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using tools

Horizontal: Now drop the pencil so it's lying horizontally across the paper

The Anatomy of a Pencil

My chair

Conquering SATs Stress with Seats

Mixing plaster: use your hand to squash any lumps

Quick Guide to Mixing Plaster

Foldable Art Canvas

Review: ScolaQuip Canvas Effect Frames

Hedgehog

Year 3 & 4 Making Club: Articulated Beasts

Pupils very pleased with themselves! And jolly well right that they should be!

Brave Young Makers: Year Three Pupils at Ridgefield Primary Transform Materials into Birds and Insects

5 place two sticks of equal width on either side of your ball and roll1

How to Roll a Clay Slab

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Transformation Project: Glue Gun and…

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The Transformation Project

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Making Metal Badges by Maria Whetman

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Drawing Materials Sample Cards

What you will need for Japanese Book Binding

Artist Aurora Cacciapuoti Introduces Japanese Bookbinding

Concertina paper

Simple Drawing Exercise: Drawing to the Slow Rhythm of a Metronome

How to Use Thermo Plastic Moulding Techniques

How to Use Simple Thermoplastic Moulding Techniques

Cockatoo by Elliot

Making Insects and a Cockatoo at Castle School

Fir tree ink drawing

Ink Drawings: Making Drawing Tools and Mark Making

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Tool Tips: How to Use a Drill

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Tool Tips: How to Use a Hammer and Nail

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Tool Tips: Using a glue gun

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Tool Tips: Measuring before Cutting

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