tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89536906372129766322024-03-05T18:11:04.863+00:00The Big Art PeopleBig Art is Massive.
Awesome art projects and workshops for schools.The Big Art Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154455818907017063noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-57671035701794138782011-02-14T19:38:00.007+00:002011-07-27T07:31:57.971+01:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhFpwgl7y6zpyvO2HeFR-c_jKQvrIPmmQQ78I-OFI-y_kIttoXiTptoqsatjtRR_Bae9yq1-V6MbV40SCvnW_kkc-JBOMWe3P9-1v8-Xij1O_zh1e_QY6JvOUqDBrEN9Nzh5phocdjFg/s1600/IMPORTANTANNOUNCEMENT.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 29px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhFpwgl7y6zpyvO2HeFR-c_jKQvrIPmmQQ78I-OFI-y_kIttoXiTptoqsatjtRR_Bae9yq1-V6MbV40SCvnW_kkc-JBOMWe3P9-1v8-Xij1O_zh1e_QY6JvOUqDBrEN9Nzh5phocdjFg/s400/IMPORTANTANNOUNCEMENT.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573637150284915938" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Hello,</div>Thanks for checking out our website.<br />We're sorry to announce that we're <span style="font-weight:bold;">not able to take any more bookings</span> for this academic year. We've been inundated with enquiries for projects all over the country and simply cannot manage any more alongside other work and study commitments.<br />Both Tim and I are doing postgraduate courses in the arts and education with the ultimate aim of developing The Big Art People into something even better. But rest assured that we'll be back in September with a brand new website and some big new ideas.<br /><br />In the meantime you can see what I've up to at the University of Manchester's <a href="http://culturalpractice.wordpress.com/author/jimtheralley/">Centre for Arts Management and Cultural Policy</a>. Also check out the <a href="http://bugs.folly.co.uk/">BUGS</a> project that I helped to set up with Folly in Lancaster; <a href="http://chorltonartsfestival.com/">Chorlton Arts Festival</a>; and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/project1981">Project '81</a>.<br />And do get in touch with our friends <a href="http://www.dfeducation.co.uk/">Darkfire Education</a> who run digital media projects in primary and secondary schools.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br />Jim Ralley<br />(Director, The Big Art People)Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-28188019249745599652010-12-22T13:21:00.001+00:002010-12-22T13:25:58.955+00:00Christmastimes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajPat-znbNiqFDiNuLDC7CFu27tbE5QvYyQKduApsag_fLBaZg09eEostj9BSpTIa4B2sFtoe2b1rl5gddqv4I0_WHHcItxQsL6dSEX7hHS2jl33kM1LqliGa8VLOm70E_Nb58LEmSw4/s1600/Christmas+Message+2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajPat-znbNiqFDiNuLDC7CFu27tbE5QvYyQKduApsag_fLBaZg09eEostj9BSpTIa4B2sFtoe2b1rl5gddqv4I0_WHHcItxQsL6dSEX7hHS2jl33kM1LqliGa8VLOm70E_Nb58LEmSw4/s400/Christmas+Message+2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553497164290243858" /></a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-28088674247332940672010-11-27T09:37:00.006+00:002011-03-18T14:56:50.762+00:00A Kid-less ProjectThe <a href="http://www.thekidscookeryschool.co.uk/">Kids' Cookery School</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/KidsCookerySch">@KidsCookerySch</a>) recently employed my illustration skills to liven up their information boards.<br />They are a great little charity who teach children all over London some basic cooking techniques, and what is healthy and what is not.<br />Below are some before and after pictures of the boards. Delightful.<div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQeC4WQvM9pjJPDlr_YbWfqs6GjRSh03yOxHGGvH9CtcZRww4pIZJRBtEdL8LSMTRkW-BkFb9ElUaHSE2N_AzN_wHmyCjBfcOm7ZDpk7kQb_dHoprnu-Rk5QQne77-3S3LZjFUHcQvE0/s1600/image003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQeC4WQvM9pjJPDlr_YbWfqs6GjRSh03yOxHGGvH9CtcZRww4pIZJRBtEdL8LSMTRkW-BkFb9ElUaHSE2N_AzN_wHmyCjBfcOm7ZDpk7kQb_dHoprnu-Rk5QQne77-3S3LZjFUHcQvE0/s400/image003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585433745127218322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5c6aDtPnBnIEZvIU8ROvIhrqEMF4KYscKTDkhGT8RbRzNVCux6PRlXU-B4s40EihF_HVxs6-wfxocqG_TZi31_1-y22LX5aNm6rOghskOyTw3mt4FLsw9ubIAS6EJvlsfLEjY0Z3i30A/s1600/Drinks02.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7k5uRvEZ9u_HJNC9SyA9IUJsTtx3lTBJr-sBb22a8jwHIl97u7MkUNcLrCjJznAQNEPqW_Kv3jD94ZN_5sLjLYlFeN1ZMv64qfJgkAur2ogiqs1gPvXXbzO1bPA6rar15E99Tv-BdCf4/s400/FruitVeg02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585433739640532690" /></a><br /><br /></div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-62206291660240235812010-08-17T23:12:00.004+01:002010-08-18T13:20:04.343+01:00Space Craft...get it?Yet another successful set of craft sessions at South Staffs libraries.<br />This time we hit Codsall, Perton, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wryley, Wombourne, Kinver, Brewood, and Penkridge.<br /><br />I'll leave you with the pictures :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQnJm2clmnzJcJDZN5lrPiTEDc6BR64zYo3BSprW71Fte_GpuUUjdzsfMJ6l3tMV2rz-Myppqe8eXBVzBQhJl2Uyr0sVN7Uf-uNvZGUYnsMwjW4MMo_IQWQWEu4d0ZVUWaRF09PjbcKc/s1600/DSC00980+(Large).JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiNcBTtxtjpEzod42uSN8gqE0Q731wnZZjbfIr204XBOLOajNs_ueWW8C7Srp7YZ6pcFBqt5MYh-tdJnURfvVFyMRdy9YkGJD1gs_HI91Z70M9DgerOzNCldBHTjOes8V97C-nam_ikM/s320/DSC00995+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506722993164606130" /></a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-19099336238382038432010-07-18T14:57:00.007+01:002010-07-18T18:23:30.421+01:00Multicultural MuralBrand new Big Artist, Natalie Gore has spent the last eight days working at St. Stephen's School in Wolverhampton producing this wonderful mural.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8uc41M5zaGcydgUxETQoz3v_2sW1QQJvYySHww7jsNpD7SyEtkS_KRiKZ95L_Z_62L624zPeGbsRMN64GggEmlZazLXIueskzP0c150MgdBfN603MMKS_zJctTTh97TlQGLlNz8wVt1c/s1600/DSC_0504+(Large).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8uc41M5zaGcydgUxETQoz3v_2sW1QQJvYySHww7jsNpD7SyEtkS_KRiKZ95L_Z_62L624zPeGbsRMN64GggEmlZazLXIueskzP0c150MgdBfN603MMKS_zJctTTh97TlQGLlNz8wVt1c/s400/DSC_0504+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495297904133716930" /></a><br />She spent the first two days planning and designing with the children, then battled through last week's rain to transfer it onto their once-bare wall.<br /><br />Each panel takes a different country as its subject, featuring that country's flag, skyline, and animal.<br /><br />We think she's done an incredible job. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcU1UalSZRI05Gu3YdRmLz1_fiNSydMCtoFJrFsdUd5Ixk_IiMYOIw5v3nJ56J11gzpqqFti5KmfTk2CrWgVO-yGOx4PZO-K43LIHMMptAV8Rmou_IRY3n_xhyphenhyphenFaZpNrpd3W3qTiJKOE/s320/DSC_0477+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495246555485021666" /></a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-6272090248034897552010-07-01T18:06:00.005+01:002010-07-01T18:39:25.664+01:00¡El Gran Picasso Fracaso!Not really. It was a great success.<br />Shortly before nipping over to the 2010 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts I ran a one-day project at Shebbear College down in sunny Devon.<br /><br />I had 24 Y9 pupils at my disposal, and put them to work recreating three of Pablo Picasso's masterpieces.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-D7yzf1hQGIVaMBi1BNBbaugAv9f23t88xOpRJmQlv5ewAcz9g9t9pPsKYnuQfu0tjyMoX1Bf0LGF0sUOaD-IuRAtPvaKtbj-PAoGtszokeHOZK5kVYPmJuvNTNXnZM7xITIfUifJzE/s1600/Blog03.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-D7yzf1hQGIVaMBi1BNBbaugAv9f23t88xOpRJmQlv5ewAcz9g9t9pPsKYnuQfu0tjyMoX1Bf0LGF0sUOaD-IuRAtPvaKtbj-PAoGtszokeHOZK5kVYPmJuvNTNXnZM7xITIfUifJzE/s320/Blog03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488991589615177490" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWhxwblpqTfzWyl3Cs5tJ963VhwpdtlcrF5DN9-KN-_Lf9JN68w9RlET556KvIOAHOaO51fJEF32B9IuPvZi3tJX6Nf_oGoAs-qSB9M30CvqlEiCMJ6uBFt3hgpFBor_MyWngThYfEE0/s1600/Blog02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWhxwblpqTfzWyl3Cs5tJ963VhwpdtlcrF5DN9-KN-_Lf9JN68w9RlET556KvIOAHOaO51fJEF32B9IuPvZi3tJX6Nf_oGoAs-qSB9M30CvqlEiCMJ6uBFt3hgpFBor_MyWngThYfEE0/s320/Blog02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488991576277871730" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Weeping Woman</span> (1937)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwKVk22vae9kvPTl9B1tEMqYQBvSfFTvaE3hyphenhyphenleCMWp6mKpXAwn72bXQK2Z5zMvhvo3e1PmSZ7pdGwF0hgk2evF1ad2_ZNwTodVKnMO6AxG3cc4YWiNzNhiwy8Kp5BANCV-FPHcv4muY/s1600/Weeping-Comparison.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwKVk22vae9kvPTl9B1tEMqYQBvSfFTvaE3hyphenhyphenleCMWp6mKpXAwn72bXQK2Z5zMvhvo3e1PmSZ7pdGwF0hgk2evF1ad2_ZNwTodVKnMO6AxG3cc4YWiNzNhiwy8Kp5BANCV-FPHcv4muY/s320/Weeping-Comparison.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488991597836524306" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Girl Before a Mirror</span> (1932)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dqCAqkcA5WuSVlBXEf4rDWqxP4kGhOYypxO5h48RVYq9iO92kcmCjq5YmeCujxBWIqM4O8RRnA6nVum0nJCVhnczhP__BX9dYIwY5wWy84bWAeWuLZJYJbP61DHvC9Xzw0GxdyaE_3k/s1600/Woman-Mirror-Comparison.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dqCAqkcA5WuSVlBXEf4rDWqxP4kGhOYypxO5h48RVYq9iO92kcmCjq5YmeCujxBWIqM4O8RRnA6nVum0nJCVhnczhP__BX9dYIwY5wWy84bWAeWuLZJYJbP61DHvC9Xzw0GxdyaE_3k/s320/Woman-Mirror-Comparison.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488992901643638898" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Nude and Still Life</span> (1931)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0rEd_QwLu1ysGp5GEzVlU4rCmtVaPUlpjg5lzFsANbim0vbQJ17ukvqBFN4tphh7Efq2I6-00pZEKRQIkgN_euZLDbrGv-Z4UO4-QuaDF9ukDavN1YnQKT72NjW0-ORD-LdX3oai7dw/s1600/Still-Life-Comparison.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0rEd_QwLu1ysGp5GEzVlU4rCmtVaPUlpjg5lzFsANbim0vbQJ17ukvqBFN4tphh7Efq2I6-00pZEKRQIkgN_euZLDbrGv-Z4UO4-QuaDF9ukDavN1YnQKT72NjW0-ORD-LdX3oai7dw/s320/Still-Life-Comparison.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488992893594840354" /></a><br /><br />To break up the day we also did some Art Attack-style big art, out on the school field.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKij8qJnVZw2acyUx1XVtNEubsJ8Gw_GYFZJ3C2kz2ecrVtjNLKkecwcPrWxVf3Ig54o28WxQ67lBnRD6rXrK5TYOShHFppeUkHUE9Xchq624J2JY3yvxhxM-nZyLFBC1cP6qaKtBthr0/s1600/Blog04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKij8qJnVZw2acyUx1XVtNEubsJ8Gw_GYFZJ3C2kz2ecrVtjNLKkecwcPrWxVf3Ig54o28WxQ67lBnRD6rXrK5TYOShHFppeUkHUE9Xchq624J2JY3yvxhxM-nZyLFBC1cP6qaKtBthr0/s320/Blog04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488991591722004466" /></a><br /><br />And had a go at GIANT pictionary.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJ_-vRkLxxOt7UX4CKPlGI1epvfOT9ieN-EcyztNcR6ifahV_zhaV3kmu9prmnzZwX4bgUJnge81uMNpvFfDPnZiH8CQ49WvQWEGsZnzp1LyEuETbyf9zIt1IFBrjLT6k4KGwuXFlFtU/s1600/Blog01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJ_-vRkLxxOt7UX4CKPlGI1epvfOT9ieN-EcyztNcR6ifahV_zhaV3kmu9prmnzZwX4bgUJnge81uMNpvFfDPnZiH8CQ49WvQWEGsZnzp1LyEuETbyf9zIt1IFBrjLT6k4KGwuXFlFtU/s320/Blog01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488991569532097778" /></a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-91142008115080702942010-05-21T17:49:00.002+01:002010-05-21T17:54:07.389+01:00Those Were The DaysJust found this relic as I was cleaning out my hard drive.<div>It's the video from our first ever official Big Art People Project, way back in November 2008.</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0UG4ApgF278&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0UG4ApgF278&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></div><br /><div>My my, look how far we've come!</div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-34078249987738848742010-04-24T11:02:00.004+01:002010-04-24T11:18:31.761+01:00Pebbles!We've been working like crazy on the pebble mosaic at Perton Library, South Staffs this month. Fuelled by tea and biscuits provided by the wonderful library staff we have almost finished our largest mosaic to date.<br /><br />Measuring 3.6m by 2.4m, and containing some 8,000 hand-placed pebbles (we estimate), the mosaic is inspired by the people of Perton.<br /><br />We are awaiting delivery of some tiles to finish the final <span style="font-style:italic;">lake</span> section, but in the meantime here are some pictures of the work in progress:<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LKdwfkTA7WBhnGR3YputFDl1Ytkdyjx6zGpNWLA4g3uVrJ1Pxk_4uE9IghR7h71Ec_9kg_97cF01woeTbUAQn3_Fs4KO4Glz5hxpB1FqmXR52EqsJSxeYSuyYJ3BVuCjwXdQm3NpzDQ/s1600/DSC00228+(Large).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LKdwfkTA7WBhnGR3YputFDl1Ytkdyjx6zGpNWLA4g3uVrJ1Pxk_4uE9IghR7h71Ec_9kg_97cF01woeTbUAQn3_Fs4KO4Glz5hxpB1FqmXR52EqsJSxeYSuyYJ3BVuCjwXdQm3NpzDQ/s320/DSC00228+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463645122880506402" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPD9yuvbFXiPpxI5kPJILUTCNUmDhoEl88aTy-Zm0CnxhQDR5jPaVB7HhwWARnTqGzWPr_sC593a9ePI16c0UAIqTQGxOo5TGYS3UddINXUOr83Phtwrn5vdgOMag_2NVECELpBYo4so/s1600/DSC00236+(Large).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPD9yuvbFXiPpxI5kPJILUTCNUmDhoEl88aTy-Zm0CnxhQDR5jPaVB7HhwWARnTqGzWPr_sC593a9ePI16c0UAIqTQGxOo5TGYS3UddINXUOr83Phtwrn5vdgOMag_2NVECELpBYo4so/s320/DSC00236+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463645128090174482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4QaI5wbNqUXyHgCo3rFHLv4RCxjKTQibbeNB3u9kzlXGbwSVCx328VTSDmkYV-II8Xa8NDLh_FQmGTOE0wn0MsCI8kYsV7iyHk1i4Ge6fptIdbPmcb6M0lwfYGoUvX9d-YqLkP8jHbI/s1600/DSC00241+(Large).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4QaI5wbNqUXyHgCo3rFHLv4RCxjKTQibbeNB3u9kzlXGbwSVCx328VTSDmkYV-II8Xa8NDLh_FQmGTOE0wn0MsCI8kYsV7iyHk1i4Ge6fptIdbPmcb6M0lwfYGoUvX9d-YqLkP8jHbI/s320/DSC00241+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463645134058948274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPiDQATwgevUiAd_cDethItB2lSYK-Q62s_nVqAaC2x3GhRvAM3o2eAA_QlakJbxtlamw6tzr_fqqdQh3B5GlMyBoocJcUsMn9smKeCSw-4DC8gbzdzJHJTF9LQl_hwAtqxncP1cyZag/s1600/DSC00271+(Large).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPiDQATwgevUiAd_cDethItB2lSYK-Q62s_nVqAaC2x3GhRvAM3o2eAA_QlakJbxtlamw6tzr_fqqdQh3B5GlMyBoocJcUsMn9smKeCSw-4DC8gbzdzJHJTF9LQl_hwAtqxncP1cyZag/s320/DSC00271+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463645139112318738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkpQFVihyphenhyphen50rEDayb0qP4sScTTdorjYIRJdpDjz8UUx1k-3pE1bNknUQaXy7-RKL0pFeDMWLaB4mRmDzvvwSl6RNowNCbdcUd0MlV0dus501cFBmJSQCHqCCgtuv4gGZr0f6bqxtCNL4/s1600/Blog01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkpQFVihyphenhyphen50rEDayb0qP4sScTTdorjYIRJdpDjz8UUx1k-3pE1bNknUQaXy7-RKL0pFeDMWLaB4mRmDzvvwSl6RNowNCbdcUd0MlV0dus501cFBmJSQCHqCCgtuv4gGZr0f6bqxtCNL4/s320/Blog01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463645142831456866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpZc7jh9aK23ZtTJoShWEg-IUY5vhleMlvZGquWKa0rjk1mPWpYsBfuN-iyh4Y_ZS4oDKSEJPE6UuI6umoynhd62tLSBewf0A-EqQFQ2nmuC-2DhHgUnpCzGywNrovFJSf_IyJGE-35Q/s1600/Blog03.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5lvCWGFYnmnz4Q1F-WY9GMmbbfWOxr35b80IwMJPGIeBfe3i7-iLsdDhN0RSAmohmxbRIegdINXEo7ht2TPf9-ilYDqvUSWyffk7HrxtCbbWcHS_I6VJBdxVxEHaW6ZLChngRh3TE-E/s320/Blog04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463645488748446306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaC7X6OtZGphjKFtwsgnz0BgbWqNmt3PQIuWkdJy-_mWBAuw2apvQoK7BS97qSyzZxhBtaak4A4wYxLs3SH38F0DnIGfHbEUppJMFLxHHRIh6AJirFEGtjzhKtUQniz2AuUHoDY4ibiiI/s1600/Blog06.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaC7X6OtZGphjKFtwsgnz0BgbWqNmt3PQIuWkdJy-_mWBAuw2apvQoK7BS97qSyzZxhBtaak4A4wYxLs3SH38F0DnIGfHbEUppJMFLxHHRIh6AJirFEGtjzhKtUQniz2AuUHoDY4ibiiI/s320/Blog06.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463645501398331314" /></a></div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-85131205501488911362010-04-02T11:27:00.009+01:002010-04-02T12:01:25.093+01:00Because You're St. Georgeous"We need your help with some art projects," said the Art Coordinator of St. George's Primary School in Littleover. "And one of them has to be done before Easter!"<br />I'm not one to shy from a challenge, and I did have <i>one</i> free day before Easter, so I took a trip to the school.<div><br /></div><div>They wanted the children to produce a piece to present to the local St. George's Church, as a token of their thanks and appreciation for everything that the church has done for them over the years. Something relevant, permanent, and classy. We tossed some ideas around before deciding on a stained glass window-style relief piece, based on the myth of St. George, and involving children from Reception to Y6.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I returned home, sat down, had a cuppa and a ponder, and came up with this design:</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-BgNFknQXkXCu3b0yHIuW8UWf5KZUUUJqwWAgBSkyoSQm0j_RcYszfwxyl4ADx5Ij6ta43Oh0Wg80zK8bUDb1OjWNYFcavd1J-gBSJ1qZ1ARn_jep4D-KtXEJvtBa1GYsgyZ3LDTwKE/s1600/Final.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-BgNFknQXkXCu3b0yHIuW8UWf5KZUUUJqwWAgBSkyoSQm0j_RcYszfwxyl4ADx5Ij6ta43Oh0Wg80zK8bUDb1OjWNYFcavd1J-gBSJ1qZ1ARn_jep4D-KtXEJvtBa1GYsgyZ3LDTwKE/s400/Final.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455491728618563362" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Everyone happy with the design, I headed to the school on the last day of term. The children were excitable, but all lovely and interested in what I was doing there, what materials I was using, and who would get to have a go.</div><div>I worked with just two children from each class, and 24 in total. They built up the many layers, from the basic background to the detailed face, by applying small balls of art mache, shaping it, and smoothing it out.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU799ns5OovAsdv4S1ryCmpiTOeyPe40xBbPe4HvIzN0pv3bl0XF4ySMxzkwu151esX5690rKhdwH8mHW7I_lbZEASmiUBv4Secm4CnGK65g_iy490QrKj8tyqreoYesmdpVXBWn20-0A/s1600/01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU799ns5OovAsdv4S1ryCmpiTOeyPe40xBbPe4HvIzN0pv3bl0XF4ySMxzkwu151esX5690rKhdwH8mHW7I_lbZEASmiUBv4Secm4CnGK65g_iy490QrKj8tyqreoYesmdpVXBWn20-0A/s400/01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455489585374820818" /></a><div><br /></div><div>The bell rang for the end of the day, the children rushed home to their Easter eggs and XBoxes, and I spent a couple of minutes smoothing the edges and refining the details.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHdZ8nmuiixnEPvGXClliSvxgVCmbOrFPxoobCD1jKBwZJEZLMYW1oOqahj-x8DbQXyngCOTS2CNRLoj65k7R2hMR4UvcUheQEMXm8jtIUAbS3UK1ZXxTrVY8951wLKcVqvcI-ZZsRQk/s1600/02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHdZ8nmuiixnEPvGXClliSvxgVCmbOrFPxoobCD1jKBwZJEZLMYW1oOqahj-x8DbQXyngCOTS2CNRLoj65k7R2hMR4UvcUheQEMXm8jtIUAbS3UK1ZXxTrVY8951wLKcVqvcI-ZZsRQk/s400/02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455489587138614978" /></a><div><br /></div><div>I'm returning after Easter to help the kids paint it. Can't wait.</div><div><br /></div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-59258695322072633922010-02-27T10:07:00.003+00:002010-02-27T10:16:06.911+00:00The Long and Snowy Road<div>The wonderful Jean sent me a picture of our wonderful tunnel in the recent dump of wonderful snow.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1LChWeeCbCc3DbfTq8eh9yFlhb8MqSxiHKcyHKitiftEVvAPqrz4tMkDJ9YuZUeTkbgu0Tc5lxX7-Q8E3lhaqhe7-T6RZUTGFwiVB4svvXBDecmeyEuZxGKn0ytMdc28pcylc8YGOEw/s1600-h/Blog05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1LChWeeCbCc3DbfTq8eh9yFlhb8MqSxiHKcyHKitiftEVvAPqrz4tMkDJ9YuZUeTkbgu0Tc5lxX7-Q8E3lhaqhe7-T6RZUTGFwiVB4svvXBDecmeyEuZxGKn0ytMdc28pcylc8YGOEw/s400/Blog05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442864644397290450" /></a>Lovely.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-66182843882235325802010-02-18T12:59:00.006+00:002010-02-18T14:20:33.694+00:00Paint It Black...blue, red, green, yellow, orange, and purple.I just arrived back from a paint-splattered morning at <a href="http://www.littletreasuresdaynursery.info/">Little Treasures Days Nursery, Penkridge</a>. <div>As part of their Half Term workshop programme they asked for The Big Art People to make them a brightly coloured sign to adorn the front entrance to the nursery. </div><div><br /></div><div>I had 11 children helping me, who were between 3 and 9 years old. And I think they did a smashing job.<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mCIWHrHGGtAWdD4zQZyHaIXPMSBNqAbmzd1BlWiIcwnG6nnJXjBbJk09m06DAj54jKdtoOreTggK8QTHZvGKW5r9VhyphenhyphenCTAEz7X0ux06rzt1Ns8fUmeHP0RTov6wXuR0UO2dkkzlLKIk/s1600-h/Blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mCIWHrHGGtAWdD4zQZyHaIXPMSBNqAbmzd1BlWiIcwnG6nnJXjBbJk09m06DAj54jKdtoOreTggK8QTHZvGKW5r9VhyphenhyphenCTAEz7X0ux06rzt1Ns8fUmeHP0RTov6wXuR0UO2dkkzlLKIk/s400/Blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439568743634984914" /></a></div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-46213883992664850212010-02-04T08:53:00.008+00:002010-02-04T09:37:24.461+00:00I'd like to be, under the sea.<div style="text-align: left;">It was an autumnal October eve when we began this mural project at the Evening Sleepover Club at <a href="http://www.saxonhill.staffs.sch.uk/">Saxon Hill Special School</a>, in Lichfield, Staffs, and last night when we finally finished it off.</div><div>We'd been asked to brighten up their dull, sterile bathroom with an undersea scene. Tim hit on a novel way to get the children (many with profound cerebral palsy) as involved as possible: we would have them paint long sheets of textured wallpaper with bright colours, then <i>we</i> would cut them into coral shapes and paste them onto a blue wall; we also recruited Lea Thomas, a local joiner, to cut out some chunky fish to be stuck amongst the coral reef.</div><div><br /></div><div>First we painted the background.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbKklKbsjOqtNPNTDY4hpAOasJJC5v_lJK7_YCfCMzvt6D5qYdeBmKDd25DNkTEGc4rK6wWvMDUM1N-D33Z7_5bSmAuGTkUlABCAeukXZRj7N_al6-CIu_C1SpaTK1JjUrMXpnHZJ69U/s1600-h/Blog02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbKklKbsjOqtNPNTDY4hpAOasJJC5v_lJK7_YCfCMzvt6D5qYdeBmKDd25DNkTEGc4rK6wWvMDUM1N-D33Z7_5bSmAuGTkUlABCAeukXZRj7N_al6-CIu_C1SpaTK1JjUrMXpnHZJ69U/s320/Blog02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434314258726458162" /></a><div>Then spent a week of evening sessions getting real messy with the kids.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_68GllgkO1f94fuv1tShgkJ6WwXQLyV_6REMcJJt7QgqDrm_t9gISRAodvxA8EPfYHra0pWVjBYYV_ib95Cby3K51H27Guo2HSCUYEzP8pU9SLxKsEyMGpozNvWzvvFPluDK0g4dDvk/s1600-h/Blog03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_68GllgkO1f94fuv1tShgkJ6WwXQLyV_6REMcJJt7QgqDrm_t9gISRAodvxA8EPfYHra0pWVjBYYV_ib95Cby3K51H27Guo2HSCUYEzP8pU9SLxKsEyMGpozNvWzvvFPluDK0g4dDvk/s320/Blog03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434314264974185746" /></a><div>Several paint fights broke out over the course of these sessions. All, I must add, instigated by the Saxon Hill staff. This is typical of the good humour and joy that pervades the whole establishment, and makes it a pleasure to return again and again.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXLdAOjYuJT5GfIs4guy_5a4SrLnGgtTDoTCRUpvD83dakoMZXHJ3ZIoHuvdVe5ggfELU7-PVgs_26vRC30lGeg1XWYj4p7oxgJh3drhQkPlwW9F_QmbIvahe5I11QrDwtAeLapUwUrI/s1600-h/Blog01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXLdAOjYuJT5GfIs4guy_5a4SrLnGgtTDoTCRUpvD83dakoMZXHJ3ZIoHuvdVe5ggfELU7-PVgs_26vRC30lGeg1XWYj4p7oxgJh3drhQkPlwW9F_QmbIvahe5I11QrDwtAeLapUwUrI/s320/Blog01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434314253926722338" /></a><div>We pasted the coral onto the wall, the fish were decorated, then they were stuck onto the wall using velcro pads (this allows them to be moved and swapped around at the whim of the students).</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWH94_FWdsxtqoTA9yXGdcXjWgPN1o9KZ3QsnhN8ANWQRKZQGvVQOU8ZzIAdbzI-IvNsGucrJOYTlpafrxMh-7Q78JUW_8drRQaZo3WfSGDdFKRJc1LHpeGKF-AT0kK_RbpCCJqWp18R4/s1600-h/Blog04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWH94_FWdsxtqoTA9yXGdcXjWgPN1o9KZ3QsnhN8ANWQRKZQGvVQOU8ZzIAdbzI-IvNsGucrJOYTlpafrxMh-7Q78JUW_8drRQaZo3WfSGDdFKRJc1LHpeGKF-AT0kK_RbpCCJqWp18R4/s320/Blog04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434314268720140130" /></a><div>The whole thing is bright, colourful, textured, and tactile. Perfect for the bathroom!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnxNONw1gtQ7b1ZR8EAAxSCXxWG6qK441C7fddvQLKJ-gF8aL8CAzoJBMqM0xay7xov1km6XUaIgn8vK0tCGwRSzf_qUeKnvExh0UEuSAWeOBPDPWftQ1KYIm6t4Z7drF0XfXRU9Ph8g/s1600-h/Blog05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnxNONw1gtQ7b1ZR8EAAxSCXxWG6qK441C7fddvQLKJ-gF8aL8CAzoJBMqM0xay7xov1km6XUaIgn8vK0tCGwRSzf_qUeKnvExh0UEuSAWeOBPDPWftQ1KYIm6t4Z7drF0XfXRU9Ph8g/s400/Blog05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434318313934325906" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i>On a connected note, I'm running the Brighton Marathon to raise money for the charity Scope, who focus on people with cerebral palsy.</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i>Any contribution would be greatly received: </i></span><a href="http://bit.ly/aJWNes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">http://bit.ly/aJWNes</span></a></div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-75886003884724784102010-01-22T09:30:00.004+00:002010-01-22T09:49:03.920+00:00We Wish You A Merry CraftmasLate December, 2009: the libraries of South Staffordshire rang with the sounds of chattering children and snapping crackers as we, the Big Art People, ran our 5th lot of craft sessions.<div>We worked with loads of kids (and the odd parent), in <a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/librariesnew/branchlibraries/WombourneLibrary/WombourneLibrary.htm">Wombourne</a>, <a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/librariesnew/branchlibraries/PertonLibrary/PertonLibrary.htm">Perton</a>, <a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/librariesnew/branchlibraries/BrewoodLibrary/BrewoodLibrary.htm">Brewood</a>, <a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/librariesnew/branchlibraries/CodsallLibrary/CodsallLibrary.htm">Codsall</a>, <a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/librariesnew/branchlibraries/PenkridgeLibrary/PenkridgeLibrary.htm">Penkridge</a>, and <a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/librariesnew/branchlibraries/CheslynHayLibrary/CheslynHayLibrary.htm">Cheslyn Hay</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>The children all made wintery scenes on paper plates, shiny crowns, and customized crackers (complete with joke). Truly the spirit of Christmas was in the air, and it was a lovely end to a rather hectic year.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoEWfPI7FqlC5tX2wSFqBgSjgWhFh1A0UCzaeBTBzKsmMmyRgnyVWY_HpWJN8sgerPiU5A3J6CvmerI1LAdYPYNNtHzRnitfmN8gtuO6FZtwqda2iTGhQ1gKgdblZBIsVKizGkwxX6jc/s1600-h/Blog2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoEWfPI7FqlC5tX2wSFqBgSjgWhFh1A0UCzaeBTBzKsmMmyRgnyVWY_HpWJN8sgerPiU5A3J6CvmerI1LAdYPYNNtHzRnitfmN8gtuO6FZtwqda2iTGhQ1gKgdblZBIsVKizGkwxX6jc/s400/Blog2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429497194620367266" /></a><br /><div>We have just one set of craft sessions to go, during February half term. What the theme is we do not yet know, but rest assured the crafts will be as crafty as ever.</div><div><br /></div><div>In other news, Perton library has received some funding for us to do a pebble mosaic in their courtyard, in conjunction with the local community...so that's exciting!</div><div><br /></div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-14589634588497059032010-01-14T11:46:00.005+00:002010-01-14T13:00:45.769+00:00Tunnel of WoodLike their younger cohorts, the Alrewas Guides and Scouts are well up for community art projects. Which is why, when <a href="http://www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/events/4545/willow-weaving-at-fradley">British Waterways</a> asked us to repair the sad-looking willow tunnel at Fradley Pond with help from members of the local community, we knew who to call.<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKh6ROzmSWtkSDilNP5UTrrzqq05X3EbkqtVYDhafDS4o0ZgDYBDLu0rsSCDnxUalesQ65kWLkggNyxtEyWup4o1_hdjlG4tYaX17q9lVxE38GMdgTK1Xr7bWh7j_yuSbsOm0dstXFHys/s1600-h/Blog03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKh6ROzmSWtkSDilNP5UTrrzqq05X3EbkqtVYDhafDS4o0ZgDYBDLu0rsSCDnxUalesQ65kWLkggNyxtEyWup4o1_hdjlG4tYaX17q9lVxE38GMdgTK1Xr7bWh7j_yuSbsOm0dstXFHys/s400/Blog03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426577731282462562" /></a><br /><div>Over two days we worked with Guides and Scouts to plant, tie, weave, and bodge all the willow we had to create a sturdy, lasting structure.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQsqIQHhqsV0wfzkHC5bL4Ngtq7T4oyiQStkD7SduxB10iGBhqwHi61QU2lB_lNbo0eYEDsfqgj_gD8YYdC8sRR3OcfxhFHIIal_-wZSOiG74VM7MlHYNFyPEoUs05uEaaSqGRQ445Ug/s1600-h/Blog01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQsqIQHhqsV0wfzkHC5bL4Ngtq7T4oyiQStkD7SduxB10iGBhqwHi61QU2lB_lNbo0eYEDsfqgj_gD8YYdC8sRR3OcfxhFHIIal_-wZSOiG74VM7MlHYNFyPEoUs05uEaaSqGRQ445Ug/s400/Blog01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426577726334856962" /></a><br /><div>The children and adults all got a bit muddy and a little chilly, but fun was certainly had by all.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghT4nmvAiuTCumXuj1U9UM9I0BTT_suKj-phBsmhyJi8yP4Uc3kDgoYlF55Q5VEddh6f8W6JSmLirJtHxogrWSdeJL77o_so1-h3Jn_MqkVmK8uuKsrWlw86NFSKsHybxLqn_OwzXWwWQ/s1600-h/Blog02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghT4nmvAiuTCumXuj1U9UM9I0BTT_suKj-phBsmhyJi8yP4Uc3kDgoYlF55Q5VEddh6f8W6JSmLirJtHxogrWSdeJL77o_so1-h3Jn_MqkVmK8uuKsrWlw86NFSKsHybxLqn_OwzXWwWQ/s400/Blog02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426577730400627650" /></a><div><br /></div><div>We're back in Fradley on <b>Sunday 24th</b> to finish it off, with the help of some more locals. </div><div>You're welcome to drop-in and join us at <b>10am-1pm</b> or <b>2pm-4:30</b>. </div><div>Wear gloves and lots of layers!</div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-54644451039562200282010-01-06T17:03:00.005+00:002010-01-06T17:20:39.604+00:00We Wish You A Merry CubmasJanet, the Alrewas Cubs leader contacted us asking for some giant outdoor festive Christmas building adornments: so we put our heads together and decided on baubles. <div>A trip to Argos to buy six space hoppers later, and we were ready to go.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It was all a bit manic as there were 30 Cubs and lots of paint in a slightly-too-small enclosed space, but they all did really well and the baubles looked excellent.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We left it to the Cubs to hang them up around the Scout Hut, as we reckoned that they'd be far better than us at tying knots.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDr1YfbP-SzQ1Sli72YPnuessrTu5E45i2yQxEBLcKCzd5pd_BVUv97btHN4GEXZQ3lce68y9o7ZbLSwN_wW3RBq383AFhM1PwpNxfCF0cJZt9B-SGYgSCxmXa0B4-KJrvN3jOV8wmlA/s1600-h/All.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDr1YfbP-SzQ1Sli72YPnuessrTu5E45i2yQxEBLcKCzd5pd_BVUv97btHN4GEXZQ3lce68y9o7ZbLSwN_wW3RBq383AFhM1PwpNxfCF0cJZt9B-SGYgSCxmXa0B4-KJrvN3jOV8wmlA/s400/All.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423677357879980530" /></a><br /><div>Ooh and they also painted a Christmas message for passers-by.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfuCPM_GdiIzB_-giZ3TdXTr38FIQ-DAhCwOlUZFYSUNKh5PhWnDGBJzaiCYw7yKX226nHZTPwMKxuWfIJZw8Kh8Ri62nDiDReoAqJGr1fEzy0ru4b3hymRR_AuG3rt7aLlbj9E8G5SQ/s1600-h/Sign.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfuCPM_GdiIzB_-giZ3TdXTr38FIQ-DAhCwOlUZFYSUNKh5PhWnDGBJzaiCYw7yKX226nHZTPwMKxuWfIJZw8Kh8Ri62nDiDReoAqJGr1fEzy0ru4b3hymRR_AuG3rt7aLlbj9E8G5SQ/s400/Sign.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423677363267735922" /></a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-17936441612022507172009-12-10T16:23:00.010+00:002009-12-10T16:43:49.411+00:00I'm Loving Angels In...CreweA couple of weeks ago I went to Springfield Special School in Crewe to help some of the Juniors make some giant angels for their Christmas performances.<br />Here were the plans:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWK0aRSbqfIcShlNxvEdRZ5p8dTeyIKDJHpDN3uVf8xUq388bOCIKDXvNjNhjViicnIxi3FfWeOGVfeRjZaAk4p597IyMzamV2NPh3dLuWTQQQUVBbRCWKde1WR2NZFcgUirEn4rnuec/s1600-h/Mockup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWK0aRSbqfIcShlNxvEdRZ5p8dTeyIKDJHpDN3uVf8xUq388bOCIKDXvNjNhjViicnIxi3FfWeOGVfeRjZaAk4p597IyMzamV2NPh3dLuWTQQQUVBbRCWKde1WR2NZFcgUirEn4rnuec/s320/Mockup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413648035910316242" /></a><br /><div>With my two wonderfully helpful helpers, we split the group in two and had them each work on a different angel. The children did all of the design work, then painted their designs onto large pieces of cloth. </div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50aQ8tVOx0Mcc4E9gR_-KQwpT7rRN2qnyx1qjCx9Zv6oJnZrgrFXFtz3nA15TCuuuHQFaueczJUDhhzxtGfnmosAeCh1W5UXGCnc95b4WS8oe2fxy3_HwfRq6iO41uH71HnLbhmS-1lA/s1600-h/Blog01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50aQ8tVOx0Mcc4E9gR_-KQwpT7rRN2qnyx1qjCx9Zv6oJnZrgrFXFtz3nA15TCuuuHQFaueczJUDhhzxtGfnmosAeCh1W5UXGCnc95b4WS8oe2fxy3_HwfRq6iO41uH71HnLbhmS-1lA/s320/Blog01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413645627083932738" /></a><br /><div>They were happy painting away which left us to dish out paint and clean up the mess they made!</div><div>After a hard day's work the children went home and I attached the painted sheets to the pre-made frames, and popped a light inside each one to give them an ethereal glow.</div><div><br /></div><div>Result: two big, colourful angels for Springfield School.</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWhhRs4wxQBrHPInEhPb5Hdg20J-7N9HgNeGIgVdPcVvtoyoqrAF8P7X2VOjgdxXgLuDU3aHpYN8S7sZb4nlNlV2xqFgK0V_5cFCfQKpT45H60RwiBF1dxxhKqN3Fovp_SVpc4_1htbI/s1600-h/Blog02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWhhRs4wxQBrHPInEhPb5Hdg20J-7N9HgNeGIgVdPcVvtoyoqrAF8P7X2VOjgdxXgLuDU3aHpYN8S7sZb4nlNlV2xqFgK0V_5cFCfQKpT45H60RwiBF1dxxhKqN3Fovp_SVpc4_1htbI/s320/Blog02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413645628222612626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYSsTFg0biCqbyMHMg8MYA-BT6i9lSuQMG8QjjdiOWqkJGXK-1_6Ufbsn9aLdOH7GUvotzwxf17SvyVSDBkGnC1VyfZgaAIsVewWv2OROZeAoI1nHEDuUe7bBMx9QbKntGELfJD4GnaQ/s1600-h/Blog03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYSsTFg0biCqbyMHMg8MYA-BT6i9lSuQMG8QjjdiOWqkJGXK-1_6Ufbsn9aLdOH7GUvotzwxf17SvyVSDBkGnC1VyfZgaAIsVewWv2OROZeAoI1nHEDuUe7bBMx9QbKntGELfJD4GnaQ/s320/Blog03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413645640101779042" /></a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-5516031302315998932009-12-02T12:24:00.008+00:002009-12-02T13:14:19.688+00:00Where The Wild Things Are...in Nottingham<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SxZkag0h7pI/AAAAAAAAAeE/Gb8b2bAg-_s/s1600-h/fernwood2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 148px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SxZkag0h7pI/AAAAAAAAAeE/Gb8b2bAg-_s/s400/fernwood2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410622408981868178" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">A few weeks ago we went to Fernwood Junior School to help them celebrate their ‘Community Day’. There seemed to be lots going on, but we barely had time to investigate as we were busy working with Year 5 to make four monstrous multicultural masterpieces!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SxZk2M1UCNI/AAAAAAAAAeM/6AFZ5RH0jIw/s1600-h/fernwood3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SxZk2M1UCNI/AAAAAAAAAeM/6AFZ5RH0jIw/s400/fernwood3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410622884652779730" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">We started with four local landmarks: the school, the war memorial, the park, and the library, then tasked the children with populating them with the most diverse community imaginable...a community where everyone is welcome regardless of how many legs, arms, eyes, or noses they have, or whether they are covered in fur, scales, or slime.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OCPi0Jt1dAA7E9dSh3zWmWveKcXVVHTqrMTZle8jYT3rKt9pyut1KDwP5KUkTy6-VoiRUm_E7BrBnolAN-ntpV-DBbfeC6b5OybChBx1WHu-GqEF7WNaVOw3-3qCMLxufv1oOWjEx38/s1600-h/fernwood.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OCPi0Jt1dAA7E9dSh3zWmWveKcXVVHTqrMTZle8jYT3rKt9pyut1KDwP5KUkTy6-VoiRUm_E7BrBnolAN-ntpV-DBbfeC6b5OybChBx1WHu-GqEF7WNaVOw3-3qCMLxufv1oOWjEx38/s400/fernwood.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410618227656229394" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">There were just 2 rules:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"></p><ul><li><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language: EN-GBfont-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">No colouring in. All monsters must be drawn in black pen on white paper.</span></li><li>Each monster had to feature 1 coloured detail, either the school logo, a poppy, a woolly hat or scarf, or a book, depending on which place they were stood outside.</li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The children took to it brilliantly, creating a multicultural community of hundreds of hilarious, happy monsters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">They even sent us a thank you card!</p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SxZnSeP7DmI/AAAAAAAAAeU/4waJjRHE_AY/s1600-h/IMAG0073.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SxZnSeP7DmI/AAAAAAAAAeU/4waJjRHE_AY/s400/IMAG0073.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410625569387384418" /></a>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467280816779888309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-10595322657028474532009-11-20T12:39:00.011+00:002009-11-21T14:29:57.108+00:00Murals from Sierra Leone<div style="text-align: left;">Springfield Junior School in Ipswich wanted four murals based on life in Sierra Leone. So after some consultation with the Head Teacher, and clear instructions to include a barracuda at any cost (he was a little obsessed!), I spent a weekend sketching these four mockups:</div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy7gpqR_06VqRj2KVJJR0moInR70lwf-ik6B-P6Ujy46adAeVySQXQdm6qdk-LWe2085s5pQQ_9mxoes6VAhbh-5jZE8ADW2-ArvZTdYERsCjfxihfWGdh5cnMuw2Lx3DftSifH2weAQ/s400/4mockups.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 214px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406167033495964770" /><div style="text-align: left;">The school is twinned with a school in Sierra Leone. They are raising money for a well, and wanted something to reflect four aspects of life in the country: a shanty town, the school, a jungle replete with Sierra Leonean animals, and a tropical beach.</div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2nvVidT2cQZ8O-R4jT9NXHCJyt21D5V4J_USC8Z4uYoGXO3ZSSsP90ZOryH4eSceoRGyVpqwX4huYBseNzc-mc3E1tenr5O5s66YNNvpo6Cq9ERwfb4AlakTmY6nBII8Fl6zmrPH5XE/s200/kidspainting01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406173524226638034" /><br /><div>We worked with groups of four at a time. Slowly building up the background, midground, and foreground layers...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYK7ckI1VxHjRUCtbpqkWzhgHMI2GTC8mTAqIr4vRfKXjXWKQ6A57l6xCqStEeDiIQL-7qo1YOt3jh07wtbfynHKlr5pj6F-RFF-OSMWvkILfnNx5HwVoBVrOw5NheML-ctEPh6CDlr0/s200/bg.jpg" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406173517132019794" />...before carefully working in the details.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkghmpa_k4pFcGaM2J0Kas7twNQsSDWg0lNHys1UZXm8U8wWCi7wYZgFVMvj3Qrw52MUJBTFzMsERvDJkeXlzlPYAGyAmGfLuPPIe34vmByoWv7cwc96PA4NX-Nr3MkXH8YCvwxJ6za3k/s1600/kid+barracuda.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkghmpa_k4pFcGaM2J0Kas7twNQsSDWg0lNHys1UZXm8U8wWCi7wYZgFVMvj3Qrw52MUJBTFzMsERvDJkeXlzlPYAGyAmGfLuPPIe34vmByoWv7cwc96PA4NX-Nr3MkXH8YCvwxJ6za3k/s200/kid+barracuda.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406174613615299074" /></a><br /><div>In the end we worked with <i>almost</i> all of Y4, 5, and 6 over the five days. And I have to say that they did brilliantly.</div><br /><div>The murals had a designated place in the Y6 corridor, so I got out the power tools and we stuck them up:</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BfDpIcoX4ApJ7v0RqVM3W2LD02VXBStskerw7_JapjTF7GQDhQqgbt300bdY850-R54p1BcVFGsHRuqvDQoW2j9zQM-YMz22EmCuRn3gjA7w1sR3Rljbqg6EkliMC6Rb-8LNz5x4Itc/s1600/corridor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BfDpIcoX4ApJ7v0RqVM3W2LD02VXBStskerw7_JapjTF7GQDhQqgbt300bdY850-R54p1BcVFGsHRuqvDQoW2j9zQM-YMz22EmCuRn3gjA7w1sR3Rljbqg6EkliMC6Rb-8LNz5x4Itc/s400/corridor.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406175298691154306" /></a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-65105812581124961922009-11-11T18:40:00.005+00:002009-11-11T19:02:43.637+00:00Here Come the Drums, Here Come the Drums...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SvsIvYSrQiI/AAAAAAAAAdk/61umJKJ-gL8/s1600-h/_DSC1623.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SvsIvYSrQiI/AAAAAAAAAdk/61umJKJ-gL8/s400/_DSC1623.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402921788028699170" /></a><br /><br />Way back in August we went down to the <a href="http://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk/CUBedford/">Children's University</a> in Bedford for a week of rainforest-themed drumming. It was a great week for all involved, the children were given opportunities to do art, journalism, paper making, drama and even hold a variety of slithery rainforest inhabitants!<div><br /></div><div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SvsIt-6owHI/AAAAAAAAAdM/50avWmAfPYI/s400/_DSC1593.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402921764037116018" /><br /><div><br /></div><div>Our sessions gave the children the chance to learn the basics on a variety of drums, mainly the African djembe. First we learned some basic types of hit, then moved into gradually more complex rhythms (with the threat of singing if they didn't play in time!).</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SvsIuYTIk2I/AAAAAAAAAdU/qxuq23obEnk/s400/_DSC1596.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402921770850751330" /></div><div><br /></div><div>The sessions concluded with the children listening to Rudyard Kipling's Just So Story: The Sing Song Tale of Old Man Kangaroo and being challenged to retell the story using their drums. In the final session, even the parents got involved!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnzX1rtTR_uQdQksFtjOXnpf8c6pHYLgbxDK9iLcxFIb6ynsTy_21YLv02aQvPEmWhxqaM5pbpMWsqrFAXODBXir4K6HwNPzkulkLbw0ChJHOMKlNutGVu16eYQMBttlU-eI_raPCeA0/s400/_DSC1576.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402921781065863506" /></div></div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467280816779888309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-84753367399341158962009-11-03T13:18:00.017+00:002009-11-03T14:18:09.632+00:00Life in plastic, it's fantastic!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNn_X9-yhU57llBzsTRLCcxMNsU3k4vu48CsXIL_D3TfI3d2QPhzKXZNv4bEcrY06GsZTOFrVoJPoPwt4sNOVt-4nyep7WE6F9_F8F-st00GEfFVVjv4Y5l3a7ldFffP8OuYBTZrS0OfE/s200/01.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399874814053361586" />Finished on the 16th October, this project at Southfields Community Primary School in Coventry was our first foray into the complex and remarkable world of plastic casting.To show the kids the dangerous chemicals that we'd be using to cast their mini masterpieces we set up our lab outside.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7o8jd2QwataV__CDWxYPV67gNZAbohJdx4yL9nVRawxaNJ_h9uoyxMm9IIKPOMUY9JmVcMdnmYI1CL4UyyG6iwGMvhP_yePnWGgW3q_Hh6p2uxUYzmM02WC7egqU7OxLkcDPzvKqK0Y/s200/02.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399876351330224786" /><div>Then we went into each class (R, Y1, Y2) and did some relief work and random Matisee-inspired-shape-cutting-out to produce the inserts that would go inside each of the 140 resin blocks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcgTV01ssPkAUGhQogySD10QmGs58eY-5AOWdAfyt6JqtJ11o1wFR90Esd-Oh8uRUToBjJspD07OR2pqQ8cbzWn-U4WbzwuG1lwyuC7dWnloG8vzSZrFiRXFdk-QuCuTW9DOZu2sQTNQ/s200/05.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399877027091834562" />With all of the inserts completed, and a design for a giant WELCOME to be embedded into the</div><div>blocks approved by head teacher Paul, the Big Art People holed up in the lab for the next few days to work their alchemical wonders.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1-l6Numfe92irTV7MY_hYex2Jtw4kKa2beuAF8KDc2XzrJ5049Z6DU6F0ehKNGAZHBooTJrW67KWEgVVUA5_6smlYZLAoP0CcKsfKkpLpiI4zTqRIJzeLwTHWbRqydwOiic69w1OFF0/s200/06.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 82px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399878220134613186" /></div><div><br /></div><div>The blocks were left to set, then placed in the ground and put to bed over the weekend whilst the</div><div> adhesive beneath them and the varnish on top of them, cured.</div><div>And here are the results (shown with the original plan)!</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDieoMR5J27KuO3DNjpu5UM3MuTAzIo1C1_0Q4S8DUAUla1Mb5Pb8qhCSSmuRvmNx8xEHQ8O6uiPJYwsGu1LLAGvUTtQGYcTeCRKtsW1w1lzhH_mZYnOVVeVi_pLr0wbVK6zccd5Sa6w/s400/comparison.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 104px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399878864866544178" /><div>They're so shiny that it's difficult to do them justice in a photo. You'll just have to trust that they look brilliant when viewed with the naked eye!</div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09743380269088682800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-39464815938089950972009-10-01T14:58:00.006+01:002009-10-03T13:44:02.824+01:00A Warm Reception at Tower View<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SsS-xvnbDrI/AAAAAAAAAc0/sv3jQcMwr_8/s1600-h/towerview2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SsS-xvnbDrI/AAAAAAAAAc0/sv3jQcMwr_8/s400/towerview2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387640816046640818" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SsS-xvnbDrI/AAAAAAAAAc0/sv3jQcMwr_8/s1600-h/towerview2.jpg"></a>We've been at <a href="http://www.towerviewprimaryschool.co.uk/">Tower View Primary School</a> giving their reception area a well-needed boost.</div><div><br /></div><div>After a chat with members of the school council, we established that the foyer needed to show off the range of exciting activities the children participate in, as well as being a showcase for some of the best work in the school. Between us, we decided to turn the area into a funky art gallery with weird and wonderful picture frames along with some brightly coloured children to bring the whole thing together.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SsdGepDTp_I/AAAAAAAAAdE/UwyHZKKh6Zg/s400/towerviews.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 322px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388352971401832434" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Over a week, gifted and talented artists from the school worked with Jim to create the children and the artwork, and Tim to create the frames using a mixture of cardboard relief, paper maché, and of course, buckets of paint!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rRCSfntB9d0/SsdGLwhk64I/AAAAAAAAAc8/i0-7fs6Of-c/s400/towerview1.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388352646990326658" /></div><div><br /></div><div>We think you'll agree the results are pretty striking!</div>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467280816779888309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-17014414681167135622009-09-07T16:54:00.003+01:002009-09-07T17:13:20.052+01:00A Touch of Poetry<p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: right; display: block; width: 203px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39624655@N04/3648799715"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/3648799715_bdd376952b_m.jpg" alt="redflower" style="border: medium none ; display: block;" width="193" height="240" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution">Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39624655@N04/3648799715">marleneangeja</a> via Flickr</span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; width: auto; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello again!</span></span></span></p><p>Well, the new term is here and we thought what better way to begin than with this touching poem by Helen E. Buckley about an issue very close to our hearts...<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Little Boy</b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span></span></p></div><div><div>Once a little boy went to school</div><div class="im">He was quite a little boy,<br />And it was quite a big school.<br />But when the little boy<br />Found that he could go to his room<br />By walking right in from the door outside,<br />He was happy.<br />And the school did not seem<br />Quite so big any more.<br /><br />One morning,<br />When the little boy had been in school awhile,<br />The teacher said:<br />“Today we are going to make a picture.”<br />“Good!” thought the little boy.<br />He liked to make pictures.<br />He could make all kinds:<br />Lions and tigers,<br />Chickens and cows,<br />Trains and boats –<br />And he took out his box of crayons<br />And he began to draw.<br /><br />But the teacher said “Wait!<br />It is not time to begin!”<br />And she waited until everyone looked ready<br />“Now said the teacher<br />We are going to make flowers.”<br />“Good!” thought the little boy<br />He liked to make flowers,<br />And he began to make beautiful ones<br />With his pink and orange and blue crayons.<br /><br />And the teacher said “Wait!<br />And I will show you how.”<br />And it was red, with a green stem.<br />“There,” said the teacher.<br />“Now you may begin.”<br /><br />The little boy looked at the teacher’s flower.<br /></div></div>Then he looked at his flower.<div><div>He liked his flower better than the teacher’s.</div><div class="im">But he did not say this.<br />He just turned his paper over.<br />And made a flower like the teacher’s<br />It was red, with a green stem.<br /><br />On another day,<br />When the little boy had opened<br />The door from the outside all by himself,<br />The teacher said:<br />“Today we are going to make something with clay.”<br />“Good!” thought the little boy.<br />He liked clay<br /><br />He could make all kinds of things with clay:<br />Snakes and snowmen,<br />Elephants and mice,<br />Cars and trucks-<br />And he began to pull and pinch<br />His ball of clay.<br /><br />But the teacher said:<br />“Wait it is not time to begin!”<br />And she waited until everyone looked ready<br /><br />“Now,” said the teacher,<br />“We are going to make a dish.”<br />“Good!” thought the little boy.<br />He liked making dishes,<br />And he began to make some<br />That were all shapes and sizes.<br />Then the teacher said, “Wait!<br />And I will show you how.”<br />And she showed everyone how to make<br />One deep dish.<br />“There,” said the teacher,<br />“Now you may begin.”<br /><br />The little boy looked at the teacher’s dish<br />Then he looked at his own.<br />He liked his dishes better than the teacher’s.<br />But he did not say this.<br />He just rolled his clay into a big ball again<br />And made a dish like the teacher’s.<br />It was a deep dish.<br /><br />And pretty soon<br /><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The boy learned to wait,</span></span><br />And to watch,<br />And to make things just like the teacher.<br />And pretty soon<br />He didn’t make things of his own anymore.</div></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Then it happened<br />That the little boy and family<br />Moved to another city,<br />And the little boy<br />Had to go to another school.<br />The school was even bigger<br />Than the other one<br />And there was no door from the outside<br />Into his room.<br />He had to go up some big steps,<br />And walk down a long hall<br />To get to his room.<br /><br />And on the very first day<br />He was there,<br />The teacher said:<br />“Today we are going to make a picture.”<br />“Good!” thought the little boy,<br />And he waited for the teacher<br />To tell him what to do,<br />But the teacher didn’t say anything.<br />She just walked round the room.<br /><br />When she came to the little boy<br />She said, ”Don’t you want to make a picture?”<br />“Yes,” said the little boy.<br />“What are we going to make?”<br />“I don’t know until you make it,” said the teacher.<br />“How shall I make it?” asked the little boy.<br />“Why, any way you like,” said the teacher.<br />“And any colour ?” said the little boy.<br />“Any colour” said the teacher.<br />“If everyone made the same picture,<br />And used the same colours,<br />How would I know who made what?<br />And which was which?”<br />“I don’t know, “ said the little boy.<br />And he began to make</span></span></span></div></div>A red flower with a green stem.<br /><br /></div>Helen E. Buckley</span></div></span><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467280816779888309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-2589489972208409002009-08-04T18:58:00.007+01:002009-08-06T08:01:46.763+01:00Join the Quest!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRpzRi5GmB5L7bNLarmYl5skOwUD2YDYNN8evflMo1X5EPw1_adYRpw2HKrWhp5zdrNs-KXZSqV2sdEjeQroRTZ3UUo882vkKVk3YQPC64PfBrwjPXqJT9syfrOWr76VytmlJ1y9RYoNl/s1600-h/Blog03.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: left;">Our summer of craft workshops continues this and next week in seven South Staffs libraries.</div><div>Here's a few pictures from <a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/librariesnew/branchlibraries/CodsallLibrary/CodsallLibrary.htm">Codsall</a> and <a href="http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/librariesnew/branchlibraries/PertonLibrary/PertonLibrary.htm">Perton</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafpfM-FOPF7HP031hkjvhN1IdVap2jY1KUCrH1iU03m7yZx6DvENG3p6jTEvvmHER4RvUrjH7u1-bNpKpXpn_q0YnjdwXGFkDCl5sub_T1PRJ60376-ZWu3d8L4BfIjDaN3bJaAJ96aXE/s400/Blog01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366170078621119810" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>We've been making some <a href="http://www.ben10.net/">Ben 10</a> alien watches...</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRpzRi5GmB5L7bNLarmYl5skOwUD2YDYNN8evflMo1X5EPw1_adYRpw2HKrWhp5zdrNs-KXZSqV2sdEjeQroRTZ3UUo882vkKVk3YQPC64PfBrwjPXqJT9syfrOWr76VytmlJ1y9RYoNl/s1600-h/Blog03.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRpzRi5GmB5L7bNLarmYl5skOwUD2YDYNN8evflMo1X5EPw1_adYRpw2HKrWhp5zdrNs-KXZSqV2sdEjeQroRTZ3UUo882vkKVk3YQPC64PfBrwjPXqJT9syfrOWr76VytmlJ1y9RYoNl/s400/Blog03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366170910323805602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div>...and, as ever, those brilliantly tall and colourful headdresses!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLZg_w4lztd1cb6H885leAumMIy7BkOEMpsPB9ChBOLPbVKRz6lytXcfKmFkHXld3AmUvzlDhQVtyvE4YOyibXy6dZGVXqy4XCD41SUM4au3J8rn_bMAK6gLwQns2FskO9fb6Zax8x4kb/s400/Blog02.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366170084990453282" /></div><div>We've got 6 more days of this, then it's down to Bedfordshire for some rainforest-themed drumming sessions at the <a href="http://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk/CUBedford/">Children's University</a>. Busy busy busy.</div><div><br /></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Jim</span></i></div>The Big Art Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154455818907017063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-89826811537671744892009-07-28T20:03:00.006+01:002009-07-28T20:19:16.664+01:00Crafts in Coventry #2<div style="text-align: left;">As promised, here are a few photos from today's workshop with KS2.</div><div>They made storybooks...<br /><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVASQ_r-bqnlUK0mXcX9Y8xIoW70XgL43cV8zCX8XKJU8tbGOMVjGpkeF4ITJcOHf_x_a5fezpSA9DE5gfxpfA_DmMvXS2f2E5G03-vD_eUMABttZOzNF3EDe3D_z3J-PpzdA2lTf1eXqR/s400/Blog203.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 315px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363592272745138498" /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQBVHHXppV9Bojj-XdbHrjOAq0b2kA9nH8noBdLZi5Qv5ne9bajOUj4L1d9hKvKzdpa72ivc1LWfAdtles-SlOaJP3DJZ2NnOS2p9rddFG4UEjbV5kzAVG0hDgvjCMFTHTaBNrPPEM2s9/s400/Blog202.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363589266671942114" /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">...and headdresses...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2RQXzJWI4Ieticeuy0WiblGWGE_SnFAKMJs-F4u9ONlgvNZxi84_x5RTy_98f1oAf6y7xSqOA_EDrNA7_0yp6zCdC4LSJubHMp1DmLOjRaq14Lk3rVCDx-2ZlOQUdYc3-SEXgeRBRQZZ/s400/Blog204.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363589275169301698" /><div style="text-align: left;">...and everyone had a great time!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYI2ZjDRKzWsNfA6WHyD_lZsJIDN2TRrgSlv0JJhyphenhyphenQNrKUvyJs5RsTjygUiCY5cpiaHKMCCoBaeIAM6KPSeb4f9NGUBiugC2eiVH6iVa7RSvwLCZgBHR6DrxkAZxqBcEeZxBKcbY3qN2a/s400/Blog201.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363589262551886098" /></div><div><br /></div><div>We're heading down to South Staffordshire for the next fortnight to run the rest of our summer craft workshops. So there's plenty of planning to do!</div></div>The Big Art Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154455818907017063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8953690637212976632.post-38228890728174419712009-07-27T19:56:00.006+01:002009-07-27T20:27:45.329+01:00Crafts in CoventryHere are a few photos from the first of two craft workshops we're running this summer at <a href="http://www.southfields.coventry.sch.uk/">Southfields Primary Schoo</a>l in Coventry (where we made our glorious <a href="http://www.thebigartpeople.co.uk/projectpage.html">tiger mosaic</a>, and filmed our first <a href="http://thebigartpeople.blogspot.com/2009/07/our-first-video.html">video diary</a>). Today we worked with some local KS1 children who each made their very own magical story book starring their very own wizard or witch!<div><br /><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-CcxMqVIkOs_YYQRoBPC3R7crnUYv0l2FCj3Z_D8V4q6HgG-NNCycnatYNccTaPv39Ho_wmkDDR6KGH7lusaofu1nyUREO27a4VUnHq6XVm3_W95G1koqYPcgyvWqrGzFg5exuEEbnc9/s400/Blog103.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363221377544710274" />They made and bound their books, then designed houses, potions, spells, and monsters to fill it.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tA59GtQBoua5m_Coi1dFGEhxkzounFuGWXDHuHC5kvzgvcLgIE8dQA927VwGv-EITYgR07o-V-1nB62Nqzy_XI4DJDFl0CvoOArlUXxDzBD4oBOvGlp8LZQjqYn1734_hWdAdWXbSZo6/s1600-h/Blog102.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tA59GtQBoua5m_Coi1dFGEhxkzounFuGWXDHuHC5kvzgvcLgIE8dQA927VwGv-EITYgR07o-V-1nB62Nqzy_XI4DJDFl0CvoOArlUXxDzBD4oBOvGlp8LZQjqYn1734_hWdAdWXbSZo6/s1600-h/Blog102.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tA59GtQBoua5m_Coi1dFGEhxkzounFuGWXDHuHC5kvzgvcLgIE8dQA927VwGv-EITYgR07o-V-1nB62Nqzy_XI4DJDFl0CvoOArlUXxDzBD4oBOvGlp8LZQjqYn1734_hWdAdWXbSZo6/s400/Blog102.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363221381394190802" /></a>At the end they added words to their pictures to complete the story.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquUXvLPdv5xlbRIUVfRmnPFQYphWMCxwjoKiMzW5eOmeHKMl7ANGBseyOV9DROcM5h_ZS-C8iKj6CREpbIM1TnJrOWtApVMSr9tvqwnNg8Ohyphenhyphenjr43CKo_84FIhP_eX6FZH5zsAOA8jf37/s1600-h/Blog101.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 334px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquUXvLPdv5xlbRIUVfRmnPFQYphWMCxwjoKiMzW5eOmeHKMl7ANGBseyOV9DROcM5h_ZS-C8iKj6CREpbIM1TnJrOWtApVMSr9tvqwnNg8Ohyphenhyphenjr43CKo_84FIhP_eX6FZH5zsAOA8jf37/s400/Blog101.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363221378203719362" /></a></div></div>The Big Art Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154455818907017063noreply@blogger.com0