Sculpture from found materials
1 day course/workshop; primary school ages

A link to recycling and sustainability through collection of found objects either by litter pick, or through parents having selected safe usable items from waste (cardboard, plastic bottles, boxes and so on) over the previous weeks. Some schools might like to restrict activity to natural things like wood, straw, bark and so on or to working with material from a distinct area, like woodland (dead wood, hazel wands, twigs, leaves, honeysuckle 'rope' and so on).

Participants will look to developing three dimensional forms by aggregation, using twine, wire, rope or natural vines to produce fun sculpture whilst learning intuitively about balance and form. Younger ones may work in ('extended') two dimensions... collecting and aggregating shapes on the ground.

Parental/volunteer support advisable for cutting material and helping children with wire snips/scissors etc.

Works will have the advantage of being present in the grounds for a period of a day to a year or more, such as the natural sculptures merging into the landscape of Grizedale Forest Park.

Good photographic opportunities throughout the day, for press/publicity. Could be tied in with other workshops such as creative writing or drawing, or with a group exploring a number of ideas.

For more details on a course for your group or location, please make contact.

Example of activity in primary school, Hertfordshire:
set up 9am
10.00-10.30am      Reception groups, groups of four
10.30-11.30am      Year 4 and Year 1 combination; 5 groups of 5
11.30-12.30am      Year 4 and Year 1 combination; 5 groups of 5
1.15-2.15pm         Year 2 and Year 3 combination; 5 groups of 5
2.15-3.15pm         Year 2 and Year 3 combination; 5 groups of 5
3.15pm                all school come out to look around sculptures