Out of the Ordinary - An Arts Award Bronze Course in Clay Bead-making with Tim Broughton

A Course in Clay Bead-making

Tim Broughton is a jeweler who has been in the trade for 45 years and who now works from a studio in Swinton, Greater Manchester,as well as teaching courses in jewelry and delivering workshops in clay.  A graduate of the University of Salford, Tim also has an active interest in archaeology and antiques.

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Tim told the group about the history of jewelry, and that one of the earliest forms was made with clay beads threaded onto a torq.

The  pupils were then shown how to make beads by taking a small piece of white air-drying clay and rolling it around in the palm of their hands.  They could also roll the bead around on a flat surface if they wished.  Then Tim showed them how to pierce a hole carefully in the centre of the bead with a cocktail stick.

The students were also shown how to make long, thin beads, but these had to be treated with more care, as they could be fragile. The best size for these beads is about a half inch.  Piercing a hole through this type of bead is more difficult than through the round beads.

There was another method of making beads, which was by cutting into a thin layer of clay with shaped cutters.  There was the opportunity to make a variety of shapes and this time a hole needed to be pierced towards the edge of the shape.  The hole needs to be reasonably wide, so that the copper or silver wire fits through it.

The pupils set to work and produced a great number and variety of beads, which were left to dry for a few days....

Schüler von Oasis Akademie in Salford, Greater Manchester, machten Perlen aus Luft-trocknen Ton.

Dzieci produkowany szeroki wachlarz biżuteria z gliny podczas ich pierwszej lekcji.

Une grande variété de perles sont faites par les élèves d'Oasis Academy, Media City, Salford, quand ils apprennent à faire des bijoux avec Tim Broughton.

La gama de abalorios realizados por los alumnos de la Academia de Oasis, Media City, Salford, sólo está limitado por la imaginación!

La gamma dei talloni realizzati dagli studenti dell Accademia di oasi, Media City, Salford, è limitata solo dalla fantasia di questi studenti!

Lapset tekevät koruja!

بچوں کو مٹی جپنوں

Out of the Ordinary - An Arts Award Bronze Course in Fantasy Figure Drawing with Astrom Chang

Fantasy Figure Drawing 

Astrom Chang is a graduate of the University of Salford School of Art and Design.  His work at the University was of a more traditional kind, though, from an early age, he was learning the art of fantasy and superhero figures.

Astrom has been a professional illustrator during the past ten years and has collaborated recently with an established author on one of his picture novels, as well as inventing his own superhero.

He  has also delivered drawing workshops to youth groups and school pupils, however, at present he is concentrating on his figure drawing, mainly out and about around the  local city centre.

Website: http://astromchang.deviantart.com/

TV interview with That's Manchester:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry3lNfgUr4A&feature=share

In the Oasis Academy workshops he distributed diagrams from which the pupils could copy,  in order for them to "flex their artistic muscles" before creating their own drawings.  One was of a young woman's face and the other was of a figure.  It was recommended that these two diagrams be copied on a daily basis before attempting any drawing.

A rudimentary lesson in perspective was offered to the pupils, some of whom had heard of it but found it a difficult concept at first.  Astrom showed them the two point perspective and explained why it could be useful in drawing the figure three-quarters on, within some kind of a setting, such as a city-scape.

Astrom then demonstrated the basic skills of drawing a superhero's figure using, in the first instance, geometrical shapes such as oblongs, circles and cylinders to make the skeleton and then gradually building on this to achieve a more resolved figure.

The pupils then invented their own characters, and some even wrote a story.  The importance of these workshops was to stress the necessity for an artist to practice drawing every day, if possible.

Вчителя герой - Stan Lee. Stan Lee придумали відомого коміксів Marvel Супер-герой. Чи знаєте ви, що Супер-герой?

Les élèves de l'Académie Oasis aiment connaître les techniques de dessin et de perspective avec Astrom Chang.

Es ist wunderbar zu sehen, wie leicht und schnell Astrom zeichnen kann, nachdem er so viele Jahren seine Faehigkeiten praktiziert hat.

Según Astrom, ahora hay algunos brillantes ilustradores hembra usando sus habilidades para cambiar nuestra perspectiva sobre la fantasía narraciones en comic book art.