It has been art and craft week recently in my local primary schools and i was fortunate enough to be asked to help out. I was asked to think of a way to teach the children about an artist or a craft in an interactive and exciting way. For year 6, i asked the children to make some hybrid creatures from scraps of old recycled fabrics and buttons. This is something i had done as a brief in my university work and was curious to see what the children's could produce. This is a good exercise for inventing a subject or design idea when you are stuck. What i discovered was the children had limitless imagination when it came to developing their own ideas and they took to sewing skills with ease and enthusiasm. I also asked them to develop their characters with profiles and identities and to narrate a scenario around the imagery. I have posted only a few photographs from the week long activities but i have 30 in total. I will definitely be repeating this exercise when i have a creative block.
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