton shares a process for making super sized food sculptures from everyday materials, inspired by the work of Claes Oldenburg. This is a fun and challenging sculpture project for Year Nine and above.
Withy Butterflies
Art educator Anne-Louise Quinton shares a workshop for making a flock of large, withy butterflies, creating a colourful and dramatic artwork.
Making Sculpture Inspired by Degas
This resource explores sculpture by French artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917)and shows how hands-on sculptural processes can be facilitated in a classroom. This resource was created in collaboration with AccessArt and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Sculpture from Sculpture
Inspired by sculptures by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Jacob Epstein and looking at ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ shapes, students created their own constructions with help of artist Anne-Louise Quinton.
From Bones and Body to Structure and Form – by Melissa Pierce Murray
Artist Melissa Pierce Murray worked with teenagers from AccessArt’s Experimental Drawing Class on a series of workshops which physically explored drawing and sculptural responses to form, forces and anatomy.
