Thinking Three Dimensionally with Cardboard AccessArt has been lucky to be involved with the planning of an artweek at Ridgefield Primary School, in Cambridge. To start the ball rolling AccessArt held an all day Inset for teachers at the school. Keeping the day as open as possible, AccessArt challenged the staff to create a “sculpture the size of your hand, which describes an enclosed space” and a “sculpture” which stands on 3, 4 or 5 legs and has a relationship with the ground”. Materials made available included withies (willow sticks), modroc, wire and cardboard. The aim was to encourage staff to experience for themselves the value of “design through making” and the benefits brought by an open ended exploration of fundamental three-dimensional concepts.
During the morning session, one teacher created a simple but powerful sculpture from cardboard. Just before lunch we placed all the sculptures in a clean room to present them in a gallery-type space, away from the mess of creation. As the staff looked around, many were inspired by the small cardboard construction and in the afternoon tried their own exploration of cardboard. The resulting sculptures/images were inspirational!
AccessArt will be returning to Ridgefield next week to help run the Take One Sculpture Project Artweek.
Many thanks to TTS and Pisces The Art Specialist for providing the materials for this workshop.
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