Red to Green: Patterns in Nature, Line and Wire

By Sheila Ceccarelli

This, my second session at Red2Green, was initially about using drawing to explore designs and patterns in nature, followed by a making session using wire to extend ideas into 3D.

Photo taking by a student at Red2Green whilst looking for designs and patterns in nature — Photo taking by a student at Red2Green whilst looking for designs and patterns in nature prior to this workshop

Working with wire at Red2Green

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Aspire to Create: Inspired by Nature & Empowered by Creativity – Red to Green

One: Casting

Exploring mark making into wet clay, mould making, mixing and pouring plaster

Two: Patterns in Nature, Line and Wire

Using drawing to look at designs and patterns in nature to inspire the creation of wire sculpture

Three: Taking Rubbings and Making Compositions

Recording the surrounding world by taking rubbings

Four: Block Printing

Learners are introduced to block printing

Five: Monoprinting

Exploring texture, pattern and mark making through monoprinting

Six: Steps to Observational Drawing

Four steps to enabling observational drawing

Seven: Making Sculpture

Learners explore sculptural principles of form, space and balance

Eight: Wax Resist and Scraffito

Introducing colour with wax resist and scraffito techniques

Paper Pigeon Project

Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds and Orchestra) Op.61: Images Inspired by Music

Pattern and Collage: A Whole School Workshop at Monkfield Primary School

Dragons & Birds in Eggs: Hidden and Revealed

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monoprinting with carbon copy paper

Recording & Communicating through Narrative with Degree Level Contemporary Craft Students by Vanessa Marr

Inspired by Google Earth: Drawing

Flat Yet Sculptural? Drawing, Collage, Construction

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

Year 5, Cathedral Primary School, Bristol

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Talking Points: Lubaina Himid

Exploring Three Dimensions with Lego: Drawing and Collage

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Adapting AccessArt: From 2D to 3D

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Making an Urban Landscape Painting by James Nairne

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Years 3 & 4, Artivity Studios

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Talking Points: What can we learn from birds

Drawing source material: nests