Year 2 Arts Award Bronze and Silver - Oasis Academy

REVERSE APPLIQUE

A new group of students began work on their Bronze Award starting with reverse applique.  The pupils sketched their designs on paper, having first thought about their own personal objects.  The drawing below is of a student's school bag.

Hafid worked hard at his sewing techniques and made good progress towards achieving his design in felt.  There is still some work to do before his design is finished.  Hafid is in the process of cutting away the unwanted layers to reveal his chosen colours for each section.

Shola made her design using a template of a circle for each of the ears and also for the face of the mouse below.  She decided to cut away the colours in such a way that the face is striped and one edge of each stripe is loose, rather than a sewn edge.  This was her own invention.  She also added the bow.

The design was used to make the front cover for a cushion.

Olivia, who already achieved a Bronze Arts Award last term, decided to support and mentor Shola by designing and making another reverse applique piece and working alongside Shola to help her at every stage of the project.  Olivia was thinking of embellishing her design with embroidery as she did in her last project in reverse applique.

Reverse Applique - An Arts Council of England Funded Arts Award Bronze and Silver Courses

All About Me - Reverse Applique on Felt - A New Course at Oasis Academy, Media City

Bronze Award

Building on the success of the four students from last, year, I am now Arts Adviser for the Bronze Arts Award to another class of Year 9 students and also to the original group of students from the last year, who are now working towards their Silver Award.

The new Year 9 group is a mix of boys and girls this year.

We began drawing objects which have a particular meaning to the individual students.  The only ban is on the mobile phone, as they all look similar, so some have chosen a shoe or a trainer, a favourite logo, or a watch to draw.  They were all given an A4 sheet of coloured paper and a felt pen, though some chose to draw in pencil.

During the second week, another batch of Year 9s arrived, so they began drawing their special objects, while the first group began choosing their coloured pieces of felt, with which they will be making their reverse applique designs.

A huge bonus this year is that a student from last year has asked to help with delivering this course, and this will be of benefit in her Silver Award.

Destiny gave a short presentation on how the felt pieces were to be stacked up and sewn around the edges, and helped students to achieve this.  Meanwhile, I was offering suggestions of objects to draw to the new Year 9 pupils.

Some pupils had had experience of sewing, but most, as in the previous year did not.  We had a busy hour of sketching, threading needles and, finally, sewing the pieces together.  By the end of the hour, some students had already transferred their designs onto the top black felt layer using the white tailors' chalk.

As we were all clearing away, Destiny was reflecting on the experience, and said that she now appreciated how difficult, but, at the same time, how rewarding teaching children is.  I am hoping that she will continue to help with this course.

Silver Award

The four successful Arts Award Bronze students were photographed with their Art Teacher and myself in front of displays of their art work from last year.

We then had a short discussion regarding what they need to do next, as they have initiated and held their first Art Exhibition in Eccles Community Art Gallery, Eccles Town Centre, Greater Manchester.

Their new brief is to interview artists, so they have decided to work as a team to interview their Art Teachers and myself.  Another part of the Silver Award is to become a leader. Destiny is already making some progress in this, as she has demonstrated above.

I was able to show the four pupils how much support viewers of this blog have given them, by viewing each of my posts about this Arts Council funded project, and they were delighted to hear that viewings have reached over 1200 from all over the Northern hemisphere.

I am hoping that the pupils will post some comments about taking part in this project at some stage, so I look forward to that.


Eine neue Gruppe von Studenten beginnen ihre Arts Award Bronze Kurs in dieser Woche. Sie zeichnen derzeit persönliche Gegenstände. Diese Zeichnungen werden in kreativen Nähen verwendet werden. In der Zwischenzeit sammeln sich die Silver Award Gruppe Informationen über Kunst und Künstler, die sie kennengelernt haben..


Un nouveau groupe d'étudiants commencent leur cours Bronze Award Arts cette semaine. Ils élaborent actuellement des effets personnels. Ces dessins seront utilisés dans appliques créatif. En attendant, le groupe Silver Award recueillir des informations sur l'art et les artistes qu'elles connaissent.


Un nuevo grupo de estudiantes comienzan su curso de artes Premio de Bronce esta semana. Ellos están haciendo actualmente dibujos de sus pertenencias personales. Estos dibujos serán utilizados en apliques creativo. Mientras tanto, el grupo premio de plata se va a recopilar información sobre el arte y los artistas que conocen.


Un nuovo gruppo di studenti iniziano il loro corso Arts Award Bronze questa settimana. Attualmente stanno facendo disegni dei loro effetti personali. Questi disegni saranno utilizzati in applique creativo. Nel frattempo, il gruppo Silver Award stanno andando a raccogliere informazioni su arte e gli artisti che conoscono.


Ikasle talde ikasturte berri bat hasi Arts ikastaro aste honetan. Momentu honetan objektu pertsonalak marrazkiak egiten ari dira. Marrazki hauek erabiliko dira sormen applique egiteko. Bien bitartean, ikasleen zaharragoak duten dakite artista batzuk buruzko informazioa bilduko da.

Egy új csoport diák kezdeni egy művészeti tanfolyamok ezen a héten. Abban a pillanatban csinálnak rajzai személyes tárgyait. Ezek a rajzok fogják használni kreatív rátét. Eközben néhány idősebb diákok adatokat gyűjt művészek.

Nova skupina studenata započeti novu umjetničku tečaj ovaj tjedan. U ovom trenutku oni čine crteži osobne stvari. Ovi crteži će se koristiti za dizajn kreativne aplicirano. U međuvremenu, neki stariji učenici prikupljati podatke o umjetnicima.

学生の新しいグループは、技術分野でこのコースを開始します。現時点では作業は私物の図面を作成することです。これらの図面は、創造的なアップリケを設計するために使用されます。一方、成功した学生の何人かのためのタスクは、彼らが精通しているアーティストのいくつかについての情報を収集することです。

青年学生开始新的艺术课程。他们的任务是绘制个人物品。他们将创建从图纸的模式。与此同时，从以前的班学生将学习一些艺术家的职业生涯。

Некоторые новые студенты начинать курс бронзовую медаль искусств. Их задача состоит в том, чтобы сделать чертежи личных вещей. Далее они будут создавать рисунки на ткани.
В то же время, студенты из предыдущих классов будут проводить исследования на некоторых из художников и их искусства.

Деякі нові студенти починають бронзову медаль мистецтв. Їх завдання полягає в тому, щоб зробити креслення їх особистого objects.Then вони будуть створювати візерунки на тканині.
У той же час, студенти з попередніх класів проводять дослідження на деяких з художників і їх роботи.


कुछ नए छात्रों के लिए एक बुनियादी आर्ट कोर्स शुरू करते हैं। वे कागज पर एक व्यक्तिगत आइटम की एक बैठक करते हैं। अगली बार वे कपड़े पर एक पैटर्न बनाने।
एक ही समय में, छात्रों के पिछले वर्गों के कलाकारों और उनके काम से कुछ पर अनुसंधान कर रही है।


کچھ طالب علموں کو ایک بنیادی فن کورس کا مطالعہ. ان کا کام ایک ذاتی شئی کو اپنی طرف متوجہ کرنے کے لئے ہے. اگلا وہ کپڑے پر ایک پیٹرن پیدا.
ایک ہی وقت میں، آخری کلاس کے طالب علموں کے کچھ فنکاروں اور تخلیقی کام کا مطالعہ کر. ہ.


ਕੁਝ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਰਚਨਾਤਮਕ ਕਲਾ ਬੁਨਿਆਦੀ ਹੁਨਰ ਕੋਰਸ ਦਾ ਅਧਿਐਨ. ਪਹਿਲਾ ਕੰਮ ਇੱਕ ਨਿੱਜੀ ਇਕਾਈ ਨੂੰ ਖਿੱਚਣ ਲਈ ਹੈ. ਉਹ ਫੈਬਰਿਕ 'ਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਪੈਟਰਨ ਪੈਦਾ.
ਉਸੇ ਹੀ ਵੇਲੇ, ਕਲਾ ਅਤੇ ਕਲਾਕਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਗਰੁੱਪ ਨੂੰ ਚਾਲ-ਚਲਣ ਖੋਜ ਤੱਕ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀ.

                

Beginning the Arts Award Silver - Took Part in an Exhibition

Oasis Academy Media City Pupils Take Part in an  Exhibition at Eccles Community Art Gallery from 18 June until 9 July, 2016, Eccles Town Centre, Greater Manchester.

Four of the original pupils who took part in the workshops run by the artists/tutors during the Autumn Term of 2015,  have been working towards an exhibition of their own in a local community gallery.The workshops offered to a dozen pupils were inspired by some of the ordinary objects from the Exhibition "Out of the Ordinary" of Colin Rodney Burrows' paintings,

The remaining pupils have been developing their painting techniques during the Spring and Summer Terms this year, and, as part of the Silver Arts Award, they have worked together to arrange an exhibition for themselves of their current art work.

Olivia Mankondo, may have been inspired by the Egyptian history of beadmaking when she decided to paint a portrait of an Egyptian Princess.  Tim Broughton, not content with merely showing the pupils how to make beads, was determined to explain the history of jewelry and other artifacts, crafted by the Egyptians.  He even brought in a piece of ancient pottery which had been excavated by his daughter in the North West of England.
















Yoelle Lalaye took a bold approach and decided to paint an impressive snake entwining a female figure on a large. canvas.  Her first inspiration was a reference to evil battling good,  however the title was changed to "Trapped Mankind".  Yoelle obviously took note of the painting workshops, whereby attention was given to the importance of interesting backgrounds, and she has spent many hours painting the individual scales on the snake.


                                                                         



Fanni Jori also paid particular attention to her rainbow-coloured background on the painting below,  Her painting was inspired by her feelings of happiness and the fact that she loves butterflies.  They are so beautifully painted, that she was encouraged to name the painting "The Beautyflies".






Destiny Jones is a member of the team which arranged the exhibition, although she has been busy with prior commitments and was unable to undertake much painting.  She is represented in the exhibition by one of her best works from a previous workshop,  This work features an image of a pendant or a brooch, made by working on several different coloured layers of felt, which have been sewn together and a design drawn on the top black layer of felt, and stiched around the outlines.  The felt has been cut away to reveal the image in all its glory!

                                                                   


A Poster to advertise the pupils' participation in the Exhibition was devised by the whole team and displayed around the school.

Out of the Ordinary - An Arts Award Bronze Course in Needlecraft - Claire Hignett

Needlecraft with Claire Hignett

I had booked a recent graduate, Lauren Heakin to teach model-making in this mid-session, which was to collide with the half-term holidays.  Fortunately for Lauren, she had landed a post in commercial television, but unfortunately for us, she was unable to join us.

We were extremely fortunate, however, at very short notice, to engage the services of a very fine needle craft tutor, Claire Hignett.  The following is a snippet from her professional CV:

"My work fits very well into the heritage sector. Recent residencies at Islington Mill and Ordsall Hall Tudor Manor House have used the fabric of these buildings, their contents and stories to create a permanent piece at the hall and and an Installation - Secret and Sacred- in the gallery at the mill. I have also worked on a project with DIY Theatre Company "Picking up the threads" and with St.Clement's Church in Ordsall both funded through the Heritage Lottery Fund As part of the Happy Museums project I was involved in running a small art project at the Imperial War Museum in the North and I currently work for Retracing Salford on their recently acquired archive of glass plate negatives from the 1950's, again funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, "

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/claire-hignett-a2a15736

For the project which Claire had devised for the course, the pupils were asked to draw ordinary objects of their choice.  

 Next they were given five squares of felt 300 x 300 mm in different colours.  The pupils were allowed to choose the colours to use, except that one layer had to be black.  Each felt piece was layered on top with the black square on the bottom.  The pupils were asked to stitch around the edge of the square through to the bottom layer, in order to keep the layers together.  Each individual design was transferred to the top layer of the felt sandwich.  The pupils were asked to stitch around the outlines of thier objects and then to cut part of the design away so as to reveal a different colour and a part of the design as a whole.  One young person, Olivia,  was asked if she wanted to embroider a design on to reverse applique piece.

One or two pupils took their work home over the half-term holiday in order to work a little more on the felt designs.


There was a range of very different designs, all brightly coloured. and the results were stunning!

Destiny cutting out her design

by Olivia

 by Fanni

 by Destiny

By Naomi

Français: Les élèves ont essayé leurs mains à la couture. Certains d'entre eux n'avaient jamais fait ça avant et trouvé difficile même pour enfiler une aiguille. Toutefois, ils ont persévéré et sont allés de l'avant pour créer de superbes oeuvres d'art. L'un d'eux, la verseuse, a été transformé en un petit coussin.

Deutsch: Die Schülerinnen versuchten ihre Hände zu nähen. Einige von ihnen hatten noch nie getan und fand es schwierig, selbst an Gewinde eine Nadel. Nähen braucht viel Geduld und Entschlossenheit, und es ist ihnen zu verdanken, dass die Schüler nicht aufgeben, und alle haben ihre eigenen kleinen Meisterwerke

Polski: Uczniów spróbowało swoich rąk podczas szycia. Niektóre z nich nigdy nie zrobił tego przed i okazało się, że trudna nawet do nici igły. Sewing trwa dużo cierpliwości i determinacji i nie ma już na swoim koncie, że uczniowie nie poddawac i wszystkie utworzone własne małe arcydzieła

Español: Los alumnos trataron sus manos en la costura. Algunos de ellos nunca había hecho esto antes y le resultaba difícil incluso para enhebrar una aguja. Costura toma mucha paciencia y determinación, y es a su crédito en el que los alumnos no se dio por vencido y todos crean sus propias pequeñas obras maestras